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| As the wife of France’s King Henry II, Catherine de Médicis was the queen of France and the mother of three future French kings. Catherine sought control of France through the rule of her sons. She was responsible for causing the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew’s Day in which thousands of French Protestants died. | ||||||
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| Huguenots; Médicis, Catherine de; Paris (city, France); France | ||||||
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