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May 18, 2024 · Count of Valois r. 1284–1325: Louis 1276–1319 Count of Évreux r. 1303–1319: Philip I (IV) 1268–1314 King of France r. 1285–1314 King of Navarre r. 1284–1305: Joan I 1273–1305 Queen of Navarre r. 1274–1305: Robert II 1248–1306 Duke of Burgundy r. 1272–1306: Jeanne of Évreux 1310–1371: Charles I(IV) 1294–1328 King of ...
May 10, 2024 · Margaret Of Valois (born May 14, 1553, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Fr.—died March 27, 1615, Paris) was the queen consort of Navarre known for her licentiousness and for her Mémoires, a vivid exposition of France during her lifetime.
May 7, 2024 · Marguerite Navarre (1492-1549) Also referred to as Marguerite of Angoulême or Marguerite of Valois-Angoulême, she was an ancestress of the Bourbon kings and the wife of Henry II of Navarre. She was a playwright and poet and was deeply involved in the politics of the Protestant Reformation as a moderate Catholic in favor of religious toleration.
4 days ago · Through his second marriage to Blanche, the widow of Henry I of Navarre, Edmund was at the centre of European aristocracy. Blanche's daughter, Joan, was queen regnant of Navarre and queen consort of France through her marriage to Philip IV.
May 22, 2024 · Discover life events, stories and photos about Jeanne de Valois, Comtesse de Hainault (1286–1342) of Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France.
4 days ago · Henry IV inherited the throne after the assassination of Henry III, the last Valois king, who died without children. Henry was already King of Navarre, as the successor of his mother, Jeanne d'Albret, but he owed his succession to the throne of France to the line of his father, Antoine of Bourbon, an agnatic descendant of Louis IX.
May 26, 2024 · Lower Navarre retained its identity for another century. Queen Joan III took an active role in the French Wars of Religion, fighting on the side of the Huguenots, as did her son, who was known as Henry of Navarre and, later, King Henry IV of France. It was during the reign of that king's son, Louis XIII, that France officially enfolded Lower ...
