Catherine de Medici of France Part 2: Prophecies, Princes & Protestants | 14

Even The Royals

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.4 • 844 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In part one, Catherine de Medici married into French royalty and secured her spot in court by having a bajillion kids. But now her husband is dead, and his rivals are out to usurp Catherine’s power. If Catherine is going to keep control, she'll have to get creative – and maybe get her hands a little bloody. But the clock is ticking, because if her astrologer is right, her line of power is going to end a lot sooner than Catherine would like.

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0:00.0	Wonderie Plus subscribers can listen to Even the Royals early and ad-free right now.
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0:07.8	A quick note about our show.
0:09.3	We do a lot of research for our stories, but we also aren't your boring high school history class, so some details and scenes are dramatized.
0:17.2	And a royal heads up, today's episode contains violence, salty language, and puns.
0:22.8	Please be advised.
0:27.7	It's August 18, 1572, and in the heart of Paris, Catherine Dimitici stands in the front row at the wedding
0:39.3	of the century. She's looking proudly up at her 19-year-old daughter, who's standing at the altar.
0:45.6	Margot is downright stunning in a gem-covered robe, glittering crown, and a coat with a train
0:51.9	that's so long it needs three assistants. Oh, I'm on board.
0:56.0	Mm-hmm. Now, the only thing that's ruining the look is the scowl on Margot's beautifully pale face.
1:02.4	Catherine knows her daughter does not want to be here. But it's not what you think. It's not a
1:07.6	Trey McDougal thing where he can't get it up in Sex and the City. Oh, God.
1:11.4	It's far worse.
1:13.7	The biggest problem that Margot has with her husband to be is that he's Protestant.
1:19.4	Oh, no.
1:21.2	Yeah.
1:21.9	Call the whole thing right on off, you know?
1:24.4	Just the absolute gall.
1:26.4	Yeah.
1:27.1	The groom is the 18-year-old king of Navarre, which is a tiny neighboring kingdom that's predominantly Protestant.
1:34.9	France is mostly Catholic, including Catherine and the rest of her family.
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