Note 335 — BOOK IX[283]

Margaret of Valois, Queen of Navarre (1492-1549), sister of Francis I. and married, in 1526, to Henry II. d'Albret, King of Navarre, is the author of the Heptaméron des nouvelles de très-illustre et très-excellente princesse Marguerite de Valois (1558-1559), the Miroir de l'âme pêcheresse (1533), Marguerites de la Marguerite des princesses, très-illustre royne de Navarre (1547), the Miroir de Jésus-Christ crucifié (1556) and Letters, published in the last century. The other Margaret is Margaret of France, Queen of Navarre (1552-1615), sister of Henry III. and married, in 1572, to Henry III. King of Navarre, later Henry IV. King of France, and left her admirable Memoirs for the enjoyment of posterity, with some Poems.—T.