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French noblewoman

Marguerite de La Rocque de Roberval (fl 1515–1542) was a French noblewoman who spent some years marooned on the Île des Démons while on her way to New France (Quebec).

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She became well known after her subsequent rescue and return to France; her story was recounted in the Heptaméron by Queen Marguerite of Navarre, and in later histories by François de Belleforest and André Thévet. Her story has been retold many times since 1560.

Early life

Marguerite de La Rocque's place and date of birth are unknown, but records attest to her declaration of fealty and homage in 1536 for her lands in Périgord and Languedoc.^[1] She was co-seigneuress of Pontpoint, with relative Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval, a nobleman privateer favoured by Francis I of France.^[1] (The exact relationship remains unclear.

André Thevet claimed Roberval was her uncle,^[2] while François de Belleforest indicated they were brother