Edict of January by Catherine de' Medici

France fought for power in the 16th century. At that time, the de'Medici family and the Guise family had a great influence on France. In particular, Catherine de Medici helped almost everything that happened or happened during the management of her and her son. She is one of the best politics in history. She has influence on all her sons and is a consultant of all her sons. She could form France without any outside involvement in any ongoing process, even though she engaged externally for one of her sons during the Regency It was.

In December 1560, Francis II died, Catherine de Medici became regent of a young son Charles IX. She is a Roman Catholic, but she is ready to trade with Huguenot House in Bourbon. Therefore, she supported religious tolerance in the form of St. Germain 's letter (January 1562), allowing Huguenot to worship private worship outside the public. However, on March 1, the faction of the Guise family attacked the illegal Calvinist service at Wassy-sur-Blaise in Champagne. Due to hostility, this order was canceled

After obtaining the principality of Alessandro de Medici, Pope Clement VIII married his cousin and moved Catherine de Medici twice to the son of Francis I, the main enemy of Emperor Charles V It was. Henry II of the future. It brought the transfer of the Medici blood through Elizabeth of Valowa, through the daughter of Katherine to the Spanish royal family, through Claude of Varoa to the house of Lorraine. In 1534, after a long illness, Pope Clement VII died. With him, he stabilized Medici's "advanced" branches. In 1535, Ippolito Cardinal de 'Medici died in a strange situation. In 1536, Alessandro de Medici married to the daughter of Charles V of Margaret in Austria, but in the following year he was assassinated by his indecent cousin Lorenzino de Medici. With the deaths of Alessandro and Ippolito, Medici's "major" branch was able to lead Florence.