Marie de Medici (April 26, 1575 - July 4, 1642) was a Human female from Italy on Earth in the 16th and 17th centuries. She was the Queen consort of King Henry IV of France and theand mother of King Louis XIII. Federation President Nanietta Bacco noted Marie de Medici's role in the creation of the Champs-Élysées in the early 17th century, as a pleasant tree-lined path which would eventually become the most fashionable avenue in Paris, and later the site of the Palais de la Concorde. (ST novel: Articles of the Federation)