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Margaret of York (3 May 1446 – 23 November 1503), also known by marriage as Margaret of Burgundy, was Duchess of Burgundy as the third wife of Charles the Bold and acted as a protector of the Burgundian State after his death.
Feb 25, 2013 · The duchy had one of the largest urban populations in Europe. Margaret’s role was negligible in the first three years of her marriage but after 1472, she became active in affairs of state. Margaret would learn the government of Burgundy was widespread and she would be required to travel regularly.
Richard Hughes asks whether the ‘Diabolical Duchess’ was in reality another Tudor victim. Students of the closing years of the Wars of the Roses will be aware of Margaret of Burgundy. It was she who was intent on spoiling the party for Henry VII when, so the narrative runs, the great first Tudor was frustrated in his fine purpose by the ...
Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy (1446-1503), youngest of Richard III ’s surviving sisters. Her marriage to Charles Duke of Burgundy was a major cause of Edward IV ’s rift with the Earl of Warwick. She was an exceptional patron of religious institutions and art, and a key supporter of Perkin Warbeck, the last major pretender to Henry VII’s ...
Margaret of York (1446–1503)Duchess of Burgundy and religious patron . Name variations: Margaret Plantagenet; Margaret of Burgundy; Margeret.
Dec 19, 2013 · By Susan Abernethy. Margaret of York, sister to two kings of England, made one of the most brilliant marriages of her century. When she became a childless widow, she managed to settle into a comfortable, wealthy life and to have a principal role in Burgundian government for her husband’s heirs until her death at the age of fifty seven.
Margaret of Burgundy (October 1374 – 8 March 1441) was Duchess of Bavaria as the wife of Duke William II. She acted as regent in Hainaut in the absence of her spouse between 1404 and 1417. Life. Margaret was the third child and first daughter out of nine children born to Philip II, Duke of Burgundy, and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders.
