Elisabeth of France, also known as Isabel or Elisabeth of Bourbon was Queen of Spain from 1621 to her death and Queen of Portugal from 1621 to 1640, as the first spouse of King Philip IV & III. She se
Portrait by Rodrigo de Villandrando, c. 1620
Portrait of Elisabeth as a girl by Frans Pourbus the Younger, c. 1615, the year of her marriage
Peter Paul Rubens’ Exchange of the Princesses, c. 1623
Elisabeth of France by Diego Velazquez, 1625
Marie de' Medici
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Marie de' Medici was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV. Marie served as regent of France between 1610 and 1617 during the minority of her son Louis XIII. Her mandate as r
Elisabeth of France, Queen of Spain
…Bourbon dynasty. Elisabeth was born at Château de Fontainebleau on 22 November 1602, the eldest daughter of King Henry IV of France and his second wife, Marie de' Medici. According to the court, her mother showed a cruel indifference to her, because she had believed the prophecy of a nun who assured her that she would…
Portrait by Frans Pourbus the Younger
Maria de' Medici as a child. Currently at the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
Maria de' Medici as a young woman, by Santi di Tito, ca. 1590.
Marie de Médicis, by Pietro Facchetti, c. 1595, Palazzo De Torres-Lancellotti, Rome