[DOC] [TLE] Catherine de' Medici - Wikipedia [PAR] Catherine de' Medici daughter of Lorenzo II de' Medici and of Madeleine de La 
Tour d'Auvergne, was an Italian noblewoman who was Queen of France from 
1547 until 1559, as the wife of King Henry II. As the mother of three sons who 
became kings of France during her lifetime, ... According to Mark Strage, one of 
her biographers, Catherine was the most... [DOC] [TLE] Queen mother - Wikipedia [PAR] A Queen mother is a dowager queen who is the mother of the reigning monarch 
The term has ... 2 Recent British Queens Mother; 3 Other notable mothers of 
kings ... More to the point, there may be more than one queen dowager at any 
given ... Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (19002002): the widow of King 
George VI... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about HISTORIC NAMES - StudyStack [PAR] ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL QUEEN MOTHERS EVER, THIS MEDICI WAS 
THE MOTHER OF THE LAST 3 VALOIS KINGS OF FRANCE, CATHERINE D'... [DOC] [TLE] The Last Valois: A Tragic Story | History Today [PAR] Robert Knecht describes the shortcomings of Henry III, the last Valois king, and 
the ... Henry III was the first king of France to be assassinated by one of his own 
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France, and later regent for her three feeble sons at the twilight of the Valois ... 
Catherine was born in 1519, daughter of a powerful Italian prince from the Medici 
family. ... suspicion that she was more an Italian schemer than a true queen of 
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Mdicis was, by turns, queen consort of Henri II, advisor to her sons. Franois II ... 
regent of France.1 In her wake there followed a rich archive of texts by vari- ... 
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birth, she was the last of the House of Valois.,Daughter of King Henry II of France 
and ... Eleanor of Aquitane (1124-1204) - one of the wealthiest and most powerful
... [DOC] [TLE] France History, The French Valois Dynasty 1358-1589 [PAR] He was the son of Charles of Valois and would become the first king of the Valois 
.... of the Valois Dynasty and was one of the most successful kings of France in ... 
1462 - January 1, 1515) was King of France from 1498-1515, the last French king 
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had ordered that Mary be made welcome and so she was. ... If Mary hit it off at 
once with the young Franois, it was not the case with his mother, Catherine of 
Medici. ... Mary took an instant dislike to her, as did most people and, unaware of 
who... [DOC] [TLE] House of Valois | Orthodox in the District [PAR] Nov 13, 2015 ... While queens of France were customarily crowned and anointed at ... consort to 
France's first Bourbon King Henri III de Navarre/ IV de ... of King Henri II and (from 
1559-89) the powerful Queen Mother and regent Catherine de Medicis. .... and 
may he ever attain in his judgments to all that is most excellent in...

Question: One of the most powerful Queen Mothers ever, this Medici was the mother of the last 3 Valois kings of France
Answer: Catherine de\' Medici