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Margaret of Valois

1553–1615 · Valois

Queen of France and Navarre until 1599 (1553-1615).. Born at Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Died at Paris.

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A royal wedding, then a massacre

Margaret of Valois married the Protestant Henry of Navarre in Paris on 18 August 1572. Six days later the St Bartholomew's Day massacre began, and Catholic mobs killed thousands of Protestants who had come for the wedding.

Family

Father: Henry II of France
Mother: Catherine de' Medici
Married: Henry IV of France 1572
Siblings (10): Diane de France, Duchess of Angoulême 1538
Francis II of France 1544
Elisabeth of Valois 1545
Claude of Valois 1547
Louis of Valois 1549
Charles IX of France 1550
Henry III of France 1551
Francis, Duke of Anjou 1555
Victoria of Valois 1556
Joan of Valois 1556

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Margaret of Valois was the 22× great-granddaughter of Charlemagne.
Margaret of Valois was the third cousin 8 times removed of Victoria.
Margaret of Valois was the second cousin twice removed of Louis XIV of France.