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some things are passed down from parent to child and when your mother is the ultra scandalous Katherine deichi odds are that life isn’t going to be tranquil Margaret of Vala lived through one of the most tumultuous periods in French history and she never shied away from getting right in the middle of it from her own red wedding to the passionate Affairs and vicious power grabs that became her tra Mark Margaret’s life was more jaw-dropping than an episode of Game of Thrones and her Twisted Legacy is proof Margaret wasn’t born to a happy family her father Henry II was more into his mistress than his brood while her mother Katherine deichi was ruthless and conniving despite the fact that her parents were often at odds they produced 10 children but surprise surprise as these children grew up their relationships were also full of
hostility and betrayal when Margaret was just 6 years old a tragic accident threw her entire world into chaos an opponent badly injured her father during a joast sending a piece of Lance shrapnel right into his eye and causing brain damage Henry Died leaving France without a ruler and Margaret without a father while her teenage brother Fran initially reigned in his father’s place he too was dead a year later leading the matriarch Katherine deichi to install herself as Regent over Margaret’s 10-year-old brother Charles Margaret was incredibly beautiful it was a different time yeah that’s better as one admirer put it the beauty of that princess is more Divine than human she is made to ruin men rather than to save them in those days a woman was only worth as much as the advantageous marriage she could make and
Margaret’s mother tried desperately to ship her off to powerful sutors when she was still a teenager Margaret was close to her brother Henry however true to their disturbing upbringing the siblings bonded over some extremely messed up things namely how much they hated their scheming mother around 1570 her mother had finally found an acceptable and willing match for Margaret Henry of Nar but something was off behind her family’s back Margaret had fallen for a man named Henry of geize who was essentially the 16th century equivalent of a motorcycle riding bad boy when her family found out about the affair they were Furious and humiliated that one of their own could be so flagrantly immoral Margaret’s brothers and her mother turned on the princess violently beating her for her indiscretion after this act of rebellion her
relationship with her family changed for the worse post geese Margaret and her brother Henry developed a lasting brotherly hatred and all their former closeness evaporated as for Margaret’s relationship to her mother they’d always been chilly with each other but now they were positively icy and Margaret would never again feel remorse for rebelling somehow Margaret managed to keep Henry of Navar as an interested sutor through all this turmoil except the potential Union brought its own controversy too Margaret was a Catholic Henry was a Hugo Protestant and together they were like the Romeo and Juliet of their religiously fractured era Margaret and Henry didn’t even make it down the aisle before problem started to show because of the bride and groom’s different faiths their wedding was a bizarre service Henry as a Hugo couldn’t
even set foot inside the Catholic church so one of Margaret’s Brothers had to take his place at the altar it’s awkward following the marriage Margaret and Henry were settling into the honeymoon period until their newly wed Bliss turned into a living nightmare a large number of Hugo had come to Paris to celebrate Henry’s matrimony but days after the wedding a Catholic faction suddenly attacked the group many lost their lives in the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre and when the chilling details of that day emerged they LED right back to Margaret there was a Sinister force behind this tragedy Margaret’s own mother Katherine deichi even though the Catholic battle a had arranged her daughter’s wedding to the Hugo Henry of Navar in the first place she couldn’t resist showing her new son-in-law who was boss baby making in the 16th century was far from an exact science considering
women perish from childbirth on the regular still it didn’t take a modern doctor to figure out that lots of trying and no pregnancy likely meant devastating news Margaret was sterile for a while though the couple kept trying yet there was something else driving them apart Henry of naar was a total rake and having a ring on his finger only seemed to make him more irr resistible to women he kept scores of Mistresses and would rub his flings right in Margaret face the one he would flaunt the most was one of her mother’s lackeys the beautiful Charlotte do as if keeping her husband satisfied and her mother at Bay wasn’t enough Margaret quickly had a new problem on her hands although her brother Charles had been King for quite some time he was rapidly losing his mind and his health putting the throne in Jeopardy Margaret’s allegiances were now split between her Protestant husband
Henry and her Catholic Family so when her youngest and most religiously tolerant Brother Francis wanted the throne Margaret backed him to make her hubby happy this was considered treachery by the rest of her family and they doled out a brutal Revenge they threw Navar Behind Bars along with Margaret’s baby brother Francis for good measure Margaret beside herself spent her days sending letters and pleading for their release in 1574 King Charles I 9th died at last and Margaret’s former bosom brother Henry became King Henry III upon taking the throne the new king found it in his heart to forgive Margaret and Henry’s sins kind of by 1576 both Henry of Navar and Francis managed to escape their captivity without Margaret’s help she only found out when Royal AIDS accused
her of helping her fugitive husband Escape confining her to her rooms as punishment the thing is captivity didn’t tame Margaret or Henry of naar in the slightest it only made them Wilder sure as Queen of Navar Margaret worked to assemble a refined court but after hours she really let loose her exploits were so notorious they inspired Shakespeare’s comedy loves labors lost with Margaret still Barren Henry of naar began to truly push his Queen away until their relationship reached a dire breaking point one day Margaret discovered that Henry’s teenage mistress and her lady in waiting fruis was pregnant with the king’s child Margaret tried to banish franois from her site and her Court only to witness a teen pregnant meltdown to end all meltdowns fruis screamed back at her
queen that she would never ever leave and swore that she would marry Henry Once More Margaret was gone Margaret hoping to save both her face and the young girls head franois away when the mistress finally went into labor within minutes it was clear it was going to be difficult and that the baby wasn’t going to survive nonetheless it was here Margaret showed a different side she helped franois through a traumatic still birth and then she fired the still healing girl from her service Henry was Furious and from that moment on there marriage was effectively over Margaret rebounded big time even inviting one of her lovers jacqu de haray to come cavort with her in Paris she was so obvious about it that when she fell sick people started to whisper that she was pregnant with Harley’s child Margaret’s brother King Henry III was already teed off with his sister’s many betrayals against him and he was all too ready to believe
she’d messed up yet again in response he unceremoniously expelled Margaret from his court thereby legitimizing all the malicious gossip about her and dealing her an enormous humiliation Margaret’s husband Henry of naar wasn’t pleased with her either and he staunchly refused to accept her back home so for eight long months the mortified Queen was stuck in a limbo between Paris and naar all while the entirety of Europe looked on in shock and disapproval in 1584 Margaret’s younger brother Francis her biggest Ally throughout all these years died with Francis gone Henry of Nar was actually next in line for the French throne and Margaret was under more pressure than ever to produce a legitimate air with him it was enough to make a woman go mad and well she kind of did first she abandoned her husband
which wasn’t exactly an option for a woman in the 16th century let alone a queen then she red a squad of men and started fighting against everyone even remotely related to her Margaret’s Rebellion lasted about a year before the walls closed in on her on October 13th 1586 her brother King Henry the third’s forces caught her imprisoned her and then executed one of her closest AIDS right in front of her eyes defeated both literally and spiritually Margaret assumed she was next up to the chopping block and her reaction ction was desperate Margaret sent a heartbreaking farewell letter to her mother in the end Margaret’s own cunning helped her Escape in 1587 after half a year in captivity her guard the Marquee de Caniac had a sudden change of heart and
released her some say Margaret must have seduced him while others believe she merely paid him off by the age of 35 Margaret of valois had married a king carried on multiple Affairs staged a coup or two and been exiled from her home to the surprise of many who followed her scandalous exploits she then just chilled out Margaret decided to stay in the castle where she had been imprisoned and lived there in exile for the next 18 years in 1589 her brother King Henry III died meaning her estranged husband Henry of naar became the next king of France knowing that Henry now really needed a legitimate Heir she couldn’t possibly provide Margaret consented to anull her marriage the pair quickly appealed to the papacy citing Margaret’s sterility the fact that their families were related and their estrangement Margaret wasn’t going along
with the annulment out of the goodness of her heart instead she made two demands first she wanted a load of money second she demanded cart Blan approval of whoever her no good husband married next Margaret had a lot of Leverage and she also had a grudge at the top of Henry’s Bridal list was Gabrielle destree his longtime mistress Margaret immediately next to the idea saying she would never approve of him marrying someone of such low extraction and of so impure a life in the end Henry went with one of Margaret’s distant relatives the Italian Noble Marie deichi as his new bride marrying her in 1600 besides the fact that Margaret got to keep it in her own family Marie and the former Queen actually became friends after the marriage with Margaret even managing to maintain her [Music]
title now back in the good graces of the king Margaret made a triumphant return to Paris after many rebellious years fighting against the wishes of her family and spouse late life Margaret became a people pleaser she became the cool aunt to King Henry and queen Marie’s quickly growing family and was even named godmother to one of their sons she had a softer side that not many history books make clear for example when her mother orchestrated the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre Margaret sprang into action to save many of the Protestants helping the hugos and hiding their leaders in her own Royal quarters to protect them them Margaret of valoir fell ill in 1615 and passed in Paris at the age of 61 incredibly she had survived the Reigns of six separate kings of France one of the Court’s Statesmen eulogized her by
saying she was a princess full of kindness and good intentions however her Legacy is clearly complicated he also described her as her only enemy throughout her life Margaret was the subject of intense malicious and largely unfounded gossip among the accusations were a rumor that she was a nymphomaniac a series of political pamphlets even once accused her of having an inappropriate and intimate relationship with her older brother Henry when most people think of Margaret they tend to think of the way that she was portrayed by 19th century author Alexandra Duma and his novel Lin Margo but it couldn’t be further from the truth Duma based his story on all that spurious propaganda about Margaret portraying her as nothing more than a pawn and a strumpet sadly the popularity
of his novel ensured that this became the dominant Narrative of this misunderstood Queen’s life if you enjoyed this video please give it a like And subscribe for more videos
