plague (some speculate that it may have been infected by syphilis from her husband). She had just given birth to a daughter, Catherine de' Medici (1519–1589), the future Queen of France and consort of Henry II. Both she and her husband were said to have been delighted at the birth of Catherine as if she were a boy. Inheritance As both of their parents were deceased, Madeleine and her elder sister Anne shared extensive properties in Auvergne, Clermont, Berry, Castres, and Louraguais. Anne inherited Auvergne and married John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany in 1505. She outlived Madeleine by five years but died childless, after which the Counties of Auvergne and Boulogne as well as the barony of La Tour passed to Madeleine's daughter Catherine de' Medici and then to the French Crown. Ancestry See also House of La Tour d'Auvergne References Sources 1498 births 1519 deaths Madeleine French nobility House of Medici Duchesses of Urbino Boulogne, Countess of, Madeleine de La Tour