Marguerite des Baux

Marguerite des Baux ( Italian Margherita del Balzo ; * 1394 ; † November 15, 1469 ) was Countess of Saint-Pol, of Brienne and of Conversano. She came from the noble family of Les Baux , which originally came from Provence . Marguerite was married to Peter of Luxembourg , Count of Brienne , Conversano and Saint-Pol (1390–1433). Among her descendants are Elizabeth Woodville , the wife of King Edward IV of England , Mary Queen of Scots , Henry IV of France and all the English monarchs since 1509.

family

Marguerite was born in 1394 as the daughter of Francesco des Baux (1330–1422) and his third wife Sueva Orsini (1360 – approx. 1430), a descendant of Simon V. de Montfort and Eleanor of England .

Her paternal grandparents were Bertrand III. des Baux, Count of Andria, Signore de Squillace and Marguerite d'Aulnay and their maternal grandparents were Niccolò Orsini, Conte di Nola , and Jeanne de Sabran.

Marriage and offspring

Marguerite married Peter von Luxemburg, Count of Saint-Pol, von Brienne and von Conversano, on May 8th 1405, the eldest son of John II of Luxemburg and his wife Marguerite d'Enghien. From his mother, Peter inherited the counties of Brienne and Conversano and in 1430 the county of Saint-Pol from his aunt Jeanne de Luxembourg. His younger brother Johann was allied with the English in the Hundred Years War and in 1430 took Johanna von Orléans prisoner, whom he sold to the English for 10,000 livres.

The following children were born out of the marriage:

Ludwig I of Luxembourg (1418–1475)
1. ⚭ Johanna von Bar , Countess of Marle and Soissons (1415–1462)
2. ⚭ Mary of Savoy (1448–1475)
Jacquetta of Luxembourg (c. 1415–1472)
1. ⚭ John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389–1435)
2. ⚭ Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (approx. 1405–1469)
Thibault of Luxembourg (approx. 1410–1477)
1. ⚭ Philippa de Melun
Jacques de Luxembourg-Ligny (1426–1487)
1. ⚭ Jeanne, Countess of Moers and Saar Werden
2. ⚭ Isabelle de Roubaix (1415–1498)
Valeran of Luxembourg, died young
Jean of Luxembourg, died in Africa
Catherine of Luxembourg († 1492)
1. ⚭ Arthur III. , Duke of Brittany (1393-1458)
Isabella of Luxembourg, Countess of Guise († 1472)
1. ⚭ Charles IV of Maine (1414–1472)

Marguerite died on November 15, 1469 at the age of 75 and was buried in the Cercamp monastery in Frévent, Pas-de-Calais. Her husband Peter had died of the plague in 1433.

Individual evidence

^ David Baldwin: Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes in the Tower . The History Press, 2010.
^ ^A ^b Douglas Richardson: Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families . 2nd Edition. 2011, p. 538 .
^ Peter Edward Russell: Portugal, Spain, and the African Atlantic, 1343-1490: Chivalry and Crusade from John of Gaunt to Henry the Navigator . Variorum, 1995, p. 191 .

personal data
SURNAME	Baux, Marguerite des
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Balzo, Margherita del
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Countess of Saint-Pol, Brienne and Conversano
DATE OF BIRTH	1394
DATE OF DEATH	November 15, 1469

[1] David Baldwin: Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes in the Tower . The History Press, 2010.

[:0-2] A ^b Douglas Richardson: Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families . 2nd Edition. 2011, p. 538 .

[3] Peter Edward Russell: Portugal, Spain, and the African Atlantic, 1343-1490: Chivalry and Crusade from John of Gaunt to Henry the Navigator . Variorum, 1995, p. 191 .