After his assassination, she was named regent for their eight-year-old son.  
Her husband married her because her huge dowry would help pay off the nation's debts.  After his assassination, she was named regent for their eight-year-old son.  Her son later thrwarted her efforts to dismiss her former protege, Cardinal Richelieu, whom she feared had grown too powerful, in a crisis that came to be known as "The Day of the Dupes."  Prior to this, in 1614 as regent she convened the last assembly of the Estates General prior to the French Revolution.  FTP, name this member of a famous Italian family, the wife of Henry IV and mother of Louis XIII.
Her husband married her because her huge dowry would help pay off the nation's debts.  
Maria de' Medici or Marie de Medici