![A young Catherine de Medici](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UfGS7CgSSW02n6tlRb_o_4SfXm9w6ScmB_LpIDET2p9YHuvJqLzckgxyuv5x3H7HQCLIXhnMbcA_rHyHv2ZbbSXZfvu6qzsI6sd1Pednzrikbu9RPYaQyLBjAHfuv0V63MkshdcGBRE/s320/catherine.jpg)
At the age of 14 Catherine was to marry Henry II of France, duke of Orleans. She was a small girl and was worried about how she would be received by the glamorous French court. She had shoemaker add a taller heel to her shoe to give her height; he added a thin 4 inch heel. This heel not only made her appear taller but gave her a style that no one else had, thus becoming a trend setter.
See, not everything about Catherine was bad ;)
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I like the early Catherine and give her a lot of credit for putting up with the things her husband did to her. It's a shame that she had no one to guide her in the areas of seduction and love.
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