Biography of Marie de Medici Queen Consort France 1575-1642

On 18th December 1565 [her father] Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany (age 24) and [her mother] Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany (age 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 (age 18) and Margaret Valois Queen Consort France (age 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 (age 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 Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany (age 34) and Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany (age 28).

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

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

Around 1590. Santi di Tito (age 53). Portrait of Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 14).

On 17th December 1600 Henry IV King France (age 47) and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 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 (age 47) and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 26).

On 22nd November 1602 [her daughter] Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France (age 48) and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 27).

On 10th February 1606 [her daughter] Christine Marie Bourbon Duchess Savoy was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France (age 52) and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 30).

On 16th April 1607 [her son] Nicolas Henri Bourbon Duke Orléans was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France (age 53) and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 31).

On 25th April 1608 [her son] Gaston Bourbon was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France (age 54) and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 32).

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

On 25th November 1609 [her daughter] Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France (age 55) and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 34).

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

Around 1610. Frans Pourbus the Younger (age 41). Portrait of Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 34).

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

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

In 1615 [her son] Louis XIII King France (age 13) and [her daughter-in-law] Anne of Austria Spain Queen Consort France (age 13) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Philip III King Spain (age 36) and Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain. He the son of [her former husband] Henry IV King France and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 39). They were second cousins.

1616. Frans Pourbus the Younger (age 47). Portrait of Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 40).

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

In 1626 [her son] Gaston Bourbon (age 17) and [her daughter-in-law] Marie Bourbon Duchess Montpensier (age 20) were married. He the son of [her former husband] Henry IV King France and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 50). They were third cousin once removed.

In 1632 [her son] Gaston Bourbon (age 23) and [her daughter-in-law] Marguerite Lorraine Duchess Montpensier (age 16) were married. She the daughter of Francis Lorraine II Duke Lorraine (age 59). He the son of [her former husband] Henry IV King France and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 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 (age 66), Dowager of France, widow of Henry the Great, and mother to the [her son] French King, Louis XIII (age 39), and the [her daughter] Queen of England (age 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 (age 14) and the Herr Van Bredrod. At this interview, I saw the Princess of Orange (age 39), and the lady her daughter (age 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 (age 67) died.