Catherine de' Medici
Catherine de' Medici (Italian: Caterina de' Medici, French: Catherine de Médicis; 1519 – 1589), daughter of Lorenzo II de' Medici and Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, was an Italian noblewoman who was Queen of France from 1547 until 1559 as the wife of King Henry II, and thenceforth the Queen Mother until her death. She was the great-granddaughter of Lorenzo de' Medici.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Catherine was responsible for the construction of a tower that was part of a royal palace in Paris. As a patron of Nostradamus, she was interested in predictions of the future and allowed the astronomer Cosimo Ruggieri to use the tower to observe the sky from the iron enclosure on top.[1]
In 1564, Catherine ordered the construction of the Tuileries Palace, after deeming the Louvre too small to accommodate her court.[2] According to legend, she expelled the German butcher Johannes Metzger from the site intended for the palace's construction. Upon his death, Metzger swore that he would get revenge on Catherine and became the Red Ghost, haunting the palace throughout its construction. Ruggieri informed Catherine that the construction would lead to her ruin.[3]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Unity (mentioned in Database entry only)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Medicis Tower
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Palais des Tuileries
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: The Red Ghost of the Tuileries