League. Thus, a papal dispensation was required to allow the two to marry, but on 29 December 1598, Pope Clement VIII declared himself opposed to the marriage. Dissatisfied, Henry IV intimidated the Archbishop of Reims into granting an authorisation of marriage. This was made at Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 31 January 1599. Henry eventually secured Papal agreement. Until the birth of her nephew on 27 September 1601, she was heiress presumptive to the Navarrese crown. However, Catherine was not married long before she died, childless. Her husband remarried to Margherita Gonzaga, a niece of Marie de Medici (Henry IV's second wife). Writings Catherine of Bourbon was also a writer. Her works consist principally of sonnets and correspondence. Ancestry References Sources Further reading Princesses of the Blood 1559 births 1604 deaths Nobility from Paris Huguenots House of Bourbon (France) House of Lorraine Albret, Duchess of, Catherine de Bourbon French duchesses 16th-century women rulers Navarrese infantas French women poets 17th-century letter writers 16th-century French writers People of the French Wars of Religion Daughters of kings