The Serpent Queen
Season 1
20228 episodes
Catherine de' Medici marries into the French court as an orphaned teenager and is expected to bring in a fortune in dowry and produce heirs only to discover that her husband is in love with an older woman and that she cannot conceive children.
Episodes
E1Medici Bitch
5.42022-09-11 · 49m
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.
E2To War Rather Than to Bed
5.22022-09-18 · 52m
Young Catherine begins to learn how to outwit the royal household in order to secure her future.
E3The Price
5.42022-09-25 · 54m
Prince Henri returns from war with a new mistress, Filippa, and a baby. Catherine resorts to extreme measures to produce an heir.
E4A New Era
5.02022-10-02 · 51m
Catherine has become a mother. King Francis suffers a fall from his horse while hunting with Henri and Catherine.
E5The First Regency
6.32022-10-09 · 51m
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.
E6The Last Joust
5.32022-10-16 · 54m
Catherine has a dream that predicts that her husband will be wounded while jousting. Catherine and Henri decide that their son Francis should delay his wedding to Mary.
E7An Attack on the King
6.52022-10-23 · 48m
Mary visits Rahima and recounts her side of the story of life at the Royal Court. Catherine and Mary have conflicting views when it comes to freedom of religion in France.
E8A Queen Is Made
6.72022-10-30 · 55m
The planned kidnapping of King Francis goes awry but Catherine devises a new plan to allow her control of the country.