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Margaret or Marguerite of France (c. 1279 – 14 February 1318) was Queen of England as the second wife of King Edward I. She was a daughter of Philip III of France and Maria of Brabant.
Born around 1282 (some sources cite 1279) in Paris, France; died on February 14, 1318 (some sources cite 1317); buried at Christ Church, Newgate, London; interred at Grey Friars Church, Newgate, London; daughter of Philip III the Bold (1245–1285), king of France (r. 1270–1285), and Marie of Brabant (c. 1260–1321); half-sister of Philip IV, king ...
May 18, 2020 · Margaret of France was born around 1279 as the youngest child of Philip III of France and his second wife, Marie of Brabant. She was thus the half-sister of Philip IV of France. Margaret was still only around six years old when her father died in 1285, and her half-brother Philip became her guardian, and she grew up at court under the guidance ...
Margaret of France ( c. 1282–1318), queen of Edward I. Edward's second wife, whom he married in 1299, has attracted little attention from historians. She was some 40 years younger than her husband, and there is no evidence to suggest that she was as close to him as his first queen Eleanor of Castile had been.
When Margaret of France was born on 12 September 1279, in Paris, Île-de-France, France, her father, Philippe III de France, was 34 and her mother, Maria van Brabant, was 25. She married Edward I King of England on 9 September 1299, in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
May 17, 2023 · Born in around 1279 to Philip III of France and his second wife, Marie of Brabant, Margaret first came before English eyes during the negotiations to settle the increasingly violent feud between the two kingdoms over Gascony. 6 Her elder half-brother, the new French King Philip IV, proposed a marriage treaty in 1294.
Margaret of France was Queen of England through her marriage to King Edward I. She was born circa 1279 as the daughter of Philip III of France and Maria of Brabant. Her childhood was marked by the early death of her father and guidance under her mother and Queen Joan I of Navarre.
