Margaret of Valois
noun
Queen Margot,1533–1615,
1st wife of Henry IV of France: queen of Navarre; patron of science and literature (daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici).
Also called
Margaret of France.
British Dictionary definitions for margaret of valois
Margaret of Valois
noun
1553–1615, daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici; queen of Navarre (1572) by marriage to Henry of Navarre. The marriage was dissolved (1599) after his accession as Henry IV of France: noted for her Mémoires