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Marguerite (English Margaret, Spanish Margarita, from the Greek for "pearl") was the first name of Queen Marguerite de Valois, wife of Henry IV of France and Navarre. She was also known as Queen Margot. Marguerite de Valois Marguerite de Valois (May 14, 1553 – May 27, 1615), Queen Margot was Queen of France and Navarre. ... Henry IV (French: Henri IV; April 1, 1553 – May 14, 1610), was the first monarch of the Bourbon dynasty in France. ... Navarre (Spanish Navarra, Basque Nafarroa) is an autonomous community in Spain. ... Categories: Literature stubs | Movie stubs | 1845 books | 1994 films | French novels ...


Marguerite is also the name of the heroine of Gounod's Faust. Categories: Stub | 1818 births | 1893 deaths | Opera composers | Romantic composers | French musicians ... Faust, Charles Gounods operatic retelling of the Faust legend, debuted at the Théatre-Lyrique on 19 March 1859. ...


Marguerite is also the name of several flowers: Clivia miniata bears bright orange flowers. ...

Marguerite is also the name of a free shuttle service Stanford University offers. Binomial name Leucanthemum vulgare Lam. ... Marguarite is a free shuttle service Stanford University offers to its students, faculty, staff, and the general public. ... The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco in an [1] of Santa Clara County. ...


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Marguerite de Valois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (841 words)
Born Marguerite de Valois at the Royal Château in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and nicknamed Margot by her brothers, she was the daughter of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici.
Marguerite was made to marry Henri de Bourbon (later Henri de Navarre and eventually Henri IV), the son of the Protestant Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, a marriage that was designed to reunite family ties and create harmony between the Catholics and Huguenots.
Marguerite died in Paris on May 27, 1615, and is buried in the Chapel of the Valois.
Marguerite de Navarre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1284 words)
Marguerite de Navarre (April 11, 1492 – December 21, 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angouleme and Margaret of Navarre, was the queen consort of King Henry II of Navarre.
Marguerite was married at 17 to Charles IV of Alençon, 20, by decree of King Louis XII of France (who also arranged the marriage of his 10-year-old daughter, Claude, to Francis).
Marguerite's most remarkable adventure involved freeing her brother, King François, captured in the Battle of Pavia, Italy, 1525, and held prisoner in Spain by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor who had once been rejected by her uncle, King Louis, as Marguerite's suitor.
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