Margaret of Flanders († 1285)

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Duke John I of Brabant and his wife Margaret of Flanders

Margaret of Flanders (* around 1251; † July 3, 1285 ) was a duchess of Brabant .

Life

Margaret of Flanders was the daughter of Guido I from the House of Dampierre , Count of Flanders and Namur , and his first wife Mathilde de Béthune . She was betrothed either in 1266 to Peter of Bretagne († 1268), Lord of Dinan etc., second son of Duke John I of Bretagne, or around 1256 to Florens the Vogt († 1258); In any case, the desired marriage did not materialize because the bridegroom died soon after the engagement.

In 1273 Margaret of Flanders finally married Johann I , Duke of Brabant († 1294), who shortly before had his first wife Margaret of France , daughter of the French King Louis IX. , had lost.

The marriage of Margaret of Flanders and John I had four children:

  • Gottfried (* 1273/74; † after 1283)
  • John II the Peacemaker (born September 27, 1275 - † October 27, 1312), Duke of Brabant and Limburg
  • Margaret of Brabant (October 4, 1276 - December 14, 1311), in 1292 she married the later Roman-German King Henry VII.
  • Maria (* around 1278 † November 2, 1338), in 1297 she married Count Amadeus V of Savoy

Margarete von Flandern died on July 3, 1285 and was buried in the Franciscan church in Brussels , where her husband later found his final resting place.

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Remarks

  1. ^ So Marguerite de Flandre on Medieval Lands
  2. ^ So Alphonse Wauters: Marguerite de Flandre , in: Biographie nationale de Belgique , Vol. 13 (1894–1895), Col. 631.
personal data
SURNAME Margaret of Flanders
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Brabant
DATE OF BIRTH around 1251
DATE OF DEATH July 3, 1285