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Margaret of Valois
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Margaret of Val·ois  (vl-wä) 1553-1615.
Queen consort whose marriage (1572) to Henry of Navarre, later Henry IV of France, was dissolved in 1599.
Margaret of Valois
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(Biographies / Margaret of Valois (1553-1615) F, French, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1553-1615, daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici; queen of Navarre (1572) by marriage to Henry of Navarre. The marriage was dissolved (1599) after his accession as Henry IV of France: noted for her Mémoires
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