Marie de' Medici

Marie de' Medici was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV. Marie served as regent of France between 1610 and 1617 during the minority of her son Louis XIII. Her mandate as regent legally expired in 1614, when her son reached the age of majority, but she refused to resign and continued as regent until she was removed by a coup in 1617.

26 April 1575

Born on the same birth day (26 April): Charles Goodyear (politician) • Ernst Udet • Hack Wilson • John Isner • Ma Rainey • Melania Trump • Michele Ferrero • Paul Almond • Pedro Pierluisi • Xenophon Zolotas • Óscar García (footballer, born 1973)