Catherine de' Medici
/kɑːtəˈriːndəmeɪdiːˈsiː/- (1519-89) , queen of France, wife of HenryⅡ. She ruled as regent (1560-74) during the minority reigns of her three sons, FrancisⅡ, Charles Ⅸ, and Henry Ⅲ, and it was at her instigation that Huguenots were killed in the Massacre of St Bartholomew (1572).卡特琳·德·美第奇（1519-1589, 法国王后, 亨利二世之妻, 在其三个儿子弗朗西斯二世、查理九世和亨利三世的未成年统治时期中担任摄政王[1560-1574], 正是在其煽动下, 胡格诺派教徒在圣巴托罗缪惨案[1572]中遭到屠杀）。