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38 matches to Marie de Medici
Concini, Concino. -1617. Italian favourite of Marie de Medici. Marshal of France. Executed.
Marie de Medici. 1573-1642. Queen consort to Henry IV, mother of Louis XIII. Regent 1610-14. Built Luxembourg Palace. Opposed Richelieu. Banished 1630. Died penniless.
Becquerel, Henri. 1852-1908. French discoverer of Uranium radioactivity, 1896. Curie.
Brinvilliers, Marie. 1630-76. French poisoner, beheaded. Poisons Affair.
Curie, Marie. 1867-1934, and Pierre 1859-1906. Polish/French discoverers of radium, 1898.
Devolution, War of. 1667-8. French fail to sieze Spanish Netherlands for Marie-Thérèse vs Charles II. Triple Alliance. Aix-la-Chapelle.
Diamond Necklace Affair. 1785. Necklace bought for Marie Antionette; not paid for. French Revolution.
DuBarry, Marie. 1746-93. Mistress of Louis XV. Guillotined.
Fersen, Hans. 1755-1810. Swedish. Failed attempt to save Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
LaFayette, Marie. 1634-93. First psychological novelist. Princess of Cleves 1678.
Marie Antoinette. 1755-93. Daughter of Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa, Queen Consort to Louis XVI. Guillotined for seeking US aid vs French Revolution. -“Let them eat cake”.
Marie Louise. 1791-1847. Daughter of Francis II. Married Napoleon...Empress of France 1810-15.
Marie Thérèse. 1638-83. Queen Consort to Louis XIV. Daughter of Philip IV. Unpaid dowry caused War of Devolution.
Medici. Merchant family. Ruled Florence 1434~1737. Patron of Italian Renaissance arts. Catherine. Marie. Popes Leo X, Clement VII, Leo XI.
Napoleon II. 1811-32. ’King’ of Rome 1811-14. Son of Napoleon and Marie Louise.
Pei, I.M. 1917-. Chinese/US architect. Kennedy Airport 1960. Place Ville-Marie. Louvre Pyramid.
Poisons Affair. 1679. French scandal. Nobles using love potions and poisons from fortune tellers. Mme de Montespan implicated. La Voisin. Brinvilliers.
Sévigné, Marie de. 1626-96. Author of Letters 1671 to her daughter depicting 17C France.
Stopes, Marie. 1880-1958. British Family Planning pioneer. First London birth control clinic 1921.
Vigée-Lebrun, Elizabeth. 1755-1842. French portrait painter. Marie-Antoinette.
Avicenna, Ali ibn-Sina. 980-1037. Arab physician, philosopher: Canon of Medicine.
Bernard, Claude. 1813-78. French physiologist and logician. Influenced Pavlov. Intro. to Experimental Medicine 1865.
Catherine de Medici. 1519-89. Wife of Henry II, mother of 3 French kings, built Tuileries Palace. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
Florence. c200BC Etruscan. 59BC Rome. 1198 Independent rep. 1434 Medici. 1532 + Tuscany. 1860 Italy (1865-70 capital).
Fuchs, Leonhard. 1501-66. German naturalist. Compendium of medicinal plants. Historia Stirpium 1542.