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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:16th-century French people. It includes French people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
Mathurine is noted in the registers of the court with the position Plaisante, [2] which was the title of female jesters of the court in 16th-century France, of which there were evidently several, such as Mademoiselle Sevin, the jester of the queen of Navarre. [3] Mathurine de Vallois is the most known of these female jesters.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:16th-century French writers. It includes French writers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:16th-century French male writers
Marguerite de La Rocque de Roberval (fl 1515–1542) was a French noblewoman who spent some years marooned on the Île des Démons while on her way to New France (Quebec). She became well known after her subsequent rescue and return to France; her story was recounted in the Heptaméron by Queen Marguerite of Navarre, and in later histories by François de Belleforest and André Thévet.
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:16th-century French Jews and Category:16th-century French LGBTQ people and Category:16th-century French women The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
Diane de Poitiers (9 January 1500 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and courtier who wielded much power and influence as King Henry II's royal mistress and adviser until his death. Her position increased her wealth and family's status. She was a major patron of French Renaissance architecture.
Portrait of Queen Margaret of Valois. 16th century. In 1585, in an unprecedented gesture for a Queen of the sixteenth century, Margaret abandoned her husband. [79] She rallied the Catholic League, which united as well the intransigent Catholics with the people hostile to the policy of her family and her husband. [75]
Marguerite de Navarre (French: Marguerite d'Angoulême, Marguerite d'Alençon; 11 April 1492 – 21 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was a princess of France, Duchess of Alençon and Berry, [1] and Queen of Navarre by her second marriage to King Henry II of Navarre.