Marguerite de Navarre (
French:
Marguerite d'Angoulême,
Marguerite d'Alençon; 11 April 149221 December 1549), also known as
Marguerite of Angoulême and
Margaret of Navarre, was the
princess of
France,
Queen of
Navarre, and Duchess of
Alençon and
Berry. She was married to
Henry II of Navarre. Her brother became King of
France, as
Francis I, and the two siblings were responsible for the celebrated intellectual and cultural court and salons of their day in France.