Margaret of Navarre d' Angoulême ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Margaret of Navarre or Margaret of Angoulême, 1492–1549, queen consort of Navarre; sister of King Francis I of France. After the death of her first husband she married (1527) Henri d’Albret, king of Navarre; their daughter was Jeanne d’Albret. Margaret was an ardent supporter of religious liberty and mild church reform. Her brilliant court at Navarre was frequented by literary men, among them Étienne Dolet, Clément Marot, and François Rabelais. A writer herself, she is best known for the Heptaméron (1558), an original collection of 72 stories in the manner of Boccaccio. She also wrote plays and poems.

Margaret married Henry II of Navarre, son of Jean d' Albret and Catherine de Foix, in 1527. (Henry II of Navarre was born on 18 Apr 1503 in Sanquesa and died on 25 May 1555 in Pau, Béarn, Navarre [France].)