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Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is.
Margaret of Valois
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Margaret of Valois
Age: 61 †
Born: 1553
Born: May 14
Died: 1615
Died: March 27
Queen Of Navarre
Salonnière
Writer
St. Germain-en-Laye
Marguerite de Valois
Marguerite d'Angoulême
Marguerite of Valois
Marguerite of Navarre
Queen Margot
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