The Serpent Queen is an American period drama series about the life of Catherine de Medici, portrayed by Samantha Morton. It was created by Justin Haythe and is based on the 2004 non-fiction book Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda
Queen Catherine begins to tell the story of her life to Rahima, a servant girl, revealing how she came to enter the French Royal Court at the age of 14.
Young Catherine begins to learn how to outwit the royal household in order to secure her future.
Prince Henri returns from war with a new mistress, Filippa, and a baby. Catherine resorts to extreme measures to produce an heir.
Catherine has become a mother. King Francis suffers a fall from his horse while hunting with Henri and Catherine.
King Henri departs to lead an army to defend France and places Catherine in charge as Regent, allowing her to test her powers further. Catherine asks Rahima to search Mary's room for a letter.
Catherine has a dream that predicts her husband's accident while jousting, Catherine and Henri decide that their son Francis should delay his wedding to Mary.
Mary visits Rahima and recounts the story of her life at the Royal Court. Catherine and Mary have conflicting views when it comes to freedom of religion in France.
The planned kidnapping of King Francis goes awry, but Catherine devises a new plan to allow her control of the country.
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