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Margaret of Navarre

Type Figure Region France Time 1492–1549 Also known as Margaret of Angoulême、Margaret of Navarre

Margaret of Navarre was an important scholar, writer, and royal figure of the French Renaissance, sister of Francis I and Queen of Navarre.…

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  1. 1492–1525Angoulême · Nouvelle-AquitaineAs the daughter of the Count of Angoulême and later sister of King Francis I of France, she received a humanist education at court and became an important disseminator of Renaissance thought.
  2. 1525–1540Navarre · NavarreShe became Queen of Navarre in 1527, moving between the courts of Navarre and France, patronizing scholars and writers, and composing and promoting religious and literary works, including the later world-famous Heptaméron.
  3. 1541–1549Navarre · NavarreFrom 1541 to 1549 she continued her literary work and intellectual exchange, maintaining a relatively tolerant stance amid the controversies of the Reformation and influencing early French humanism and reform thought; she died at Odars in 1549.

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