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Henry of Navarre was later reported to have said of Catherine:
I ask you, what could a woman do, left by the death of her husband with five little children on her arms, and two families of France who were thinking of grasping the crown—our own [the Bourbons] and the Guises? Was she not compelled to play strange parts to deceive first one and then the other, in order to guard, as she did, her sons, who successively reigned through the wise conduct of that shrewd woman? I am surprised that she never did worse.
The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence, directed against the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion. Traditionally believed to have been instigated by Queen Catherine de' Medici, the mother of King Charles IX, the massacre took place a few days after the wedding day of the king's sister Margaret to the Protestant Henry III of Navarre.
Catherine de' Medici - Lena Heady
The ruthless Dowager Queen of France, she was the mother of three Kings, as well as the mother of Queen Margaret of Valois
Francis II - Tobey Regbo
the eldest son of Catherine, he ruled for a year before his untimely death
Charles IX - Unknown actor
A child when he first came to the throne, many blame Catherine for the worst decisions made during his reign.
After the massacre, Charles' mental and physical constitution weakened drastically. Without an heir, the crown past to Henry
Henry III- Jacob Collins Levy
Henry was the last French monarch of the House of Valois.
His relationship with his sister, Margaret became strained when he became King of France. He was scandalized by her reputation and behavior and expelled her from the court and later had her imprisoned.
He was assassinated in 1589
Margaret - Katie McGrath
After the deaths of her brothers, the crown passed to Margaret's husband, Henry of Navvare (Max Irons) and she became Queen of France. Eventually, she was put aside because Henry needed an heir.
During her marriage, she had many affairs
