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Who was Margaret's mother?

  • Catherine de' Medici

  • Mary Queen of Scots

  • Eleanor of Austria

  • Marguerite de Navarre

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Catherine de' Medici was the mother of Margaret of Valois. She was the wife of Henry II of France and the mother of three other children: Francis II, Charles IX, and Elizabeth of Valois. Catherine was a powerful and influential figure in French politics, and she played a major role in the Wars of Religion.
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