Marguerite de Valois lived during the second half of the 16th century, a period of turmoil for the Kingdom of France. She was the daughter of a king, sister of three kings and wife of a king. Marguerite was herself Queen of France and of Navarre. She seemed to have everything in life, except good fortune.


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Sources / Further reading
Queen Margot, Wife of Henry of Navarre by H. Noel Williams, New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1907

Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre, Written by Herself, Printed for Merrill & Baker, New York, 1800

The Book of the Illustrious Dames by Pierre de Bourdeille, Abbe de Brantome, H.P. & Co New York, 1899