Marguerite of France (1553–1615)

Marguerite of France (14 May 1553 – 27 March 1615) was a member of the House of Valois and a daughter of King Henry II of France an his wife Catherine de' Medici. She married King Henry of Navarre (Henri de Bourbon, later King Henri IV of France). She was known as Queen Margot and is also incorrectly called "Margaret of Valois". She had no children, and her husband would later marry Marie de' Medici. She was also a sister of the last Valois kings of France : kings Francis II and Charles IX. Francis II was married to Mary, Queen of Scots. She was named in honour of her maternal aunt Marguerite of France, Duchess of Savoy (daughter of Francis I of France an wife of Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy.