Jeanne III of Navarre buying poisoned gloves from Catherine de Medici's parfumeur, René, history painting by Pierre-Charles Comte, Salon of 1852

René Bianchi (Renato Bianco), commonly known as Maître Rene[1] (died 1578), was a perfumer from Italy (probably from either Florence or Milan) who lived on the Pont Saint-Michel in Paris.[2] He was the official court perfumer of the queen of France, Catherine de' Medici, from at least 1547 onward. He is infamous in history as the queen's alleged poisoner, whom she hired to use his poisons on enemies she did not wish to kill by the sword.[2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ Du massacre de la Saint-Barthélemi (1790) by Gabriel Brizard
  2. 1 2 James, George Payne Rainsford (1847). The Life of Henry the Fourth, King of France and Navarre. T. & W. Boone.
  3. ↑ Various (2016-11-08). The Great Events of Global History, Vol. 10: History Events. 北戴河出版.


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