Biography of Marie de Medici Queen Consort France 1575-1642

On 18th December 1565 [her father] Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany [aged 24] and [her mother] Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Grand Duchess Tuscany. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor and [her grandmother] Anne Jagiellon.

On 18th August 1572 [her future husband] Henry IV King France [aged 18] and Margaret Valois Queen Consort France [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine Medici Queen Consort France [aged 53]. He the son of Antoine King Navarre and Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre. They were second cousins.

On 26th April 1575 Marie de Medici Queen Consort France was born to [her father] Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany [aged 34] and [her mother] Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany [aged 28].

On 12th May 1575 Henry III King France [aged 23] Abdicated King France: Capet Valois Angoulême. His second cousin [her future husband] Henry [aged 21] succeeded IV King France: Capet Valois Bourbon.

On 10th April 1578 [her mother] Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany [aged 31] died.

On 19th October 1587 [her father] Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany [aged 46] died.

Around 1590. Santi di Tito [aged 53]. Portrait of Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 14].

On 17th December 1600 Henry IV King France [aged 47] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Antoine King Navarre and Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre. They were fourth cousins.

On 27th September 1601 [her son] Louis XIII King France was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 47] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 26]. He married 1615 his second cousin Anne of Austria Spain Queen Consort France, daughter of Philip III King Spain and Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain, and had issue.

On 22nd November 1602 [her daughter] Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 48] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 27]. She married 1610 her second cousin Philip IV King Spain, son of Philip III King Spain and Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain, and had issue.

On 10th February 1606 [her daughter] Christine Marie Bourbon Duchess Savoy was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 52] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 30]. She married 1619 her third cousin Victor Amadeus I Duke of Savoy, son of Charles Emmanuel Savoy I Duke Savoy and Catherine Habsburg Spain Duchess Savoy, and had issue.

On 16th April 1607 [her son] Nicolas Henri Bourbon Duke Orléans was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 53] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 31]. He died aged four in 1611.

On 25th April 1608 [her son] Gaston Bourbon was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 54] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 32]. He married (1) 1626 his third cousin once removed Marie Bourbon Duchess Montpensier (2) 1632 his third cousin once removed Marguerite Lorraine Duchess Montpensier, daughter of Francis Lorraine II Duke Lorraine, and had issue.

On 16th July 1608 [her illegitimate step-son] César Bourbon Vendôme 1st Duke Vendôme [aged 14] and Françoise Lorraine Duchess Vendôme [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Duchess Vendôme. He the illegitmate son of [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 54] and Gabrielle d'Estrées. They were half third cousin once removed.

In 1609 Henry Bourbon Condé II Prince Condé [aged 20] and Charlotte Marguerite Montmorency Princess Condé [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Princess Condé. A marriage arranged by [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 55] who wanted her for a mistress; the couple travelled to Brussels to avoid his attention. He the son of Henri Bourbon Condé Prince Condé and Charlotte Catherine Tremoille Princess Condé. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 25th November 1609 [her daughter] Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 55] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 34]. She married 1st May 1625 her third cousin once removed King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland, son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland, and had issue.

In 1610 [her son-in-law] Philip IV King Spain [aged 4] and Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [aged 7] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Spain. She the daughter of Henry IV King France [aged 56] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 34]. He the son of Philip III King Spain [aged 31] and Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [aged 25]. They were second cousins.

Around 1610. Frans Pourbus the Younger [aged 41]. Portrait of Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 34].

On 14th May 1610 [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 56] was murdered by François Ravaillac, a Catholic zealot who stabbed him while his coach was stopped on Rue de la Ferronnerie. His son Louis [aged 8] succeeded XIII King France: Capet Valois Bourbon.

On 17th November 1611 [her son] Nicolas Henri Bourbon Duke Orléans [aged 4] died.

In 1615 Louis XIII King France [aged 13] and Anne of Austria Spain Queen Consort France [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Philip III King Spain [aged 36] and Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain. He the son of Henry IV King France and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 39]. They were second cousins.

1616. Frans Pourbus the Younger [aged 47]. Portrait of Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 40].

In 1619 [her son-in-law] Victor Amadeus I Duke of Savoy [aged 31] and Christine Marie Bourbon Duchess Savoy [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of Henry IV King France and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 43]. He the son of Charles Emmanuel Savoy I Duke Savoy [aged 56] and Catherine Habsburg Spain Duchess Savoy. They were third cousins.

In 1626 Gaston Bourbon [aged 17] and Marie Bourbon Duchess Montpensier [aged 20] were married. He the son of Henry IV King France and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 50]. They were third cousin once removed.

In 1632 Gaston Bourbon [aged 23] and Marguerite Lorraine Duchess Montpensier [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of Francis Lorraine II Duke Lorraine [aged 59]. He the son of Henry IV King France and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 56]. They were third cousin once removed.

John Evelyn's Diary. 10th September 1641. I took waggon for Dort, to be present at the reception of the Queen-mother, Marie de Medicis [aged 66], Dowager of France, widow of Henry the Great, and mother to the [her son] French King, Louis XIII [aged 39], and the Queen of England [aged 31], whence she newly arrived, tossed to and fro by the various fortune of her life. From this city, she designed for Cologne, conducted by the Earl of Arundel [aged 14] and the Herr Van Bredrod. At this interview, I saw the Princess of Orange [aged 39], and the lady her daughter [aged 13], afterwards married to the House of Brandenburgh. There was little remarkable in this reception befitting the greatness of her person; but an universal discontent, which accompanied that unlucky woman wherever she went.

On 3rd July 1642 Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 67] died.