Their child, Giulio de'Medici, was later crowned Pope Clement VII. Clement took a black slave girl as a mistress. Their child, Allessandro, became the first black head of state when he was made ...

In 1533, at the age of 14, Catherine's uncle Pope Clement VII arranged her marriage to the duke of Orléans, second son of the king of France. A year after their marriage, the duke began a long ...