What is Margaret of Valois?
{{Infobox royalty |consort=yes | name = Marguerite of France | succession =Queen consort of France | image =Rubens.La Reine Marguerite de Valois.JPG | caption =Detail of painting by Rubens | image_size =235px | reign =2 August 1589 – 17 December 1599 | coronation = | succession2 =Queen consort of Navarre | reign2 ={{nowrap|18 August 1572 – 17 December 1599}} | spouse =[[Henry IV of France]] | house =[[House of Valois]] | religion = [[Roman Catholicism]] | father =[[Henry II of France]] | full name = Marguerite de France | mother =[[Catherine de' Medici]] | birth_date ={{Birth date|1553|05|14|df=y}} | birth_place =Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye | death_date ={{Death date and age|1615|03|27|1553|05|15|df=y}} | death_place =''Hostel de la Reyne Margueritte'', [[Paris]] | burial_place =[[Basilica of St Denis]] | signature = Signature of Marguerite of France (wife of Henri IV of France).JPG | }} '''Margaret of Valois''' (May 14, 1553 – May 27, 1615) was a [[Princess]] of [[France]] and a member of the [[house of Valois]]. Her father was [[Henry II of France]] and her mother was [[Catherine of Medici]]. She was also the sister of [[Francis II of France]], [[Charles IX of France]] and [[Henry III of France]]. Margaret was then married to [[Henry IV of France]]. The author [[Alexandre Dumas, père]] wrote a book about Margaret called ''[[Queen Margot]]''. {{commonscat}} {{bio-stub}} [[Category:1553 births]] [[Category:1615 deaths]] [[Category:House of Valois]] [[Category:French princesses]]