Catherine de Medici

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This file appears in: Museum of National Archives: The sinister past of the Hôtel de Soubise.

This is an image of Catherine de Medici, widowed queen and mother to the King of France at the time. While there are two sides to every story, popular belief is now that she was the one who plotted the events that resulted in the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

This file appears in: Museum of National Archives: The sinister past of the Hôtel de Soubise.