“She was a great princess. But in addition to all that, she was very kind, gentle, gracious, charitable, a great dispenser of alms and friendly to all.”
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Marguerite de Navarre, also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was a princess of France, Duchess of Alençon and Berry, and Queen of Navarre by her second marriage to King Henry II of Navarre. Her brother became King of France, as Francis I, and the two siblings were responsible for the celebrated intellectual and cultural court and salons of their day in France. Marguerite i…
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culture · Queen of Navarre from 1527 to 1549 · writer · poet · salonnière · playwright · king · also Margaret of Valois-Angoulême, Marguerite de Navarre, Marguerite de Valois-Angoulême, Margaret of Navarre, Marguerite d’Angoulême, Margaret of Angoulême
Born 11 April 1492 · Died 21 December 1549 · Q190058
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“She was a great princess. But in addition to all that, she was very kind, gentle, gracious, charitable, a great dispenser of alms and friendly to all.”
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Died 1549-12-21.
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Career landmark: royal consort (1527–1549).
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Born 1492-04-11.
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