1575
Marie de' Medici, queen of Henry IV of France (died 1642)
Marie de' Medici, queen of Henry IV of France (died 1642)
Marie de' Medici
Queen of France from 1600 to 1610
- Born
- 1575
Marie de' Medici was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV. Marie served as regent of France between 1610 and 1617 during the minority of her son Louis XIII. Her mandate as regent legally expired in 1614, when her son reached the age of majority, but she refused to resign and continued as regent until she was removed by a coup in 1617.