Margaret of Valois

Margaret of Valois was a historical figure associated with Queen of Navarre and Queen of France. The record associates Margaret of Valois with France; Navarre. Margaret of Valois belonged to the House of Valois.

The daughter of Henry II and Catherine de’ Medici, Margaret married the Protestant Henry of Navarre in Paris as part of an attempted religious reconciliation. The massacre began days later. She later became queen of Navarre and briefly queen of France before her marriage was annulled in 1599.

In Kate Mosse’s The City of Tears, After a decade of religious war, Minou and Piet travel to Paris for the marriage of the Catholic Marguerite de Valois to the Huguenot Henry of Navarre.