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- In Paris in May 1403, it was agreed that Margaret would marry the new Dauphin of France, Duke Louis of Guyenne. A double marriage took place at the end of August 1404, as part of Philip the Bold's efforts to maintain a close relationship with France by ensuring that the next Queen of France would be his granddaughter.
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Apr 1, 2020 · In 1305 Margaret was married to Prince Louis, the heir to the French throne. The pair were a poorly matched couple. Louis was more interested in sports than his wife, and his nickname “the quarreller” stems from the frequent fights and arguments he had with his father, King Philip IV.
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Known for: partisan of the Yorkist cause in the Wars of the Roses and the later Tudor monarchy Occupation: Duchess of Burgundy Dates: May 3, 1446 – November 23, 1503 Also known as:Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, Margaret of Burgundy
Mother: Cecily Neville(1411 – 1495). 1. Cecily’s mother was Joan Beaufort, second wife of Ralph, earl of Westmoreland, Cecily’s father. 2. Joan Beaufort was a daughter of Katherine Swynfordand John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster. John of Gaunt was a son of King Edward III of England. John married Katherine after their children were born and had them l...
husband: Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (married 1468; she was his third wife)stepdaughter:We know very little of Margaret’s early life. She was 14 when her father was killed at the Battle of Wakefield in the Wars of the Roses. Her father, the Duke of York, was attempting to take the crown from Henry VI, a Lancastrian. The next year, the Yorkists succeeded in taking the crown from Henry and Margaret’s brother became king as Edward IV. Al...
When the second wife of Charles, Duke of Burgundy, died in 1465, Charles, no longer bound by a treaty which had required him to marry a French princess the second time around, sent an emissary to England to propose that he marry Margaret. Louis XI of France opposed the alliance of Burgundy with England, and proposed other possible husbands for Marg...
After agreement was reached on a dowryand the pope had granted a dispensation for the second cousins to marry, Margaret left for Burgundy in June of 1468. Louis IX of France tried to intercept her ship to delay the marriage, but was unsuccessful, and the marriage took place on July 3 of 1468 in Bruges. Margaret became friends with Charles’ daughter...
Charles died fighting against the Swiss in January of 1477. His daughter Mary, then 19, inherited the duchy. Margaret promoted Mary’s marriage to the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian, and they were married in August of 1477. Margaret supported Maximilian and his policies, and he in turn saw to it that her estates were safely in her hands. In 1482, Mar...
Lambert Simnel
In 1486-87, Margaret may have been involved in the attempt to return a supposed son of her brother George, Duke of Clarence, to the throne of England. The claims of this pretender, known as Lambert Simnel, fell apart when the actual son of Clarence was produced from the Tower of London.
Perkin Warbeck
While Margaret continued to be involved in the politics of Burgundy, she found time to support the claims of yet another pretender, Perkin Warbeck, who claimed to be Richard, one of the missing sons of Edward IV who were presumed to have been killed in the Tower of London sometime after Richard III had them placed there when he was king. Margaret supported Warbeck’s cause, providing funds and writing to the pope and other European rulers to authenticate his identity as Richard, duke of York....
Margaret died in 1503. Margaret’s stepgranddaughter, Margaret of Austria, inherited most of her possessions.
But added problems were introduced by the French: Louis XI did not want an alliance between Burgundy and England, his two greatest enemies. Louis accordingly tried to break the two apart, by offering the hand of his elder daughter, Anne , to Charles, that of his younger daughter, Joan , to Edward's youngest brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester ...
Jan 26, 2023 · Whether it was from natural causes after her rough treatment – or, more likely, strangulation on Louis’ orders – Margaret died shortly after Louis’ accession. Louis then married Clementia of Hungary and the couple were crowned jointly at Reims in August 1315.
Louis fled to the court of Philip, the Duke of Burgundy (Philip the Good) and was granted an allowance and the castle of Genappe. Louis married Margaret, the daughter of James I, King of Scotland. But after her death in 1445 Louis annoyed his father by marrying the daughter of the Duke of Savoy without the King's approval.
Sep 9, 2014 · Margaret and Maximilian held things together and they made some progress, especially when their old enemy Louis XI died. In July 1485, Margaret took physical custody of Philip at her home in Malines and she served as a mother and mentor to her step-granddaughter Margaret.
In 1305 Louis married Margaret, daughter of Robert II, duke of Burgundy; in the last months of Philip IV’s reign, she was convicted of adultery and was later strangled in prison (1315). Louis then married (July 1315) Clémence, daughter of Charles I, of Hungary.
