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Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily

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For other women called Margaret of Sicily, see Margaret of Sicily (disambiguation).
"Margaret of Jerusalem" redirects here. For the pilgrim and crusader who never held the title, see Margaret of Beverley.
Margaret of Burgundy
Queen of Sicily, Queen of Naples, Queen of Albania, Countess of Tonnerre
Queen consort of Naples
Reign18 November 1268 - 1285
Queen consort of Sicily
Reign18 November 1268 - 1283
Countess of Tonnerre
Reign1262 - 4 September 1308
Queen consort of Albania
ReignFebruary 1272 - 7 January 1285
Born1250
Died4 September 1308
SpouseCharles I of Anjou
IssueMargaret
HouseBurgundy
FatherOdo, Count of Nevers
MotherMatilda II, Countess of Nevers

Margaret of Burgundy (French: Marguerite de Bourgogne; 1250 – 4 September 1308), also known as Margaret of Jerusalem (Marguerite de Jérusalem),[1] was Queen of Sicily and Naples and titular Queen of Jerusalem by marriage to Charles I of Sicily. She was also Queen of Albania (1272-1285) as well as ruling Countess of Tonnerre (1262–1308).

Life

The second daughter of Odo, Count of Nevers, and Maud of Dampierre, Margaret was Countess of Tonnerre by inheritance from 1262 until her death.

She became Queen consort of Sicily by her marriage to Charles of Anjou, King of Sicily and Count of Anjou and Provence, on 18 November 1268. In February 1272 she became Queen consort of Albania when a delegation of Albanian nobles and citizens from Durrës reached Charles's court, where he signed a treaty declaring himself the King of Albania. Their only daughter, Margaret, died in infancy. She also became titular Queen consort of Jerusalem, after Charles bought the title from Mary of Antioch in 1277. She and her husband lost the title of King and Queen of Sicily in 1283, becoming King and Queen of Naples only.

After Charles died in 1285, Margaret retired to her lands in Tonnerre, residing in the castle there with Margaret of Brienne (widow of Bohemund VII of Tripoli) and Catherine I of Courtenay, titular Empress of Constantinople (a granddaughter of Charles of Anjou by his first wife). She sold the lordship of Torigny, Normandy, to Pierre the Fat, chamberlain of King Philip IV of France, for 9500 livres tournois[1] (about 768 kg or 1,700 lb of fine silver). At Tonnerre, the three women lived lives of charity and prayer and Margaret founded the Hospice of the Fontenilles (l’Hospice des Fontenilles), providing adequate funds for its maintenance.

She died in 1308 and she left her possessions to her great-nephew, John II of Châlon-Auxerre. She was buried in the Hospice.

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Depoin (1913), s.v. "VI. Pierre VI de Chambly".

Bibliography

  • Depoin, Louis-Joseph (1913), "La Maison de Chambly sous les Capétiens Directs" [The House of Chambly under the Capetians Proper], Bulletin Philologique et Historique (Jusqu'a 1715) [Philogical and Historical Bulletin (up to 1715)] (in French), Paris: National Printing Office, pp. 117–162.
  • Previté-Orton (1980), "L'Italia nella Seconda Metà del XIII Scolo" [Italy in the Second Half of the 13th Century], Storia del Mondo Medievale [History of the Medieval World] (in Italian), vol. V, pp. 198–244.
Preceded by Queen consort of Sicily
1268–1282 		Succeeded by
Queen consort of Naples
1268–1285 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Princess consort of Achaea
1278–1285
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