Queen of Navarre; Jeanne D'Albret 1528-1572. [Illustr.]-Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press 1968. XII, 503 S. 8°

Download or read book Queen of Navarre; Jeanne D'Albret 1528-1572. [Illustr.]-Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press 1968. XII, 503 S. 8° written by Nancy Lyman Roelker and published by Belknap Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jeanne d'Albret (16 November 1528? 9 June 1572), also known as Jeanne III or Joan III, was the queen regnant of Navarre from 1555 to 1572. She married Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, and was the mother of Henry of Bourbon, who became King of Navarre and of France as Henry IV, the first Bourbon king. She became the Duchess of Vendôme by marriage. She was the acknowledged spiritual and political leader of the French Huguenot movement, and a key figure in the French Wars of Religion."--Wikipedia.