Margaret of Valois

Margaret of Valois (May 14, 1553 – May 27, 1615) was a Princess of France and a member of the house of Valois.

Marguerite of France
235px Detail of painting by Rubens
Queen consort of France
2 August 1589 – 17 December 1599
Queen consort of Navarre
18 August 1572 – 17 December 1599
Born	(1553-05-14)14 May 1553 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Died	27 March 1615(1615-03-27) (aged 61) Hostel de la Reyne Margueritte, Paris
Burial	Basilica of St Denis
Spouse	Henry IV of France
Full name Marguerite de France
House	House of Valois
Father	Henry II of France
Mother	Catherine de' Medici
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Signature	Marguerite of France's signature

Her father was Henry II of France and her mother was Catherine of Medici. She was also the sister of Francis II of France, Charles IX of France and Henry III of France. Margaret was then married to Henry IV of France.

The author Alexandre Dumas, père wrote a book about Margaret called Queen Margot.

Margaret Of Valois Media

• Caterina e i figli.jpg

  Catherine de Medici with her children in 1561: Francis, Charles, Margaret and Henry

• Henry&Margot.jpg

  Henry of Navarre and Margaret of Valois

• Dubois-massacre-détail.jpg

  St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. Catherine de' Medici emerging from the Louvre castle to inspect a heap of bodies in a painting by François Dubois, a Huguenot painter.

• Jean Decourt - Portrait François-Hercule de Valois, duc d’Alençon c. 1576.png

  François, Duke of Alençon. Portrait by Jean Decourt (1576).

• Marguerite of Valois, Queen of Navarre) by Nicholas Hilliard.jpg

  Queen Margaret of Navarre, by Nicholas Hilliard (1577)

• Nérac château 2.JPG

  Château de Nérac, Lot-et-Garonne (France)

• Morlon - Henry of Navarre and La Belle Fosseuse.jpg

  Henri of Navarre and La Belle Fosseuse.

• Henry III, the Queen-Mother and queen Louise of Lorraine (detail), Franco-Flemish school, c. 1582.