Leonie Frieda Explained

Leonie Frieda (born 1956) a former model, translator, and writer, working and living in the United Kingdom.

She is the daughter of Swedish aristocrats.^[1]

Educated in the UK, France and Germany, Frieda speaks five languages. Her first book was a biography of Catherine de' Medici. Published in 2003, it became a bestseller. Frieda has also made documentaries for TV.

She lives in London with her two children by her former husband, music producer Nigel Frieda.

Works

• Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003)
• Deadly Sisterhood: A Story of Women, Power, and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance, 1427-1527 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2012)
• Francis I

The Maker of Modern France (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2018)

Notes and References

1. Web site: London Evening Standard. November 23, 2012. Sep 14, 2012. Leonie Frieda: I should have died from the overdose that put me in a coma but it wasn't my time to go. Godwin. Richard.