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Article: Marguerite De Navarre (Marguerite D'Angoulême, Marguerite de Valois; 1492–1549)
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MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE (Marguerite d'Angoul
ê
me, Marguerite de Valois; 1492
–
1549)
MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE
(Marguerite d'Angoul
ê
me, Marguerite de Valois; 1492
–
1549), French author, humanist, and religious reformer. The sister of the French King Francis I (ruled 1515
–
1547), Marguerite became duchess of Alen
ç
on through her first marriage and queen of Navarre by her second, to Henry d'Albret in
1527. Marguerite was also a peer of the realm, duchess of Berri, countess of Perche, Armagnac, and Roddez, and held several smaller territories within France. Educated by some of the leading humanists of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, Marguerite ...