Marguerite of Anjou-Sicily

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

Her father engaged her in an agreement that he made with the French crown in Corbeil on December 28, 1289, with Count Charles I of Valois , brother of King Philip IV the Fair . The reason for this marriage was the Sicilian Vespers (1283), in which Margarete's father lost the island of Sicily to Aragon, and the subsequent French crusade against Aragon (1285), in which the Count of Valois was given the crown of Aragon by Pope Martin IV was enfeoffed. The crusade failed, however, and Marguerite's father was captured while fighting the king of Aragon. A condition for his release was the surrender of the claims to the throne of Charles of Valois. He showed himself willing and got Margarete's hand as compensation for his lost crown, his bride should bring him the counties Anjou and Maine into the marriage.

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

The following children arose from this marriage:

• Isabelle (* 1291; † 1309)
  • ⚭ 1297 with Duke Johann III. of Brittany (* 1286; † 1341)
• Philip (* 1293; † 1350), Count of Valois, 1328 as Philip VI. King of France, founder of the House of Valois
• Jeanne (* 1294; † 1342)
  • ⚭ 1305 with Wilhelm III. (* 1286; † 1337), Count of Holland and Hainaut
• Marguerite (* 1295; † 1342)
  • ⚭ 1310 with Guy de Châtillon († 1342), Count of Blois ( House of Châtillon )
• Charles II (* 1297; † 1346), Count of Alençon
• Catherine (1299--1300)

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

Web links

• genealogie-mittelalter.de

predecessor	Office	successor
Charles II the Lame	Countess of Anjou Countess of Maine 1290–1299	Philip