Margaret of Valois-Angoulême Quotes

queen consort of Navarre (1492–1549)

Marguerite de Navarre (French: Marguerite d'Angoulême, Marguerite d'Alençon; 11 April 1492 – 21 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was the princess of France, Queen of Navarre, and Duchess of Alençon and Berry. She was married to Henry II of Navarre. Her brother became King of France, as Francis I, and the two siblings were responsible for the celebrated intellectual and cultural court and salons of their day in France. As an author and a patron of humanists and reformers, she was an outstanding figure of the French Renaissance.

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Alternative Names: Marguerite de Valois-Angoulême • Margaret of Navarre • Marguerite d’Angoulême • Margaret of Angoulême • Marguerite de Navarre • Margaret de Valois Queen of Navarre

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To me it seems much better to love a woman as a woman, than to make her one's idol, as many do. For my part, I am convinced that it is better to use than to abuse.

I have heard much of these languishing lovers, but I never yet saw one of them die for love.