Marguerite de Navarre
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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
Portrait attributed to Jean Clouet, c. 1527
17th century portrait of Charles d'Alençon, Marguerite's first husband.
Henri d'Albret King of Navarre
Francis I and Marguerite de Navarre by Richard Parkes Bonington
Henry II of Navarre
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Henry II, nicknamed Sangüesino because he was born in Sangüesa, was the King of Navarre from 1517. The kingdom had been reduced to a small territory north of the Pyrenees mountains by the Spanish conq
Marguerite de Navarre
…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…
Portrait by unknown French artist
Henry in contemporary miniature