Navarre

Henry of Navarre was a Protestant prince who married the French princess Margaret of Valois in Paris on 18 August 1572. The marriage was at the behest of Margaret's mother, Catherine de Medici. (PROSE: A History of Humankind) Before the St Bartholomew's Day massacre, Marshal Gaspard de Saux-Tavannes ordered that Simon Duval keep Henry safe by escorting him out of Paris. (TV: "Bell of Doom")

The King of Navarre was a character in William Shakespeare's play Love's Labour's Lost and and its sequel Love's Labour's Won, played by actor Richard Burbage in 1599. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"], TV: The Shakespeare Code ^[+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"])

Louis XV became King of France and Navarre in 1715 at the age of 5, following the deaths of his great-grandfather, Louis XIV, and much of his immediate family. France was ruled in his name by a succession of regents until he was officially crowned in 1722. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac ^[+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"])