Margaret, Countess of Anjou
| Margaret | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Margaret with her sisters in the Bible of Naples | |
| Countess of Anjou and Maine | |
| Reign | 1290–1299 |
| Predecessor | Charles II |
| Successor | Philip I |
| Co-Sovereign | Charles III |
| Born | 1272 |
| Died | 31 December 1299 (aged 27) |
| Burial | Église des Jacobins, Paris |
| Spouse | |
| Issue among others... |
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| House | Capetian House of Anjou |
| Father | Charles II of Naples |
| Mother | Mary of Hungary |
Margaret (French: Marguerite d'Anjou); (1272 – 31 December 1299) was Countess of Anjou and Maine in her own right and Countess of Valois, Alençon and Perche by marriage. Margaret's father was King Charles II of Naples, whilst her husband was Charles, Count of Valois (third son of King Philip III of France), and her older brother was Saint Louis of Toulouse; her nephew was King Charles I of Hungary.
Born in 1272,[1] Margaret was a daughter of Charles II of Naples and his queen Mary of Hungary, the daughter of Stephen V of Hungary. Her father ceded to her husband, Charles of Valois, the Counties of Anjou and Maine as her dowry.[2] She married Charles of Valois, a son of Philip III of France, at Corbeil in August 1290.[2] Their children included:
- Isabella of Valois (1292–1309); married John III, who would become Duke of Brittany.[3]
- Philip VI of France (1293 – 22 August 1350), first king of the Valois Dynasty.[3]
- Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut (1294 – 7 March 1342); married Count William I of Hainaut and had issue.[3]
- Margaret of Valois, Countess of Blois (1295 – July 1342); married Count Guy I of Blois, and had issue.[3]
- Charles II, Count of Alençon (1297 – 26 August 1346 at the Battle of Crécy), also Count of Perche, Chatres and Joigny.[3] Married firstly Jeanne de Joigny, Countess of Joigny, and secondly Marie de la Cerda, the youngest daughter of Fernando de la Cerda, Lord of Lara.[4]
- Catherine (1299 – died young).
Countess Margaret was succeeded by her eldest son.
References
[edit]- ^ Commire & Klezmer 1999, p. 94.
- ^ a b Wood 1966, p. 42-43.
- ^ a b c d e de Venette, Jean (1953). Newhall, Richard A. (ed.). The Chronicle of Jean de Venette. Translated by Birdsall, Jean. Columbia University Press. p. 312.
- ^ Doubleday, Simon R. (2001). The Lara Family: Crown and Nobility in Medieval Spain. Harvard University Press. p. 172.
Sources
[edit]- Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah, eds. (1999). Women in World History: Maa-Mei. Yorkin Publications.
- Morrison, Elizabeth; Hedeman, Anne Dawson (2010). Imagining the Past in France: History in Manuscript Painting, 1250-1500. J. Paul Getty Museum.
- Warner, Katheryn (2017). Isabella of France, The Rebel Queen. Amberley Publishing.
- Wood, Charles T. (1966). The French Apanages and the Capetian Monarchy: 1224-1328. Harvard University Press.