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Margaret, Queen of Navarre, 1492-1549

"The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.)"


The Portrait of Queen Margaret placed as frontispiece to the present
volume is from a crayon drawing by Clouet, preserved at the Bibliotheque
Nationale, Paris.
Ernest A. Vizetelly.
London,
1893.


_Explanation of the Initials appended to the Notes_.
B.J...Bibliophile Jacob, i.e. Paul Lacroix.
D.....F. Dillaye.
F.....Felix Frank.
L.....Le Roux de Lincy.
M.....Anatole de Montaiglon.
Ed....E. A. Vizetelly.


_MARGARET OF ANGOULEME, QUEEN OF NAVARRE._


I.
_Louise of Savoy; her marriage with the Count of Angouleme--
Birth of her children Margaret and Francis--Their father's
early death--Louise and her children at Amboise--Margaret's
studies and her brother's pastimes--Marriage of Margaret
with the Duke of Alencon--Her estrangement from her husband--
Accession of Francis I.--The Duke of Alencon at Marignano--
Margaret's Court at Alencon--Her personal appearance--Her
interest in the Reformation and her connection with Clement
Marot--Lawsuit between Louise of Savoy and the Constable de
Bourbon.


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