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Margaret, Countess of Anjou

Countess of Anjou and Maine from 1290 to 1299

Field	Value
name	Margaret
image	Marie karel2 (cropped, five daughters).jpg
caption	Margaret with her sisters in the Bible of Naples
succession	Countess of Anjou and Maine
reign	1290–1299
predecessor	Charles II
successor	Philip I
regent	Charles III
reg-type	Co-Sovereign
issue	{{plainlist
issue-link	#Biography
issue-pipe	among others...
house	Capetian House of Anjou
father	Charles II of Naples
mother	Mary of Hungary
spouse
birth_date	1272
death_date
burial_place	Église des Jacobins, Paris

| reg-type = Co-Sovereign

Isabelle, Hereditary Princess of Brittany
Philip VI, King of France
Joan, Countess of Hainaut
Margaret, Countess of Blois
Charles II, Count of Alençon}} | issue-link=#Biography | issue-pipe=among others... 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, 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. She married Charles of Valois, a son of Philip III of France, at Corbeil in August 1290. Their children included:

Isabella of Valois (1292–1309); married John III, who would become Duke of Brittany.
Philip VI of France (1293 – 22 August 1350), first king of the Valois Dynasty.
Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut (1294 – 7 March 1342); married Count William I of Hainaut and had issue.
Margaret of Valois, Countess of Blois (1295 – July 1342); married Count Guy I of Blois, and had issue.
Charles II, Count of Alençon (1297 – 26 August 1346 at the Battle of Crécy), also Count of Perche, Chatres and Joigny. 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.
Catherine (1299 – died young).

Countess Margaret was succeeded by her eldest son.

References

Sources

References

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.

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