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Queen Marguerite
Queen Margaret, also known as Marguerite de Valois, was a French princess and writer born in 1553. She is most famous for her memoirs, "Memoirs of Queen Marguerite," which offer insight into the tumultuous events of the French Wars of Religion and her personal experiences as a member of the Valois dynasty. Margaret was married to Henry of Navarre, later King Henry IV of France, though their marriage was politically motivated and fraught with difficulties. Her writing displays a sharp intellect and vivid descriptions of the courtly life and conflicts of her time.
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CHARLES, COMTE DE VALOIS, was the younger brother of Philip the Fair, and therefore uncle of the three sovereigns lately dead. His eldest son Philip had been appointed guardian to the Queen of Charles IV.; and when it appeared that she had given birth to a daughter, and not a son, the barons, joining with the notables of Paris and the, good towns met to decide who was by right the heir to the throne,...
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![Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois - Volume 1 [Court memoir series]](https://digilibraries-com.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/covers/b5b84e75-1406-48e1-a7a9-59247d820aed.jpg)
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The Memoirs, of which a new translation is now presented to the public, are the undoubted composition of the celebrated princess whose name they bear, the contemporary of our Queen Elizabeth; of equal abilities with her, but of far unequal fortunes. Both Elizabeth and Marguerite had been bred in the school of adversity; both profited by it, but Elizabeth had the fullest opportunity of displaying her...
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Queen Marguerite
The Memoirs, of which a new translation is now presented to the public, are the undoubted composition of the celebrated princess whose name they bear, the contemporary of our Queen Elizabeth; of equal abilities with her, but of far unequal fortunes. Both Elizabeth and Marguerite had been bred in the school of adversity; both profited by it, but Elizabeth had the fullest opportunity of displaying her...
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![Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois - Volume 2 [Court memoir series]](https://digilibraries-com.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/covers/1dfb9c66-68ed-401e-8c8e-3c6bbb8e4c79.jpg)
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The League.—War Declared against the Huguenots.—Queen Marguerite Sets out for Spa. At length my brother returned to Court, accompanied by all the Catholic nobility who had followed his fortunes. The King received him very graciously, and showed, by his reception of him, how much he was pleased at his return. Bussi, who returned with my brother, met likewise with a gracious reception. Le Guast was...
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