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Episode 71: Royal Dysfunction

Marie de’ Medici finds herself in a turbulent domestic life with an adulterous husband and a troubled son. And history is going to repeat, propelling her toward a more dramatic role.

A portrait of Marie de’ Medici with the future King Louis XIII as a child by Charles Martin (c. 1603). Source: Museum of Fine Arts of Blois
King Henri IV’s portrait by Frans Pourbus the Younger, painted sometime around the time of his marriage to Marie de’ Medici (c. 1600). Source: The Weiss Gallery.

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