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Jeanne d'Albret ( Basque: Joana Albretekoa; Occitan: Joana de Labrit; 16 November 1528 – 9 June 1572), also known as Jeanne III, was Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572. Jeanne was the daughter of Henry II of Navarre and Margaret of Angoulême. In 1541, she married William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.
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.
May 5, 2022 · Jeanne d'Albret was Queen of Navarre, daughter of Marguerite de Navarre. She was a powerful Protestant queen who led Huguenot forces in the third conflict of the French Wars of Religion and was also a writer and mother of Henry IV of France.
- Joshua J. Mark
- Jeanne d'Albret is famous for leading the Huguenot forces in the early years of the French Wars of Religion but is also known as the mother of King...
- Jeanne d'Albret converted to Calvinism on Christmas Day 1560.
- Jeanne d'Albret's first marriage (when she was 12) was annulled because it was never consumated. Her second marriage, to Antoine de Bourbon, was ha...
- Jeanne d'Albret and Catherine de Medici worked to negotiate peace between Protestants and Catholics, though the two women did not like each other....
- Jeanne d'Albret died of natural causes (probably tuberculosis) in 1572. The rumor that she was poisoned by Catherine de Medici is untrue.
She inherited the throne of Navarre when her father died in 1555. From then on, she strove to keep her states independent from France and Spain. She became a convert to Protestantism under Théodore de Bèze’s influence in 1560 and from then on imposed her religion on her states.
On November 16, 1528, the princess is born in the palace of Saint-Germain-en Laye near Paris. Her father is the king of Navarre and Béarn, two independent principalities located north of the Pyrenees.
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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Jeanne d’Albret (Joan III of Navarre, l. 1528-1572) was Queen of Navarre, daughter of Marguerite de Navarre (l. 1492-1549) and niece of King Francois I (Francis I of France, r. 1515-1547).
