Entries for the tag ‘Medici, Catherine de’ (1519-1589)’
Consort of Henry II of France 1547-1559, mother of subsequent kings Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III, via whom she dominated French politics until shortly before her death. 
- 17 August 1561: William Strickland arrives at Flamborough and interviews witnesses of the northerly passage along the coast of Mary, Queen of Scots
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