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Margaret of Navarre(also Marguerite de Navarre; Margaret of Angouleme, Margaret of O)

Born: 1492 AD
Died: 1549 AD, at 57 years of age.

Nationality: French
Categories: Authors, Comedians, Conductors

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French author, ruler, and patron of learning

 

queen of Navarre 1544-1549

 

wrote collection of tales "Heptameron"

 

sister of Francis I

 

grandmother of Henry IV






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Page last updated: 1:43pm, 25th Jul '06

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