Margaret, Countess of Anjou

(Redirected from Marguerite of Anjou and Maine) Countess of Anjou and Maine from 1290 to 1299 For the 15th century Queen of England, see Margaret of Anjou. "Margaret of Naples" redirects here. For the 2nd wife of Charles I of Naples, see Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily.

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) (aged 27)
Burial	Église des Jacobins, Paris
Spouse	Charles, Count of Valois (m. 1290)
Issue among others...	Isabelle, Hereditary Princess of Brittany Philip VI, King 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

Margaret (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:

Isabelle (1292–1309), wife of John III, Duke of Brittany
Philip VI of France (c. 1293 - 1350)
Joan of Valois
Margaret of Valois (1295–1342)
Charles II of Alençon (1297-1346)

Countess Margaret was succeeded by her eldest son.

References

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.

Regnal titles
Margaret, Countess of Anjou Capetian House of AnjouCadet branch of the Capetian dynastyBorn: 1273 Died: 31 December 1299
Preceded byCharles II	Countess of Anjou and Maine 1290–1299 with Charles III	Succeeded byPhilip I