Catherine de’ Medici was born a piece on a political chessboard in 1519. Orphaned before she was a month old in her native Italy, this Catholic daughter of a French princess and a Florentine dynast ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Starz‘s new costume drama The Serpent Queen introduces its thorniest historic heroine yet: Catherine de’ Medici. Orphaned young in life and abandoned for years in a ...

Catherine D. Pray, 96, Prudenville, died June 22, 2026, with her family by her side. A Mass of Christian burial will take place Friday, July 10, at 11 a.m., at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, ...

Catherine de' Medici has been depicted as The Black Queen in a number of different period dramas, with each take tending to be more extreme in portraying her life and choices. Starz's The Serpent ...

The Serpent Queen's Liv Hill and showrunners opened up about building the world of the (in)famous French queen. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

A review of Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France, by Leonie Frieda. Every country has its national myths, its defining narratives, its untouchable heroes and unspeakable villains. But most ...

Carly Lane is an Atlanta-based writer and critic who has been with Collider in some form or fashion since 2021. She considers herself a television nerd, diehard romance/sci-fi/fantasy reader, and ...