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Margaret of Valois

1553 - 1615

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Margaret of Valois (French: Marguerite, 14 May 1553 – 27 March 1615), popularly known as La Reine 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. Margaret was the daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici and the sister of Kings Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. Her union with Henry of Navarre, intended to contribute to the reconciliation of Catholics and Huguenots in France, was tarnished six days after the marriage ceremony by the St Bartholomew's Day massacre and the resumption of the French Wars of Religion. In the conflict between Henry III of France and the Malcontents, she took the side of Francis, Duke of Anjou, her younger brother, which caused Henry to have a deep aversion towards her. As Queen of Navarre, Margaret also played a pacifying role in the stormy relations between her husband and the French monarchy. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Margaret of Valois is the 36th most popular nobleman (up from 37th in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from France (up from 209th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Nobleman.

Margaret of Valois was the daughter of King Louis XII of France and Queen Anne of Brittany. She was married to King Henry VIII of England. She was most famous for her role in the War of the Roses, which was a civil war in England.

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Among noblemen, Margaret of Valois ranks 36 out of 1,415. Before her are John of Gaunt, Marie Thérèse of France, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Lucretia, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, and Pope Leo IX. After her are Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Diana, Princess of Wales, Alexander Nevsky, Liliʻuokalani, Sophia of Hanover, and Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia.

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Among people born in 1553, Margaret of Valois ranks 2. Before her is Henry IV of France. After her are Louise of Lorraine, Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, Archduke Ernest of Austria, Luca Marenzio, Patriarch Filaret of Moscow, Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé, Prospero Alpini, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma, John Florio, and Vitsentzos Kornaros. Among people deceased in 1615, Margaret of Valois ranks 1. After her are Hans von Aachen, Toyotomi Hideyori, Giambattista della Porta, Sanada Yukimura, Yodo-dono, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Heo Jun, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Claudio Acquaviva, Dom Justo Takayama, and Virginia de' Medici.

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In France

Among people born in France, Margaret of Valois ranks 169 out of 6,770. Before her are Roman Polanski (1933), Cyrano de Bergerac (1619), Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684), Pope Martin IV (1220), and François Viète (1540). After her are Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), Nicolas Sarkozy (1955), Henrietta Maria of France (1609), Bernadette Soubirous (1844), Louis Daguerre (1787), and Saint Sebastian (300).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Margaret of Valois ranks 5. Before her are William the Conqueror (1028), Marie Thérèse of France (1778), Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122), and Pope Leo IX (1002). After her are Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934), Charles the Bold (1433), Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383), Raynald of Châtillon (1123), Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640), and Philip the Bold (1342).

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