Margaret of Valois
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Margaret of Valois, popularly known as Queen Margot, was Queen of Navarre from 1572 to 1599 and Queen of France from 1589 to 1599 as the consort of Henry IV of France and III of Navarre.
Catherine de Medici with her children in 1561: Francis, Charles, Margaret and Henry
Princess Margaret of Valois. Portrait by François Clouet, 16th century. Margaret was considered in her time beautiful, cultured, refined and flirtatious: for this she was called the "pearl of the Valois".
Divorce Satyrique, ou les Amours de La Reine Marguerite, sur Manuscrit N 1075 de la Bibliothéque de l'Abbaye de S. Germain de Prez
Henry II of France
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Henry II was King of France from 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Claude, Duchess of Brittany, he became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder brother Francis in 1
Portrait by François Clouet, 1559
Henry as a child
Henry II enters Metz following the 1552 Treaty of Chambord
Henry II