Women of Influence: Catherine de' Medici
Online Lecture
THURSDAY 11th JULY 2024 AT 6 PM
A truly extraordinary figure, Catherine became Queen of France, but that was only one of her many roles. Daughter of a Duke, niece of a Pope, mother of three kings and two queens, and mother-in-law to Mary Queen of Scots. She eventually became the owner of Chateau de Chenonceau and made the gardens and palace of the Tuileries. She instigated some of the most incredible court festivals, known as her ‘magnificences’. She dressed up as a shepherdess when spending time in her dairy at Fontainebleau and if that was not enough she had a troupe of beautiful female spies, her ‘flying squadron’ and she travelled with her own portable triumphal arches.
Online Lecture
THURSDAY 11th JULY 2024 AT 6 PM
A truly extraordinary figure, Catherine became Queen of France, but that was only one of her many roles. Daughter of a Duke, niece of a Pope, mother of three kings and two queens, and mother-in-law to Mary Queen of Scots. She eventually became the owner of Chateau de Chenonceau and made the gardens and palace of the Tuileries. She instigated some of the most incredible court festivals, known as her ‘magnificences’. She dressed up as a shepherdess when spending time in her dairy at Fontainebleau and if that was not enough she had a troupe of beautiful female spies, her ‘flying squadron’ and she travelled with her own portable triumphal arches.
Online Lecture
THURSDAY 11th JULY 2024 AT 6 PM
A truly extraordinary figure, Catherine became Queen of France, but that was only one of her many roles. Daughter of a Duke, niece of a Pope, mother of three kings and two queens, and mother-in-law to Mary Queen of Scots. She eventually became the owner of Chateau de Chenonceau and made the gardens and palace of the Tuileries. She instigated some of the most incredible court festivals, known as her ‘magnificences’. She dressed up as a shepherdess when spending time in her dairy at Fontainebleau and if that was not enough she had a troupe of beautiful female spies, her ‘flying squadron’ and she travelled with her own portable triumphal arches.