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Maria de' Medici married Henri IV in 1600 and really took
charge, as Regent, after the assassination of her husband in 1610. It was said
that she reigned by carefully keeping Louis XIII, her son and the next King of
France, in ignorance. Gullible herself, misled by her chosen advisors
(her distrust of her husband's allies made her a very poor judge of
character ...), soon a new War of Religion (Siege of Montauban, 1621)
began all over again.
She did love the Commedia, however, which gave her some common ground with
her (late) husband, and Tristano Martinelli was on very familiar terms with her --
he addressed her as 'the Queen my gossip' [Nicoll, pp. 170, 232].-- T. Martinelli,
as a member of the Accessi troupe, performed at the marriage of
Henri IV and Maria de' Medici [Rudlin&Crick, p. 42].
Tristano Martinelli also asked her to be godmother for one of
his children [Nicoll, pp. 170, 232] -- and in 1610, Henri IV and Maria de' Medici
did become the godparents of this child [Rudlin&Crick, p.43].
No sooner had the period of mourning ended, following the death of her
husband, than Maria de' Medici wrote to T. Martinelli to come entertain
her and her son Louis XIII. This T.M. did, in 1611, this time as a member of the
Fedeli troupe.
Later, when the young King Louis XIII had learned to assert himself, it was he who
arranged for T.M. to perform for his court (23 performances in Jan.-Feb. 1621)
[Rudlin&Crick, p.48].
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