Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne

Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne
Duchess of Urbino, Countess of Boulogne, Lady of St Saturnin
Born1498
Auvergne, France
Died28 April 1519 (aged 20–21)
Florence
Noble familyLa Tour d'Auvergne
Spouse(s)Lorenzo II de' Medici
IssueCatherine, Queen of France
FatherJohn III, Count of Auvergne
MotherJeanne de Bourbon-Vendôme

Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne (1498 – 28 April 1519) was a younger daughter of Jean III de La Tour (1467– 28 March 1501), Count of Auvergne and Lauraguais, and Jeanne de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1465–1511).[1] She was a penultimate representative of the senior branch of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. Madeleine is best known for being the mother of Catherine de' Medici, the future Queen of France.

  1. ^ Wellman 2013, p. 83.

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