Greg Jenner

To marry off?

To marry off?

His name is Henri, right? Henri, yeah. OK, all right. I'm not going to honk my problematic marriage collection. Sorry. But I am going to say, 14 is very young, just psychologically and developmentally. But at the time, I understand.

His name is Henri, right? Henri, yeah. OK, all right. I'm not going to honk my problematic marriage collection. Sorry. But I am going to say, 14 is very young, just psychologically and developmentally. But at the time, I understand.

OK, all right. We can perhaps update the name because she was Caterina de' Medici. But now she's Catherine.

OK, all right. We can perhaps update the name because she was Caterina de' Medici. But now she's Catherine.

Okay, okay. No, that's fine. That's fair. Catherine. Okay, so we have teenage newlyweds, Catherine and Henri. They're first set up by the Pope. Already a very dramatic episode of Married at First Sight. But then the drama really ramps up because another woman enters the marriage. It's all very Lady Diana. Indeed, Diana is appropriate because this lady is Diane, Diana de Poitiers.

Okay, okay. No, that's fine. That's fair. Catherine. Okay, so we have teenage newlyweds, Catherine and Henri. They're first set up by the Pope. Already a very dramatic episode of Married at First Sight. But then the drama really ramps up because another woman enters the marriage. It's all very Lady Diana. Indeed, Diana is appropriate because this lady is Diane, Diana de Poitiers.

Well, she's 19 years older.

Well, she's 19 years older.

And the problem, of course, from a dynastic point of view, and this is where it gets sad, is that there's a fertility problem, that Catherine is not conceiving a child, so she can't provide the air that is needed. And so that's the pressure as well.

And the problem, of course, from a dynastic point of view, and this is where it gets sad, is that there's a fertility problem, that Catherine is not conceiving a child, so she can't provide the air that is needed. And so that's the pressure as well.

And they have how many children?

And they have how many children?

Ten.

Ten.

Yeah. So the ten children, we'll have to rattle through them because we haven't got all day. So the ten children, the sons, so seven survive. The sons are François, Charles, Henri, Hercule.

Yeah. So the ten children, we'll have to rattle through them because we haven't got all day. So the ten children, the sons, so seven survive. The sons are François, Charles, Henri, Hercule.

Yeah. And then the daughters are Elizabeth, Claude and Margaret, who marries Henri of Navarre, which will become important in the future. And Elizabeth will marry Philip II of Spain, also important in the future. So she's done her dynastic duty, Shappi. Ten kids, seven survive. But in 1547, King François I died. So the kind of the king who had sort of taken under his wing and taught her to ride.

Yeah. And then the daughters are Elizabeth, Claude and Margaret, who marries Henri of Navarre, which will become important in the future. And Elizabeth will marry Philip II of Spain, also important in the future. So she's done her dynastic duty, Shappi. Ten kids, seven survive. But in 1547, King François I died. So the kind of the king who had sort of taken under his wing and taught her to ride.