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Bellier, Catherine. (One-Eyed Kate). Amply rewarded for bestowing her favours on 16 yr. old Louis XIV.
Catherine, St. 4C. Virgin martyred on the wheel in Alexandria.
Catherine de Medici. 1519-89. Wife of Henry II, mother of 3 French kings, built Tuileries Palace. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
Catherine I. c1684-1727. Empress of Russia 1725-.
Catherine II, the Great. 1729-96. Autocratic Empress of Russia, 1762-. Overthrew husband, Peter III. Annexed Crimea, Polish territory.
Catherine of Aragon. 1485-1536. First wife of Henry VIII. Marriage annulled.
Catherine of Sienna, St. 1347-80. Influential Italian mystic. Patron saint of Italy.
Catherine of Valois. 1401-37. Wife of Henry V. Mother of Henry VI and VII of England.Tudor.
Greek Project. 1782. Abandoned plan of Catherine the Great to conquer Ottoman Empire.
Henry VIII. 1491-1547. King of England 1509-. Executed Thomas More. Established Church of England. Dissolved monasteries. Six wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr.
Howard, Catherine. 1521-42. 5th wife of Henry VIII. Beheaded.
Instruction. 1767. Catherine the Great’s proposal for liberal humanitarian legal reform.
Medici. Merchant family. Ruled Florence 1434~1737. Patron of Italian Renaissance arts. Catherine. Marie. Popes Leo X, Clement VII, Leo XI.
Menshikov, Aleksandr. c1672-1729. Ruled Russia for Catherine I.
Orlov, Grigory, Count. 1734-83. Russian lover of Catherine II; led coup vs Peter III. Advocated liberating Christians from Ottoman rule.
Parr, Catherine. 1512-48. Sixth and last wife of Henry VIII.
Peter III. 1728-62. Czar 1762. Overthrown by wife Catherine the Great.
Potemkin, Grigori. 1739-91. Russian Field Marshal. Supported Catherine II.
Ségurane, Catherine. Saved Nice by frightening away invading Turks, 1543.
Seymour, Thomas. c1508-49. Brother of Jane. Married Catherine Parr. Executed for treason.
St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. 1572. Catherine de Medici has 2000 Huguenots killed by Charles IX.
Stanislaw II. 1732-98. Last king of Poland 1764-95. Installed by his lover Catherine II.
Tudor, Owen. 1400-61. Welsh. Married Henry V’s widow, Catherine of Valois. Founded Tudor dynasty.
Tuileries Palace. 1563. Architect:Delorme. Commissioned by Catherine de Medici. Stormed 1792. Burned, 1871 by Communards.
Wolsey, Thomas. c1475-1530. English cardinal. Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII. Lost influence when unable to secure divorce from Catherine of Aragon. Built Hampton Court Palace as gift for Henry VIII. Unpopularity a cause of Reformation.