Margaret of Valois

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noun

1. Queen Margot, 1533–1615, 1st wife of Henry IV of France: queen of Navarre; patron of science and literature (daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici).

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Margaret of Valois British  

noun

1. 1553–1615, daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici; queen of Navarre (1572) by marriage to Henry of Navarre. The marriage was dissolved (1599) after his accession as Henry IV of France: noted for her Mémoires

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Margaret of Valois

"Triboulet," the king's jester, may be instanced as an example of this; and "Margaret of Valois" furnishes another.

From The Idler in France by Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of

Dumas' Margaret of Valois, extracts from, 312. —extracts from his Days of the Fronde, 596.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various

The opportunity came on the occasion of the marriage between the King of Navarre and Margaret of Valois.

From History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 by MacCaffrey, James

It was agreed that her youngest daughter, Margaret of Valois, should become the wife of Henry of Navarre.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

Reine Marguerite is probably the translation by Robert Codrington of the Memorials of Margaret of Valois, first wife of Henri IV.

From The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 by Parry, Edward Abbott