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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. The marriage was annulled in 1545.
May 5, 2022 · Jeanne d’Albret was a major figure of the Reformation movement & one of the most significant political leaders of her time. Like her literary mother, Jeanne composed poems, memoirs, and letters but was far more outspoken in favor of radical reform in her kingdom than Marguerite de Navarre.
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- 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 c...
- 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.
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),…
Jeanne d'Albret (1528–1572) 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.
Jeanne d'Albret, née le 16 novembre 1528 au château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, morte le 9 juin 1572 à Paris, est reine de Navarre de 1555 à sa mort sous le nom de Jeanne III. Elle est la fille unique d' Henri II , roi de Navarre, et de Marguerite de Valois-Angoulême .
Jul 24, 2018 · Jeanne d’Albret, queen of Navarre, was one of the most powerful political women of 16th-century Europe. Along with Elizabeth I of England and Catherine de’ Medici in France, Jeanne d’Albret played a leading role in the religious and political conflicts that marked the second half of the 16th century. Born in 1528 in the royal palace of ...
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Marguerite de Navarre’s only surviving child was Jeanne d’Albret. Marguerite knew her daughter’s personality and spoke of the work that Jeanne might do for the church. Jeanne did not fail. She was fearless in her defense of the Reformation.
