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The religious catastrophe in France preceding the marriage of Henri III of Navarre and Marguerite de Valois

By Olivia LonguevilleIn Tudor & Renaissance Blog, Valois blogPosted August 19, 2020

On the 18th of August 1572, a fateful wedding took place in Paris, France.  King Henri III of Navarre, a Huguenot monarch and the future Henri IV of France, married Princess Marguerite de Valois.  Henri was the only surviving son of Jeanne d’Albret, or Queen Jeanne III of Navarre, and...

Tags: catherine de medici, french history, King Henri III of Navarre, King Henri IV of France, Marguerite de Valois, the French Religious Wars, the House of Bourbon, the House of Guise, the House of Valois, the Huguenots, the valois dynasty
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