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Join Us in France · Sunday, July 26, 2026

Catherine de Medici was an orphan whose vast inheritance made her a target for assassination attempts as a child.

Catherine de Medici, an orphan, was under the protection of her uncle, the Pope, due to assassination attempts against her. These attempts were motivated by her status as the heiress to the enormous Medici fortune, which made her one of the richest individuals in Europe.

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“And who is being taken care of by her uncle, who is the Pope.”
“He protects her because there have actually been assassination attempts against her as a child because she is the heiress of this enormous, enormous, enormous fortune.”
“They are considered to be some of the richest people in all of Europe, in spite of not being kings, okay?”
Heard on Join Us in France — “Catherine and Marie De Medici: Queen Mothers and Kingmakers”, published Sunday, July 26, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Catherine de Medici was an orphan whose vast inheritance made her a target for assassination attempts as a child. — Heardvine