Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de Medici was born in Florence ... aged just ten years old. Catherine acted as regent for the young king and as a result dominated Charles throughout his reign.

And Catherine de'Medici, Queen of France, made sure she was informed of the intrigues at court by expressly employing a group of pretty young women to engage in pillow talk with gullible male ...

Pragmatic pacifists marshaled around Cosimo de'Medici. Maso degli Albizzi, patriach of his family, had two sons, Luca and Rinaldo. From a young age, Luca was friends with Cosimo de'Medici.

GIVE A GIFT Written for the young Henry of Burgundy ... Even so, fork use started to spread throughout Italy. When Catherine de’ Medici arrived in France in 1533, she attempted to popularize ...