Catherine de' Medici, Italian Orphan
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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Catherine's Triple Regency
Catherine de Medici was born in 1519, but she's orphaned within weeks of her birth. Her father Lorenzo II seems to have had a pretty bad case of syphilis. Catherine is also known as a poisoner or an Italian spy; we're saving that for later.
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