Marguerite de Navarre
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 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 of their day in France. Marguerite is the ancestress of the Bourbon kings of France, being the mother of Jeanne d'Albret, whose son, Henry of Navarre, succeeded as Henry IV of France, the first Bourbon king.
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"Though jealousy be produced by love as ashes are by fire, yet jealousy extinguishes love, as ashes smother the flame."
"To me it seems much better to love a woman as a woman, than to make her one's idol, as many do. For my part, I am convinced that it is better to use than to abuse."
"I have heard much of these languishing lovers, but I never yet saw one of them die for love."
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1492
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Birth1549
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- father:
- Charles
- mother:
- Louise of Savoy
- spouse:
- Henri II of Navarre, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon
- children:
- Jeanne d'Albret, John of Navarre
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