August 18, 1572. The day the future Henri IV married Marguerite de Valois

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2023-08-18 01:05:00

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It is Catherine de Medici, the mother of the bride, who wants this union with the Protestant heir of the Bourbons. Six days later, it will be Saint-Barthélemy.

Frédéric Lewino and Gwendoline Dos Santos August 18, 1572. The day the future Henry IV married Marguerite de Valois

Everything opposes the groom and the bride. At the age of 18, Henri de Navarre retained his rough morals from his Béarnaise childhood. He loves hunting and fighting. Cleanliness is not his obsession. Not a prude, he tumbles over anything that comes within reach of his member. At 19, Marguerite de Valois, daughter of Catherine de Medici and Henri II, knows Latin, Greek, Italian and Spanish. Fine scholar, she does not forget to be very flirtatious. And if she shares the same sexual bulimia as her future husband, at least she chooses her lovers among the greats of the kingdom. She ties an idyll with Henri de Lorraine, Duke of Guise. What is certain is that Henri and Marguerite, although brought up together at the court of France, were never attracted to each other. Finally, an ocean re…

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