Margaret, Countess of Anjou

For the 15th century Queen of England, see Margaret of Anjou.

Margaret
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(1299-12-31)
Burial	Église des Jacobins, Paris
Spouse	Charles of Valois
Issue among others...	Isabelle, Duchess of Brittany Philip VI of France Joan, Countess of Hainaut Margaret, Countess of Blois Charles II, Count of Alençon
House	Capetian House of Anjou
Father	Charles II of Naples
Mother	Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Margaret, Countess of Anjou (1272 – 31 December 1299) was Countess of Anjou and Maine in her own right and Countess of Valois, Alençon, Chartres and Perche by marriage. Margaret's father was King Charles II of Naples, whilst her husband was Charles of Valois, and her older brother was Saint Louis of Toulouse; her nephew was Charles I of Hungary.

Biography

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.^[1] She married Charles of Valois, a son of Philip III of France, at Corbeil on 16 August 1290.^[1] Their children included:

Countess Margaret was succeeded by her eldest son.

Ancestors of Margaret, Countess of Anjou

21. Gersenda II of Sabran

1. Margaret of Anjou and Maine

13. Maria Laskarina

28. Suthoi, Khan of Cumania

1 2 Charles T. Wood, The French Apanages and the Capetian Monarchy: 1224-1328, (Harvard University Press, 1966), 42-43.

Regnal titles
Margaret, Countess of Anjou Capetian House of Anjou Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty Born: 1273 Died: 31 December 1299
Preceded by Charles II	Countess of Anjou and Maine 1290–1299 with Charles III	Succeeded by Philip I

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