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Jeanne was born in the royal palace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, at five o'clock in the afternoon on 16 November 1528, the daughter of Henry II, King of Navarre, by his wife Marguerite of Angoulême.
May 5, 2022 · Education & First Marriage. Jeanne was born 16 November 1528 at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. Her birthdate is sometimes mistakenly given as 7 January 1529 because that was the date her uncle, Francois I, announced her birth by granting permission for new guild masters in the cities.
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Other articles where Jeanne d’Albret is discussed: Albret Family: In 1550 the lands of Albret were made a duchy. Jeanne d’Albret (1528–72), Jean’s granddaughter, married Antoine de Bourbon and left her titles to her son, Henry III of Navarre, who became king of France as Henry IV. A member of the Miossans branch of the family, César-Phébus d’Albret (1614–76),…
Born on January 7, 1528, Jeanne was raised away from her mother to ensure her Roman Catholicism. She was strong willed. Francois decided to marry 12-year-old Jeanne to a German duke.
One of the first members of the French nobility to convert to Protestantism, who became a leader of the Huguenot movement, and whose son Henry IV became king of England and founder of the Bourbon Dynasty. Name variations: Joan III, Queen of Navarre; Jeanne III d'Albret. Born in 1528; died in Paris in 1572; daughter of Henry or Henri II d'Albret ...
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Jul 24, 2018 · Born in 1528 in the royal palace of Saint Germain-en-Laye near Paris, Jeanne was the only child of Marguerite d’Angoulême and Henry II of Navarre. The celebrated author of numerous works of spiritual devotion and courtly novellas such as the Heptaméron, Marguerite d’Angoulême was an early patron of Reformed ideas and reform-minded theologians.
Jeanne’s parents were Henri II d’Albret, king of Navarre and Marguerite d’Angoulême, a sister of François 1 st. In 1541, François 1 st. married her to the Duke de Clèves. This forced marriage was broken off in 1545. In 1553, she married Antoine de Bourbon. In 1553, Henri de Navarre, the future Henri IV, was born from this union.