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HENRI IV FRANCE - ANCESTRY
Henri III of Navarre's claim to the throne of France was through his father's male line back to Louis IX.
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Despite Henri of Navarre's apparent distance from the Valois line, he was in fact closely related to them, through his mother's line. His maternal grandmother was Marguerite of Angouleme, sister of the Valois King Francois I (Born 1494, King 1516, Died 1547). They were the children of Charles of Orleans, Count of Angouleme and Louise of Savoy.
Francois I Marguerite of Angouleme married Henri II of Albret, King of Navarre and their daughter, Jeanne D'Albret, became Queen of Navarre, before passing the throne of Navarre onto her son Henri III of Navarre.
It was the son of the Valois King Francois I, King Henri II of France, who with Catherine de Medici, begat the French Kings, King Francois II, King Charles IX, King Henri III and Marguerite Valois, first wife of Henri III of Navarre.
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