

She was the wife of a king… and the lover of a soldier.
Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.

Margot

Henri de Navarre

Charles IX

La Môle

Catherine de Médicis

Henriette de Nevers

Anjou

Coconnas

Guise

Charlotte de Sauve

Alençon

Nançay