Season 2
8 episodes
56 min. per episode
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A cunning young woman navigates treachery and power struggles to claim her destiny in a ruthless royal court.
Episodes
Catherine aims to unite France under Charles IX, pushing her secular agenda. The Bourbons present an ambitious trade deal with Protestant England. As tensions rise on the Privy Council, the Guise's plan to reignite religious conflict.
With peace balanced on a knife's edge, Catherine attempts to calm tensions by allowing the Bourbons to pursue the trade deal with England. Catherine halts the investigation into the Duke of Guise's arson involvement.
News of Edith's miracle spreads throughout Europe; the Bourbon's leverage an opportunity for England to exploit France; Catherine must return urgently to France when Anjou's temper causes damage.
Charles is ready to make his own rules, rejecting his mother's influence; with a rebellion on the rise, a mysterious plan is set, but when loyalty can be so easily swayed...miracles can happen.
Catherine relinquishes her seat on the Privy Council, but not before securing a place for Anjou. A religious war is on the horizon as Queen Elizabeth lands in the Netherlands. France's saving grace may be a marriage.
Series based on Leonie Frieda's book "Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France."