Margaret, Countess of Anjou

Marguerite of Anjou - Sicily ( * 1273, † December 31, 1299 ) was a countess of Anjou and Maine from the earlier House of Anjou. She was a daughter of Charles II of Anjou († 1309), King of Naples and Mary of Hungary ( † 1323).

Her father became engaged in a deal which he met on December 28, 1289 in Corbeil with French royalty, with the Count Charles I of Valois, brother of King Philip IV the Fair. The reason that marriage was in the Sicilian Vespers (1283 ) by Margarete father the island of Sicily lost to Aragon, and the subsequent French crusade against Aragon ( 1285), by the Count of Valois was invested by Pope Martin IV to the Crown of Aragon. However, the crusade failed, and Marguerite's father fell in battle against the King of Aragon in his captivity. A condition of his release was the task of the throne claims of Charles of Valois. This showed up and got ready to the hand of Margaret as compensation for his lost crown, his bride was to bring him the counties of Anjou and Maine in the marriage.

The marriage took place on August 16, 1290 instead of after the necessary papal dispensation had been granted, because Marguerite and her husband were second cousins ​​with King Louis VIII of France as a common ancestor.

From this marriage the following children sprang:

  • Isabelle ( * 1291, † 1309) ∞ 1297 with Duke Johann III. by Brittany (* 1286, † 1341 )
  • ∞ 1305 William III. (* 1286, † 1337), Count of Holland and Hainaut
  • ∞ 1310 Guy de Châtillon († 1342 ), Count of Blois (House Châtillon )

Marguerite was - like her husband - buried in Saint -Jacques in Paris.

Charles II of Naples Corbeil-Essonnes Charles, Count of Valois Philip IV of France Aragonese Crusade John III, Duke of Brittany William I, Count of Hainaut Guy I, Count of Blois
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