MARGARET OF VALOIS

välwäˈ, 1553–1615, queen of France and Navarre, daughter of King Henry II of France and of Catherine de' Medici. She was known as Queen Margot. Her wedding (1572) with Henry, Protestant king of Navarre (later Henry IV of France), which was intended to mark the peace between Roman Catholics and Protestants, instead was a prelude to the massacre of Protestants on Saint Bartholomew's Day. The marriage was one of mutual toleration. Margaret took part in the intrigues of her husband and her brother Francis, duke of Alençon and Anjou. In 1583 her brother King Henry III exiled her from Paris because of her promiscuous conduct. Estranged from both her husband and her brother, she took up arms against them and seized Agen. She was taken prisoner by royal troops (1586) and confined at the castle of Usson, but she soon became mistress of the castle. Although sympathetic with the Catholic League, she took little part in the succeeding troubles. She refused to agree to Henry IV's demand for the annulment of their marriage so he could marry his mistress, Gabrielle d'Estrées, although she finally consented (1599) to the annulment after Gabrielle's death. In her retirement at Usson (1587–1605), she maintained a small court, in which men of letters were prominent. Her own memoirs (tr. 1892), correspondence, and other writings show considerable literary ability. She spent her last years in Paris. Margaret plays a conspicuous role in literature and legend.

See biographies by H. N. Williams (1907), J. H. Mariéjol (1928, tr. 1929), and C. Haldane (1968).

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From Valois to Bourbon: Dynasty, State and Society in Early Modern France
Book by Keith Cameron; University of Exeter Press, 1989
Subjects: France--History--16th Century, France--History--17th Century, France--History--Henry Iii, 1574-1589, France--History--Henry Iv, 1589-1610, France--History--Louis Xiv, 1643-1715, France--Politics And Government--16th Century
...the targets are those in the royal Council and other supporters of the royal edicts. In 1564 Granvelle, chief minister of Margaret of Parma in the Nether- 21 Cf. Regnier de la Planche who distinguished between les huguenots de reli- gion and les huguenots...
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Margaret Webster: A Bio-Bibliography
Book by Milly S. Barranger; Greenwood, 1994
Subjects: Theatrical Producers And Directors--United States--Biography, Webster, Margaret--1905-1972, Webster, Margaret--1905-1972--Bibliography
...Conductor Fritz Stiedry Stage Director Margaret Webster Chorus Master Kurt Adler Designer...II of Spain Cesare Siepi Elisabetta di Valois, Queen of Spain Delia Rigal Principessa...Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi and hired Margaret Webster to direct the production. Thus...
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Margaret of Anjou: Queenship and Power in Late Medieval England
Book by Helen E. Maurer; Boydell Press, 2003
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Edward Iv, 1461-1483, Great Britain--History--Henry Vi, 1422-1461, Margaret--Of Anjou, Queen, Consort Of Henry Vi, King Of England--1430-1482, Power (Social Sciences)--Great Britain--History--To 1500, Queens--Great Britain--Biography
...belt of one woman. 39 And Henry VIs own mother, Katherine of Valois, who had never been a meddler, was accorded no political...upbringing. 40 When the English discovered meddlesome traits in Margaret, some at least were not pleased. But it must be understood...
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The French Monarchy (1483-1789) - Vol. 2
Book by A. J. Grant; Cambridge University Press, 1914
Subjects: France--History--Bourbons, 1589-1789, France--History--House Of Valois, 1328-1589
...flies to Lorraine, 230 ; marries Margaret of Lorraine, 234 ; invades France...I 115 ; marries Marguerite of Valois, 119 ; abjures Protestantism...Edict of Nantes, 174 ; divorces Margaret of Valois and marries Mariede Medicis
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The Dawn of the French Renaissance
Book by Arthur Augustus Tilley; The University Press, 1918
Subjects: Art, Renaissance, Art--France--History, France--History--House Of Valois, 1328-1589, French Literature--16th Century--History And Criticism, Renaissance--France, Renaissance--Italy
...through Jean Perreal a commission from Margaret of Austria to make a model for the tomb...did not proceed fast enough to please Margaret. On May 28, 1512, Michel Colombe wrote...Regnault. Jean Lemaire had reported to Margaret in a letter of Nov. 22, 1511, that...
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Past Presents: New Year's Gifts at the Valois Courts, Ca. 1400
Journal article by Brigitte Buettner; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001
Subjects: Gifts, Holidays & special occasions, Middle Ages, Society
...between 1381 and 1422 at the Valois courts, a figure that must...the kinds of things that the Valois deemed to be suitable as New...a Book of Hours to his wife Margaret of Flanders.54 A beautiful...objects that were made for the Valois (as well as the only still...
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Queen Katherine and the Secret of Lydgate's Temple of Glas
Journal article by J. Allan Mitchell; Medium Aevum, Vol. 77, 2008
Subjects: Catherine of Valois, Queen of England--Portrayals, Lydgate, John--Works, Poets--Works, Queens--Portrayals, Temple of Glas (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation
...V and Katherine of Valois in 1420, or Richard Roos and Margaret Vernon in 1438...references to Katherine of Valois are found in his Troy...acquaintance, on which see Margaret Connolly, John Shirley...Queen Katherine of Valois, appendix II, p...
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Puissance & Poverty: Henry VIII and the Conquest of France: John Matusiak Pricks the Imperial Pretension of the Monarch Who Came to the Throne 500 Years Ago
Journal article by John Matusiak; History Review, 2009
Subjects: British foreign relations, French foreign relations, French history, 1328-1589 (Valois dynasty), Henry VIII, King of England--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Henry VIII, King of England--Military policy, House of Tudor, 1400-1603, Kings and rulers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Kings and rulers--Military policy, Kings--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Kings--Military policy
...steadily reinforced by his own family. It was widely known, for instance, that the boys hugely influential grandmother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, harboured her own smouldering sense of grievance against the French, as a result of their persistent failure to...
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Coital Debut: The Role of Religiosity and Sex Attitudes in the Add Health Survey
Journal article by Sharon Scales Rostosky, Mark D. Regnerus, Margaret Laurie Comer Wright; The Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 40, 2003
Subjects: Attitude (Psychology), Attitude (Psychology)--Demographic aspects, Attitude (Psychology)--Religious aspects, Attitudes--Demographic aspects, Attitudes--Religious aspects, Religiousness, Religiousness--Psychological aspects, Sex, Sex--Demographic aspects, Sex--Religious aspects, Sexual behavior--Demographic aspects, Sexual behavior--Religious aspects, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sexually transmitted diseases--Risk factors, Teenage pregnancy, Teenage pregnancy--Risk factors, Teenagers, Teenagers--Demographic aspects, Teenagers--Religious aspects, Teenagers--Sexual behavior, Youth, Youth--Demographic aspects, Youth--Religious aspects, Youth--Sexual behavior
...Rostosky , Mark D. Regnerus , Margaret Laurie Comer Wright Research...Costa et al., 1995; Valois, Kammermann, Drane, 1997...the Family, 51, 641-653. Valois, R. E, Kammermann, S...University of Texas at Austin Margaret Laurie Comer Wright University...
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Ambient [PM.Sub.2.5] Exposure Up-Regulates the Expression of Costimulatory Receptors on Circulating Monocytes in Diabetic Individuals
Journal article by Alexandra Schneider, Neil E. Alexis, David Diaz-Sanchez, Lucas M. Neas, Shirley Harder, Margaret C. Herbst, Wayne E. Cascio, John B. Buse, Annette Peters, Robert B. Devlin; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 119, 2011
Subjects: Diabetes mellitus--Care and treatment, Diabetes mellitus--Genetic aspects, Diabetes--Care and treatment, Diabetes--Genetic aspects, Gene expression--Physiological aspects, Genetic markers--Identification and classification, Human immunogenetics--Research, Monocytes--Genetic aspects
...Sanchez , Lucas M. Neas , Shirley Harder , Margaret C. Herbst , Wayne E. Cascio , John B...Goldberg MS, Burnett RT, Yale JF, Valois MF, Brook JR. 2006. Associations between...Neas, (3) Shirley Harder, (3) Margaret C. Herbst, (2) Wayne E. Cascio...
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The Mother of British Ballet: The Founder of Britain's Royal Ballet, Still a Formidable Presence at the Age of Ninety-Five, Recalls Her Long and Illustrious Career
Magazine article by Margaret Willis; Dance Magazine, Vol. 68, February 1994
Subjects: Ballerinas--Biography, De Valois, Ninette--Biography, Royal Ballet--History
...long and illustrious career by Margaret Willis It was one of those...in Britain. Dame Ninette de Valois, born Edris Stannus on June...obituaries of Rudolf Nureyev. De Valois, as director of the Royal...next few years, Ninette de Valois, as she was now known...
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Call Her 'Madame'
Magazine article by Clive Barnes; Dance Magazine, Vol. 75, June 2001
Subjects: Dancers--Biography, De Valois, Ninette--Biography, Royal Ballet School--Officials and employees
...over a century, but Dame Ninette de Valois, O.M., C.H., a woman everyone...Yeats, and she was effectively a Margaret Thatcher before anyone had ever heard of Margaret Thatcher. De Valois was one of the tiny handful of people...
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Madam's Legacy
Magazine article by Margaret Willis; Dance Teacher, Vol. 33, April 2011
Subjects: Ballet, Dancers & choreographers, Nazi era
Madams Legacy by Margaret Willis "Without her, there...MacMillan at Ninette de Valois 90th birthday in 1988...conference, "Ninette de Valois: Adventurous Traditionalist...captain and his wife, de Valois as a tiny child shyly performed...
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Don Carlos at Covent Garden
Magazine article by Margaret Davies; Musical Opinion, Vol. 133, January 2010
Don Carlos at Covent Garden by Margaret Davies A staging of Don Carlos is an occasion...suffering in the presence of Elisabeth de Valois, creating the background to her acquiescence...cathedral, characterless, ugly scenery. Margaret Davies
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Dowell: Dancers Can't Have Their Cake and Eat It Too
Magazine article by Margaret Willis; Dance Magazine, Vol. 70, February 1996
Subjects: Ballet companies--Personnel management, Choreographers--Interviews, Dance companies--Personnel management, Dancers--Contracts, Dowell, Anthony--Interviews
Dowell: dancers cant have their cake and eat it too by Margaret Willis London - Anthony Dowell, looking the quintessential...choreographer Kenneth Macmillan, and company founder Ninette de Valois (also known to her colleagues and artistic descendants as...
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Try Taking a Stab at Spartacus; DANCE DVDS
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 3, 2009
...made for television in 1982 of Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet in two works by Ninette de Valois. The dancing is crisp, with notably strong performances by Margaret Barbieri and David Ashmole in Checkmate, and David Morse and Nicola Katrak in The...
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The Odd Couple; So What Possessed a 25-Year-Old to Marry a Wealthy Pensioner Who, at 78, Is Three Years Younger Than Her Grandmother?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 25, 2005
...She said she had loved Mr de Valois Watson ever since meeting him...schoolboy since the wedding. Mr de Valois Watson admitted he had changed...The brides grandmother, Margaret Collier, who at 81 is just three years older than Mr de Valois Watson, said the family had...
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Maurice, 78 Stuns Family and Weds His Girlfriend , 25; Wealthy Bachelor Walks Down the Aisle on Zimmer at Secret Wedding
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), July 24, 2005
...WEALTHY bachelor Maurice de Valois Watson has stunned his family...for holidays. The new Mrs de Valois Watson stands to inherit his...Bernadettes grandmother, Margaret Collier, 81, said: It is...like the rest of my family? Margaret said the wedding only came...
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Encore, Margot; as a Student at the Royal Ballet School, Author Meredith Daneman (Right) Was Privileged to Get a Captivating Glimpse into the World of Prima Ballerina Margot Fonteyn, and Later Became Her Biographer. Here She Reflects on the Life of the Dancing Legend - Played by Anne-Marie Duff in an Exciting New BBC Film
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 20, 2009
Subjects: Actors, Actresses, Ballet, Ballets, Fonteyn, Margot, Nureyev, Rudolf
...better be. I remember Dame Ninette de Valois (founder of the Royal Ballet) telling...Frederick Ashton, Lindsay Duncan as De Valois, Con ONeill as Margots husband Tito Arias...LIFE LESS ORDINARY 1919 Margot is born Margaret (Peggy) Hookham in Reigate, Surrey...
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Vintage Burgundy; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 3, 2010
...possibility is John IIs great-great-grandson, the last Valois Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold (1433-1467), one of...He allied himself with England by his marriage in 1468 to Margaret, sister of King Edward IV, conquered the Low Countries and...
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Margaret of Valois
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MARGARET OF VALOIS valwa , 1553 1615, queen of France and...marriage was one of mutual toleration. Margaret took part in the intrigues of her husband...She spent her last years in Paris. Margaret plays a conspicuous role in literature...
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Henry IV , King of France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Huguenots and the crown, Henry was betrothed to Margaret of Valois , sister of King Charles IX . A few days after his...Francois Ravaillac. Personal Life Henrys marriage to Margaret of Valois was annulled in 1599. His mistresses included Gabrielle...
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EstrÉes, Gabrielle D'
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...her marquise of Monceaux and duchess of Beaufort. She divorced her husband, and Henry was preparing to divorce Margaret of Valois, with the object of marrying Gabrielle, when Gabrielle died. Her three children by Henry were legitimized. One...
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Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...many of the Huguenot nobility for the wedding of Henry of Navarre (later King Henry IV ) and Catherines daughter, Margaret of Valois. Involved in the scheme were the duc dAnjou, later King Henry III ; Henri, 3d duc de Guise (see under Guise...
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Emmanuel Philibert
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Savoy (except Vaud and Geneva, which remained Swiss) to Emmanuel Philibert, who in the same year married Margaret of Valois, sister of Henry II of France. Savoy was in deplorable condition. The duke, with great energy and wisdom, reorganized...
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