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Margaret of Brabant (9 February 1323 – 1380 [1]) was Countess of Flanders by marriage. She was the second daughter of Duke John III of Brabant and Mary of Évreux. She was the only child of Duke John to have children. In 1347 she married Louis II of Flanders, who was then sixteen years old and already count of Flanders. [2] .
When Margaret III Comtesse de Flandres was born on 13 April 1350, in Sint Kruis, Zeeland, Netherlands, her father, Louis II de Flandre, was 19 and her mother, Margaretha van Brabant, was 27. She married Philippe II de Burgundy the Bold on 19 June 1369, in Pontoise, Seine-et-Oise, France. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters.
Biography. Margaret was the only surviving child and heir of Count Louis II of Flanders (1346 – 1384) and Margaret of Brabant. First marriage. In 1355, Margaret of Flanders married Philip of Rouvres, grandson and heir of Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy.
Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (13 April 1350 – 16/21 March 1405) also countess of Artois and Burgundy, wife of Philip I, Duke of Burgundy, and later wife of Philip the Bold. Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Brabant (c. 1253 – 3 July 1285), wife of John I, Duke of Brabant.
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Margaret of Flanders (1350–1405)Countess of Flanders, duchess of Burgundy, and countess of Artois and Nevers . Name variations: Margaret de Mâle; Margaret of Male or Mâle; Margaret II, countess of Flanders; (Fr.) Marguerite de Flandre.
Margaret III (13 April 1350 – 16/21 March 1405) was a ruling Countess of Flanders, Countess of Artois, and Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne between 1384 and 1405. She was the last Countess of Flanders of the House of Dampierre. Read more on Wikipedia.
She was the only surviving child and heir of Louis de Mâle, Count of Flanders, Count of Nevers, and Count of Rethel (1346–1384); and his wife Margaret of Brabant, Countess of Flanders.
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