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MARGARET

Volume 14 · 138 words · 1860 Edition

Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, called the Semiramis of the North, was the daughter of Waldemar III., King of Denmark, was born at Copenhagen in 1353, was married to Haquin, King of Norway, in 1363, succeeded her husband on the throne of Norway in 1380, and her son on the throne of Denmark in 1387, Margaret wrested the crown of Sweden from Albert in 1397, and died in 1412. See Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Margaret of Anjou, daughter of René, titular king of Sicily, was born in 1425, was married to Henry VI. of England in 1443, and died in 1482. See England.

Margaret of France, daughter of the French king Henri II., was born in 1552, was married in 1572 to the Prince of Béarn, afterwards Henri IV. of France, and died in 1615. See France.