Name: The Serpent Queen
Released: 2022-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Samantha Morton, Charles Dance, Amrita Acharia

TV Show · Drama · History

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.

2022 · 47m

Starring Samantha Morton, Charles Dance, Amrita Acharia

EPISODE 1

Medici Bitch

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.

44 min
EPISODE 2

To War Rather Than To Bed

Young Catherine begins to learn how to outwit the royal household in order to secure her future after the death of her uncle.

44 min
EPISODE 3

The Price

Prince Henri returns from war with a new mistress, Filippa, and a baby. Catherine resorts to extreme measures to produce an heir.

44 min
EPISODE 4

A New Era

Catherine has become a mother. King Francis suffers a fall from his horse while hunting with Henri and Catherine.

44 min
EPISODE 5

The First Regency

King Henri departs to lead an army to defend France and places Catherine in charge as Regent, allowing her to test her powers further.

44 min
EPISODE 6

The Last Joust

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.

44 min