Sentences with 'de'

Example sentences and phrases with the word de and other words derived from it.

« Perhaps the most spectacular example of patronage in action was when Cosimo de' Medici, then leader of the Medici family and its vast banking empire, organised a city-wide party called the Council of Florence in 1439. »
« Louis XIII ascended the throne at the age of eight when his father was assassinated in 1610. Following conventional practice when a king was too young to rule, his mother, Marie de' Medici, took over as regent, who rules in the king's name, assisted by a brilliant French cardinal, Armand de Richelieu. »
« Although Marie de' Medici eventually stepped down as regent, Richelieu joined the king as his chief minister in 1628 and continued to play the key role in shaping the French state. »
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