The Pearl Of Princesses
Subtitle: The Life Of Marguerite D'angouleme Queen Of Navarre
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 19, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780766193413
Subjects: Biography: general; Europe - France; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; France; Historical - General; Women
First sentence: BY his marriage with Valentina of Milan, Louis, Duc d'Orleans, the hapless brother of Charles VI, who, in November 1407, was so barbarously murdered in the streets of Paris, at the instigation of Jean-sans-Peur, Duke of Burgundy, had three sons: Louis, who succeeded to his father's title and the bulk of his parents' vast wealth, Philippe, Comte de Vertus, and Jean, Comte d'Angouleme.