Margaret of Valois | |
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| Born | 1295 |
| Died | 1342 (aged 46–47) |
| Noble family | Valois |
| Spouse(s) | Guy I, Count of Blois |
| Issue | |
| Father | Charles, Count of Valois |
| Mother | Margaret, Countess of Anjou |
Margaret of Valois (1295–1342) was a French noblewoman. She was a daughter of Charles, Count of Valois, and his first wife, Margaret, Countess of Anjou.[1] She was also a sister of King Philip VI of France.
In 1310, she married Guy I of Châtillon, Count of Blois.[2] They had three children together:
- Louis II of Châtillon, Count of Blois (d. 1346) and Lord of Avesnes, married Jeanne of Hainault, Countess of Soissons.
- Charles of Blois, Duke of Brittany (d. 1364),[2] married Joan of Penthièvre, Duchess of Brittany.[3]
- Marie of Blois, married:
- in 1334 to Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1346)
- Frederick VII, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg.
References
- ↑ Collins 2017, p. 106.
- 1 2 Jones 2000, p. 217.
- ↑ Prestwich 1993, p. 174.
Sources
- Collins, James (2017). "Dynastic Instability, the Emergence of the French Monarchical Commonwealth and the Coming of the Rhetoric of "L'etat", 1360s to 1650s". In von Friedeburg, Robert; Morrill, John (eds.). Monarchy Transformed: Princes and their Elites in Early Modern Western Europe. Cambridge University Press.
- Jones, Michael (2000). "Politics, Sanctity and the Breton State: The Case of the Blessed Charles de Blois, Duke of Brittany (d.1364)". In Maddicott, John Robert; Palliser, David Michael (eds.). The Medieval State: Essays Presented to James Campbell. Hambledon Press.
- Prestwich, Michael (1993). The Three Edwards: War and State in England, 1272-1377. Routledge.
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