Someone is going to be getting extra treats (Dreamies—the UK cat treat that drives them mad) before bed tonight 😉

Seriously though—the mother/daughter relationship may always be a bit perilous but can you imagine having Queen Catherine de Médicis for your mum?

Poor Princess Marguerite de Valois didn’t have to imagine. But she did have to learn how to navigate her mother’s (technically her brother’s) court. No small feat in a situation where a wrong move could be your last. And that was even BEFORE her ill-fated wedding celebrations.

Margot’s heart belonged to the handsome Duc de Guise, but her hand was given to her cousin Henri of Navarre, a Huguenot leader and a notorious heretic looking to seal a tenuous truce.  The invitations to that multi-day party should have included a warning to dress for a massacre as well as dancing.