Even though Grand Duke Gian Gastone de’ Medici tried hard to lead an isolated life, he always found himself in the spotlight of scandals. He survived a chaotic family and a nightmarish marriage—but ...

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 ...

Contrary to the overly dramatic storyline of the TV biopic “The Serpent Queen” on Starz, Catherine de’ Medici wasn’t really that bad as queen and later queen mother in 16th-century France. In fact, ...

"In the past half century, scholars have downplayed the significance of Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492) as a patron of the arts. Less wealthy than his grandfather Cosimo, the argument goes, Lorenzo was ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Catherine de Medici Persona Pack The Catherine de Medici Persona Pack is available exclusively to owners of the New Frontier ...