Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre

About this film

LibriVox recording of Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre by Agnes Mary Frances Robinson. Read in English by Pamela Nagami Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre (Marguerite de Navarre), (1492-1549), was the sister of Francis I, King of France. She was highly-educated and was courted by the future Henry VIII of England. However, at the age of seventeen, she was married by royal decree to the untutored dolt, Charles IV of Alençon. After his death she wed Henry II of Navarre by whom she had a daughter (the mother of the future Henry IV of France) and a son, who died in infancy. The author takes us with Margaret on her perilous journey over the Pyrenees to Spain to attempt to free her brother, Francis, held captive by the Holy Roman Emperor. Margaret's support for the first stirrings of the Reformation in France alarmed the Catholic conservatives of the Sorbonne. Her cycle of short stories, the "Heptameron," is still read and enjoyed today. (Pamela Nagami) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become…

Directors & creators

Agnes Mary Frances Robinson

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;renaissance; francis i; charles v; margaret of navarre; heptameron; leonardo da vinci; battle of pavia

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