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- Countess Margaret died in 1382, leaving her cousin Blanche as the final surviving Capetian. Her counties were inherited by her only son, Louis, who died two years later. In 1384, all her possessions, together with Flanders and the rest of Louis' inheritance, went to her only surviving grandchild, Margaret III of Flanders.
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Feb 25, 2013 · 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.
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.
Margaret of Burgundy (1446–1503) was a sister of Edward IV. After considerable negotiation, she was married in 1468 to Charles, duke of Burgundy, amid lavish celebrations. The marriage had great diplomatic significance in creating an alliance against Louis XI of France, and the duke gave assistance to Edward IV in 1470 when he was driven into ...
Dec 19, 2013 · 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.
- Yorkist Partisan
- Family
- Marriage, Children
- Early Life and Marriage Prospects
- Charles, Duke of Burgundy
- Marriage
- The Dowager Duchess
- Yorkist Pretenders
- Death of Margaret
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.
Jan 16, 2019 · In October 1467, after two years of negotiations, Margaret appeared before the Great Council at Kingston-upon-Thames to give her formal consent to her marriage with Charles, Duke of Burgundy. On 18 June 1468, Margaret finally set out for her new life in Burgundy.
Margaret of Burgundy (French: Marguerite de Bourgogne; 1250 – 4 September 1308), also known as Margaret of Jerusalem (Marguerite de Jérusalem), was Queen of Sicily and Naples and titular Queen of Jerusalem by marriage to Charles I of Sicily.
