Margaret of Valois

American  

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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Example Sentences

It was to celebrate the nuptials of Henry of Navarre and Margaret of Valois.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various

This was the proposed marriage of young Henry, the Prince of B�arn, and after his mother's death heir of the crown of Navarre, to Margaret of Valois, the youngest sister of Charles the Ninth.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

He went to Rome, from which he was despatched on a mission to the French Court, and was appointed almoner to queen Margaret of Valois.

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

The country was growing so weary of the struggle that the scheme for a marriage between Henry of Navarre and Margaret of Valois was hailed with enthusiasm.

From Heroes of Modern Europe by Birkhead, Alice

She had seen the court of the King of Navarre, what time Margaret of Valois made Nerac gay for a whole year, as ever was Paris under the first Francis.

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)