Marie de Medici (1573-1642), wife of Henri IV of France (1553-1610). By Alessandro Allori. Marie married Henri when she was 25 years old and Henri was 47. The year after their wedding Marie gave birth to a son, the future Louis XIII. The queen feuded with Henry's mistresses in language that shocked French courtiers, but showed great sympathy and support to her husband's banished ex-wife, Margaret of Valois
