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	Marguerite de Valois (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marguerite de Valois, wife of King Henri IV of France.
		Another Margaret of Valois (5 June 1523 - 14 September 1574) (Marguerite de Valois) was the sister of Henry II of France, the daughter of Francois I of France.
		Her niece, Elisabeth of Valois (Isabella of Valois) married Philip II of Spain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Margaret_of_Valois (172 words)

	Marguerite de Valois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Margaret of Valois [1] [2] (May 14, 1553 – May 27, 1615), "Queen Margot" (La reine Margot) was Queen of France and Navarre.
		Born Marguerite de Valois at the Royal Château in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and nicknamed Margot by her brothers, she was the daughter of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici.
		Her sister, Elisabeth de Valois, became the third wife of King Philip II of Spain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marguerite_de_Valois (946 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Valois Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Valois Dynasty succeeded the Capetian Dynasty as rulers of France from 1328-1589.
		They were descendants of Charles of Valois, the third son of King Philip III and based their claim to be ahead of Edward III of England on a reintroduction of the Salic law.
		The term "Valois Dukes of Burgundy" is employed to refer to the dynasty which began after a member of the Royal family (Philip, son of King Jean II), was given the Duchy of Burgundy.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Valois_Dynasty (173 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Valois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Catherine of Valois CATHERINE OF VALOIS [Catherine of Valois], 1401-37, queen consort of Henry V of England, daughter of Charles VI of France.
		Elizabeth of Valois ELIZABETH OF VALOIS [Elizabeth of Valois], 1545-68, queen of Spain, daughter of Henry II of France.
		Margaret of Valois MARGARET OF VALOIS [Margaret of Valois], 1553-1615, queen of France and Navarre, daughter of King Henry II of France and of Catherine de' Medici.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/13328.html (612 words)

	Margaret of Valois - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Margaret of Valois (14 May 1553 – 27 March 1615) (Marguerite de Valois, Princess of France, Duchesse de Valois) was the daughter of King Henri II of France and his wife, Catherine de' Medici.
		Margaret of Valois lived apart from her husband, and both had illegitimate children after their marriage, but had not children together.
		Margaret died at Paris and was interred at St.
	voyager.in /Margaret_of_Valois (279 words)

	Valois - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Valois, dynasty that occupied the throne of France from 1328 to 1589.
		Valois, Dame Ninette de, professional name of Edris Stannus (1898-2001), English dancer and choreographer, and noted founder of the Royal Ballet....
		Margaret of Valois (1553-1615), queen of France and Navarre, daughter of King Henry II of France and Queen Catherine de Médicis.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Valois.html (100 words)

	Master: Marguerite de Valois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1572 she was forced to marry the Protestant Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV) to seal a Catholic-Protestant reconciliation.
		Margaret was involved in a number of extramarital love affairs at the courts of both her brother Henry III at Paris and her husband at Nerac.
		Margaret's charm and literary talent were admired by the leading writers of the age.
	cr.middlebury.edu /public/russian/Bulgakov/public_html/valois.html (187 words)

	Search Results for "Valois"
		Valois, royal house of France, (valwa´) (KEY), royal house of France that ruled from 1328 to 1589.
		A county from the 10th to the 12th century, it was an appanage of the royal house of Valois after 1285....
		...Margaret of Valois, (valwa´) (KEY), 1553-1615, queen of France and Navarre, daughter of King Henry II of France and of Catherine de' Medici.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Valois (280 words)

	Margaret of Valois
		Margaret of Valois, also called Marguerite de Valois, was the daughter of Henri II by Catherine de Medici.
		But Henri and Marguerite still continued friends; she still bore the title of queen; she visited Marie de Medici on equal terms; and the king frequently consulted her on important affairs, though his somewhat parsimonious spirit was grieved by her extravagance.
		Marguerite exhibited during the rest of her life, which was not a short one, the strange Valois mixture of licentiousness, pious exercises, and the cultivation of art and letters, and died in Paris on the 27th of March 1615.
	www.nndb.com /people/088/000095800 (253 words)

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		On the conclusion of peace in 1570 he returned to court, where he made no secret of his attachment to Margaret of Valois.
		His pretensions were violently resented by her brothers, who threatened his life, and he saved himself by a precipitate marriage with Catherine of Cleves (daughter of Francis of Cleves, duke of Nevers, and Margaret of Bourbon), the widow of a Huguenot nobleman., Antoine de Crog, prince of Porcien.
		In the direction of the League Guise was hampered by Philip of Spain, who subsidized the movement, while he also had to submit to the dictation of the Parisian democracy.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=32231 (1208 words)

	Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg194 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Margaret DE VALOIS [Parents] was born 14 May 1553 in St Germain-en-Laye France.
		Margaret married Henry IV the Great of France DE BOURBON King of France on 18 Aug 1572 in Notre Dame, Paris, France.
		Francoise Madeleine DE VALOIS was born 13 Oct 1648 and died 14 Jan 1664.
	www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg194.htm (510 words)

	Margaret of Valois. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Her wedding (1572) with Henry, Protestant king of Navarre (later Henry IV of France), which was intended to mark the peace between Roman Catholics and Protestants, instead was a prelude to the massacre of Protestants on Saint Bartholomew’s Day.
		Margaret took part in the intrigues of her husband and her brother Francis, duke of Alençon and Anjou.
		Margaret plays a conspicuous role in literature and legend.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ma/MargV.html (279 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
		Margaret of Valois stated in her account that it was Rets, his former tutor, whom Catherine sent to reason with him, who eventually succeeded in obtaining the king's consent.
		In February Alessandrino, who had vainly endeavoured to prevent the marriage of Margaret of Valois with the Protestant Henry of Bourbon, closed his report with these words: "I am leaving France without accomplishing anything whatever: I might as well not have come." Let us be mindful of this tone of discouragement, this acknowledgment of failure.
		He gave an account of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew and begged Gregory XIII to grant, antedating it, the dispensation required for the legitimacy of the marriage of Margaret of Valois and Henry of Navarre, solemnized three weeks previously.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13333b.htm (3776 words)

	Thomas Fotheringhaye - King Louis IV Carolingian (Outremer Transmarinus) of France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		King Charles VI Valois (the Beloved) of France was born on 3 Dec 1368 in France.
		Parents: King Charles VI Valois (the Beloved) of France and Isabelle of Bavaria.
		Children were: King Francis II Valois of France, King Charles IX Valois of France, King Henry III Valois of France, Queen Margaret of Valois.
	www.geocities.com /jerry_l.geo/d149.htm (1713 words)

	Shakespeare's Sonnets and the Court of Navarre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Dark Lady and the Rival Poet are Henry's Queen, Margaret of Valois, and Guillaume Du Bartas, the leading poet at the Court.
		Margaret of Valois was known for dark and seductive eyes, loose morals, unreliability, and "intransigent Catholicism," and thus meets Honneyman's requirements for the Dark Lady.
		On the basis of other references in French poetry of the time, she is also identified with the "pearl" of Sonnet 34 and the "mortal moon" of 107.
	www.everreader.com /jimenez.htm (885 words)

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		Margaret did not inform him that she had already turned that functionary round her finger, but she urged Lalain and his wife to seduce him from his allegiance, if possible.
		Margaret travelled in a splendid litter with gilt pillars, lined with scarlet velvet, and entirely enclosed in glass, which was followed by those of the Princess de la Roche sur Yon, and of Madame de Tournon.
		Margaret was astonished at the magnificence of the apartments into which she was ushered.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext04/jm28v10.txt (12444 words)

	The Voice
		The same could be said about Hanford Christian School in California, where Cookson serves as principal—it’s not a Dordt ad, exactly, but with eight out of ten of their teachers hailing from Dordt, it might as well be.
		Margaret De Valois, a junior high teacher at Hanford, echoes Homkes’s sentiments, although she does it from the opposite end of the spectrum.
		A ’77 graduate, De Valois is one of the older teachers, and has been at the school for twenty-nine years.
	www.dordt.edu /cgi-bin/publications/voice/article.pl?id=317 (796 words)

	Master: Marguerite de Navarre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Margaret of Navarre, along with Margaret of Valois, is a prototype for the purported ancestor of Margarita.
		Margaret of Navarre, also known as Margaret of Angouleme, b.
		Marguerite de Navarre was the sister of François I, grandfather of Marguerite de Valois.
	cr.middlebury.edu /public/russian/Bulgakov/public_html/navarre.html (233 words)

	Recreating 16th and 17th Century Clothing: The Renaissance Tailor
		Older sister of Margaret of Valois who was married to Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV of France).
		Elisabeth of Austria, Hapsburg, (1554-1592), daughter of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, married in 1570 Charles IX (de Valois) of France, King of France.
		Elizabeth de Valois wears the higher necked partlet of the Spanish court while Elizabeth of Austria wears a very sweet ruff.
	www.vertetsable.com /diaries_redbrocade.htm (1578 words)

	Margaret of Valois
		Her wedding (1572) with Henry, Protestant king of Navarre (later Henry IV of France), which was intended to mark the peace between Roman Catholics and Protestants, instead was a prelude to the massacre of Protestants on
		Margaret took part in the intrigues of her husband and her brother
		Henry IV, king of France: Personal Life - Personal Life Henry's marriage to Margaret of Valois was annulled in 1599.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0831781.html (340 words)

	History Channel Search Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1560 she arranged for her daughter, Elizabeth of Valois (1545–68), to become the third wife of the powerful Roman Catholic king of Spain, Philip II.
		In 1572 Catherine found it propitious to marry another daughter, Margaret of Valois, to the Protestant king Henry of Navarre, who later became Henry IV, king of France.
		Later in 1572 she found the growing Huguenot influence over her son Charles, the French king, frightening; accordingly, she instigated the plot to assassinate the Protestant leader Coligny that led to his death and the deaths of an estimated 50,000 other Huguenots in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre (1572).
	www.historychannel.com /thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=204956 (448 words)

	Henri IV
		During the third war of religion in France (1568-70) he was taken by his mother to Gaspard de Coligny, leader of the Protestant forces since the death of Louis I, prince of Condé, at Jarnac, and distinguished himself at the battle of Arnay-le-Duc in Burgundy in 1569.
		On the 9th of June 1572, Jeanne d'Albret died and Henri became King of Navarre, marrying Margaret of Valois, sister of Charles IX of France, on the 18th of August of that year.
		The army was reorganized, its pay raised and assured, a school of cadets formed to supply it with officers, artillery constituted and strongholds on the frontier fortified.
	www.nndb.com /people/836/000093557 (1060 words)

	Margaret of Valois - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Margaret of Valois - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Margaret Tudor (1489-1541), Queen of Scotland, and daughter of King Henry VII of England.
		Catherine of Valois (1401-1437), queen of England (1420-1422), wife of Henry V, king of England, and daughter of Charles VI of France, born in...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Margaret_of_Valois.html (118 words)

	My Lines - Person Page 439
		He married Margaret de Valois-Orléans, daughter of Charles, comte d' Orléans and Louise de Savoie; Her 2nd.
		He married Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford, daughter of Edmund (Beaufort), Duke of Somerset and Eleanor Beauchamp, circa 1453.
		She was the daughter of Robert VI "le Veil", 3rd Earl of Carrick and Margaret, Countess of Carrick.
	homepages.rootsweb.com /~cousin/html/p439.htm (4301 words)

	History Channel Search Results
		Although baptized a Roman Catholic, Henry was brought up as a Calvinist by his strong-minded mother, a leader of the French Protestant (Huguenot) movement, which during the 1560s became involved in a series of civil wars with the Catholics.
		Henry’s wedding in 1572 to Margaret of Valois, sister of the reigning monarch, Charles IX, was followed by the massacre of thousands of Huguenots (see
		When the Valois king was murdered by a league fanatic in 1589, Henry became king of France as Henry IV.
	www.historychannel.com /thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=211731 (744 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Saint Bartholomew's Day, massacre of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The failure of the attempt led to formulation of the plan for a general massacre.
		The opportunity was furnished by the presence in Paris of many of the Huguenot nobility for the wedding of Henry of Navarre (later King Henry IV) and Catherine's daughter, Margaret of Valois.
		Involved in the scheme were the duc d'Anjou, later King Henry III ; Henri, 3d duc de Guise (see under Guise); and the reluctant King Charles IX.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/StBartho.asp (432 words)

	Henry IV: Biography of Henry IV
		Henry was now chosen chief of the Protestant party, although on account of his youth the principal command was vested in Coligny.
		Notwithstanding the defeats which the Huguenots had experienced in this campaign, the peace of St. Germain, which followed, was apparently most advantageous to their cause, and was speedily followed by a contract of marriage betwegn Henry and Margaret of Valois, the sister, of Charles IX.
		After much opposition on the part of both Catholics and Protestants, the marriage was celebrated with great pomp in 1572, two months after the sudden death of Queen Jeanne, which was probably due to poison, and within less than a week of the massacre of St. Bartholomew.
	www.sacklunch.net /biography/H/HenryIV.html (548 words)

	Henri IV (1553-1610) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In order to strengthen the peace, a marriage was arranged between Prince Henry and Margaret of Valois of the French royal house.
		On August 18, 1572, he and Margaret were married in Paris, but on August 24 came the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, in which thousands of French Protestants were massacred by royal forces.
		Pope Clement VIII's annulment of Henry's marriage to Margaret of Valois made it possible for him to marry the princess of Tuscany, Marie de Médicis, in October 1600.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/Henri-IV/Henri-IV.html (2530 words)

	hug2
		At this Catherine became concerned at the prospect of a war with Spain, and was also unhappy at Coligny's growing influence with the king.
		The presence of Coligny in Paris for the marriage of Henri III de Navarre to Catherine's daughter Margaret de Valois on 18th August 1572 provided her with the opportunity to take action.
		In 1599 Henri IV had his marriage to Margaret de Valois annulled; in 1600 he married again and Mary de Médicis became consort to le roi de France.
	website.lineone.net /~terrymorrell/hug2.html (851 words)

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