MARGUERITE de Flandre (Mâle near Bruges 1350, chr 13 Apr 1350 - Arras 16 Mar 1405, bur Lille, église Saint-Pierre)

Ctss of Flanders, Ctss d'Artois, Ctss de Nevers and Rethel, Ctss Palatine of Burgundy. Dss of Brabant and Limburg, Markgravine of Antwerp, Dame de Malines 1404

History

She was the daughter and heir of Louis de Mâle, Count of Flanders, Count of Nevers, and Count of Rethel (1346–1384); and his wife Margueritte of Brabant . Through his mother, Margaret I, Louis was also Count of Burgundy and Count of Artois (1382–1384).

In 1357 the young Margueritte, then seven, married Philip of Rouvres, grandson and heir of Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy. Philip was eleven years old and her second cousin. He was count of Burgundy and Artois (1347–1361), Duke of Burgundy (1350–1361), and became yet Count of Auvergne and Boulogne (1360–1361). The marriage was unconsumated, and Margaret was widowed in 1361, when Philip died in a riding accident.

On 19 Oct 1364, Margaret was betrothed to Edmund of Langley, s/o Edward III King of England & his wife Philippa de Hainaut (Abbot’s Langley, Hertfordshire 5 Jun 1341-King’s Langley, Hertfordshire 1 Aug 1402, bur King’s Langley, Church of the Dominican Friars). This betrothal was arranged under the Treaty of Dover 19 Oct 1364, but the French persuaded Pope Urban V to refuse a dispensation on grounds of consanguinity.

With the death of Philip of Rouvres the duchy of Burgundy was inherited by John II of France (as John I of Burgundy). In 1363 Philip the Bold, John's youngest son, had been granted the duchy as Philip II of Burgundy, and he subsequently married its former duchess (Margaret) in 1369.

Marriage of duke Philip the Bold and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders - Grandes Chroniques de France Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France http://expositions.bnf.fr/flamands/grand/fla_459.htm, Public Domain

Philip had earlier been Duke of Touraine (1359–1363), and became later also count of Charolais (1390–1404).

When Margaret's father died in 1384, she and Philip inherited the counties of Artois, Burgundy, Flanders, Nevers, and Rethel.

Philip died in 1404, and Margaret died the next year.

According to Guizot, her father had not wished her to marry a Frenchman, being more friendly to England; he was persuaded to agree to the marriage by his mother, Margaret of France.

Family

Margaret and Philip had the following children:

• John the Fearless (1371–1419, murdered at Montereau), his eldest son and successor as Duke of Burgundy
• Charles (1372–1373)
• Margaret of Burgundy (October 1374 – March 8, 1441, Le Quesnoy), Countess of Mortain married William VI, Count of Holland and Duke of Bavaria-Straubing
• Louis (1377–1378)
• Catherine of Burgundy (April 1378, Montbard – January 24, 1425, Grey-sur-Saone), married Leopold IV, Duke of Austria
• Bonne (1379–1399, Arras)
• Antoine, Duke of Brabant (August, 1384 – October 25, 1415, at Agincourt)
• Mary of Burgundy (September 1380, Dijon – October 2, 1422, Thonon-les-Bains), married Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy
• Philip II, Count of Nevers and Rethel (1389–1415, at Agincourt)

Her eldest son, John the Fearless, succeeded her in 1405 as Duke of Burgundy, Count of Burgundy, Count of Artois, and Count of Flanders. In 1406 her younger son Anthony inherited Brabant and Limburg. Nevers was at first, in her lifetime, given to their eldest son John, but after his accession to duchy, went later to her youngest son Philip.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_III,_Countess_of_Flanders /
• French: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_III_de_Flandre
• https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLANDERS,%20HAINAUT.htm#LouisIIdie...
• https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BURGUNDY.htm#PhilippeIIDucdied1404

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LOUIS de Flandre, son of LOUIS I Count of Flanders & his wife Marguerite de France Ctss d'Artois (Maldeghem/Mâle, near Bruges 25 Nov 1330-Saint-Omer 30 Jan 1383, bur Lille Saint-Pierre).
The Iohannis de Thilrode Chronicon names "Ludovicus…filius fuit Ludovicus dictus de Male"[810]. He succeeded his father in 1346 as LOUIS II “de Male” Count of Flanders, Comte de Nevers et de Rethel, Comte Palatin de Bourgogne, Comte d'Artois. After his brother-in-law Wenzel I Comte de Luxembourg, Duke of Brabant, initiated negotiations with his brother concerning the latter's eventual inheritance of the childless Wenzel's properties, Count Louis occupied Mechelen and Duke Wenzel was forced to flee to Limburg. The dispute was settled by the peace of Ath under which Mechelen and Antwerp were transferred to Flanders, and Count Louis was granted the right to bear the title Duke of Brabant[811].

Betrothed (Papal dispensation Avignon 14 Mar 1335) to his first cousin, YOLANDE de Flandre, dame de Cassel, daughter of ROBERT de Flandre, Comte de Marle, Seigneur de Cassel & his wife Jeanne de Bretagne, dame de Nogent-le-Rotrou (château d'Alluyes, Eure-et-Loir 2 Feb or 15 Sep 1326 or 1331-château de Nieppe dit de La Motte-au-Bois, Hazebrouck, Nord 12 Dec 1395, bur Bar-le-Duc, église collégiale Saint-Maxe).

Betrothed (before 1347, renewed 13 Mar 1347, terminated before 6 Jun 1347) to ISABELLA of England, daughter of EDWARD III King of England & his wife Philippa de Hainaut (Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire 16 Feb or [Mar] or 16 Jun [1332 or 1334]-[15 Mar/4 May] 1379 or [17 Jun/5 Oct] 1382, bur Greyfriars Church, Newgate, London). A charter dated 13 Mar 1346 (O.S.) records the renewal of the contract for the marriage between “Loys contes de Flandres, de Nevers et de Rechest” and “Edward...Roi d´Engleterre...Ysabel ainsnee fille”[812].

m (Saint-Quentin 6 Jun 1347) MARGUERITE de Brabant, daughter of JEAN III Duke of Brabant & his wife Marie d'Evreux (9 Feb 1323-1368, bur Lille Saint-Pierre). The Oude Kronik van Brabant names "Johannam, Margaretam comitissam Flandrie, et Mariam coniugem Reynaldi Grossi ducis Ghelrie secundi" as the three daughters of "Johannes tertius" and his wife "Mariam filiam Ludowici comitis Eboracensis"[813].

Louis II & his wife had one child:

1. MARGUERITE de Flandre (Mâle near Bruges 1350, chr 13 Apr 1350-Arras 16 Mar 1405, bur Lille, église Saint-Pierre). The marriage contract between “Philippes Duc de Bourgongne” and “Marguerite de Flandres” is dated 21 Mar 1356 (O.S.)[814]. The Iohannis de Thilrode Chronicon records the marriage of "filiam comitis nostri Ludovici de Male Margaretam" and "Philippus filius regis Francie"[815]. A charter dated 20 Jul 1364 records negotiations for the marriage between “nostre...cousin le conte de Flandres...Margarete duchesse de Burgoigne file au dit conte” and “nostre...filz Esmon de Langele”[816]. The contract for the marriage between “Edward...roi Engleterre...messieur Esmon counte de Cantebrigg filz au dit roi” and “Loys counte de Flandres, duc de Brabant, counte de Nyvers et de Rechest et sire de Malynes...dame Margarete duchesse de Burgoigne sa fille”[817]. The Chronicon Angliæ records the betrothal of “Edmundus de Langley filius regis Edwardi” and “filiam et heredem...comitis Flandriæ”, adding that “rex Franciæ Karolus” blocked the marriage, dated to 1364 from the context[818]. She succeeded her father in 1383 as MARGUERITE III Ctss of Flanders, Ctss d'Artois, Ctss de Nevers and Rethel, Ctss Palatine of Burgundy. Dss of Brabant and Limburg, Markgravine of Antwerp, Dame de Malines 1404. m firstly (Papal dispensation 31 Jan 1356, contract Paris 21 Mar 1357, Arras, église Saint-Vaast 14 May 1357, not consummated) PHILIPPE I "de Rouvres" Duke of Burgundy, son of PHILIPPE "Monsieur" de Bourgogne [Capet], Comte d'Artois, Comte Palatin de Bourgogne, Comte d'Auvergne et de Boulogne & Jeanne I Ctss d'Auvergne et de Boulogne (château de Rouvres, Côte d'Or end Aug 1346-château de Rouvres 21 Nov 1361, bur Abbaye de Cîteaux). Betrothed (19 Oct 1364) to EDMUND of Langley, son of EDWARD III King of England & his wife Philippa de Hainaut (Abbot’s Langley, Hertfordshire 5 Jun 1341-King’s Langley, Hertfordshire 1 Aug 1402, bur King’s Langley, Church of the Dominican Friars). This betrothal was arranged under the Treaty of Dover 19 Oct 1364, but the French persuaded Pope Urban V to refuse a dispensation on grounds of consanguinity[819]. m secondly (by proxy 12 Apr 1369, in person Gent 19 Jun 1369) PHILIPPE II "le Hardi" Duke of Burgundy, son of JEAN II "le Bon" King of France & his first wife Bonne de Luxembourg (Pontoise 15 Jan 1342-Hall 27 Apr 1404, bur Dijon).

Duke Philippe II & his wife had nine children:

1. JEAN de Bourgogne (Dijon 28 May 1371-murdered Pont-de-Yonne 10 Sep 1419, bur Dijon). The Iohannis de Thilrode Chronicon names (in order) "Iohannem ducem Burgundie et Flandrie,Anthonium ducem Brabancie, Philippum ducem de Nevers et Reteers" as the three sons of "Philippus filius regis Francie" & his wife[574]. He succeeded his father in 1404 as JEAN "Sans Peur" Duke of Burgundy, pair de France, Count of Flanders, Comte Palatin de Bourgogne.
2. CHARLES de Bourgogne (Mar 1372-13 Jul 1373). He is omitted by Père Anselme[575].
3. MARGUERITE de Bourgogne (Oct 1374-Le Quesnoy 8 Mar 1441, bur Le Quesnoy, église des Dominicains). Ctss de Mortagne 1385. m (Cambrai 12 Apr 1385) WILHELM von Bayern-Straubing, son of ALBRECHT Duke of Bavaria-Straubing [later ALBERT Comte de Hainaut, Count of Holland] & his first wife Margareta von Brieg [Piast] (5 Apr 1365-château de Bouchain 30 May 1417, bur Valenciennes). He succeeded his father in 1404 as GUILLAUME VI Comte de Hainaut, WILLEM V Count of Holland, WILHELM II Graf von Straubing.
4. LOUIS de Bourgogne (May 1377-10 Jan 1378, bur Citeaux). Père Anselme records his dates of birth and death, and place of burial, without citing any source which confirms the information[576].
5. CATHERINE de Bourgogne (Montbard Apr 1378-Grey-sur-Saône 24 Jan 1425, bur Dijon). Père Anselme records her date of her first marriage, place of death, and date (30 Jan 1425) and place of burial, without citing any source which confirms the information[577]. The Necrologium Austriacum refers to the wife of Duke Leopold as "ein fuerstin von Burgund"[578]. A charter dated 19 Dec 1414 names “der frowen von Rapoltstein, geborn von Burgund”[579]. Letters of Jean Duke of Burgundy dated 15 Feb 1415 record that “sororem nostram Austrie ducissam” had “in scandalum domus Austrie et domus Burgundie matrimonium contraxisse cum servo suo...Smasmanio”[580]. A manuscript dated before 4 Nov 1415 indicates the marriage of Smassmann and Catherine de Bourgogne[581]. Egon [II] Graf von Kyburg wrote to “mon...freres Maxemant signeur de la Haulte Ribaulpierre”, mentioning “ma femme, vostre seur”, regarding “laffaire que vous aves pour le fait de ma dame vostre femme en lencontre du duc de Bourgoingne et contre le jeune duc d’Osterriche”, dated 8 Mar [1416][582]. m firstly (Dijon May 1392, Vienna 15 Aug 1393) LEOPOLD von Habsburg, son of LEOPOLD III Duke of Austria and Steiermark & his wife Verde [Viridis] Visconti of Milan (1371-Vienna 3 Jun 1411, bur Vienna St Stefan). Graf von Tirol 1396-1406. He succeeded his brother in 1404 as LEOPOLD IV "der Stolze" Duke of Steiermark, and 1406 as Duke of Inner Austria. m secondly (before 19 Dec 1414, separated [1421?]%29 as his second wife, MAXIMIN "Smassmann" Herr von Rappoltstein, son of BRUNO Herr von Rappoltstein & his second wife Anne de Grandson (-[25 Feb/5 Mar] 1451).
6. BONNE de Bourgogne (1379-Arras 10 Sep 1399, bur Arras). The testament of "Louis duc de Bourbonnais comte de Clermont et de Forez", dated to [Apr 1390], appoints “son fils Jean” as his heir “sous la tutelle de sa femme, et à défaut de celle-ci sous la tutelle du duc de Bourgogne, en considération du mariage projeté entre sondit fils et la fille du duc de Bourgogne”[583]. Betrothed (before [Apr 1390]) to JEAN de Bourbon, son of LOUIS II "le Bon" Duc de Bourbon & his wife Anne Dauphine d'Auvergne Ctss de Forez (Mar 1381-in prison London 5 Jan 1434, bur Priory of Souvigny). He succeeded his father in 1410 as JEAN I Duc de Bourbon.
7. MARIE de Bourgogne (Dijon Sep 1386-Château de Thonon-les-Bains 2 Oct 1422, bur Abbaye de Hautecombe). The contract of marriage between "Philippe fils du Roi de France Duc de Bourgoigne…Marie fille…" and "Amey Comte de Savoye Duc de Chablais…Amey fils" is dated 11 Nov 1386[584]. m (contract Sluis, Zeeland 11 Nov 1386, Chalon-sur-Saône 30 Oct 1393, in person Arras May 1401) AMEDEE de Savoie, son of AMEDEE VII "le Comte Rouge" Comte de Savoie & his wife Bonne de Berry (Chambéry 4 Sep 1383-Geneva 7 Jan 1451, bur Ripallo). He succeeded his father in 1391 as AMEDEE VIII Comte de Savoie. Created Duc de Savoie by Sigismund King of Germany in 1417.
8. ANTOINE de Bourgogne (Aug 1384-killed in battle Agincourt 25 Oct 1415, bur Tervueren St Jan). The Iohannis de Thilrode Chronicon names (in order) "Iohannem ducem Burgundie et Flandrie,Anthonium ducem Brabancie, Philippum ducem de Nevers et Reteers" as the three sons of "Philippus filius regis Francie" & his wife[585]. Duke of Brabant and Limburg, Mgf van Antwerpen 1404, confirmed 1406. Comte de Rethel at Paris 26 Aug 1405. - DUKES of BRABANT.
9. PHILIPPE de Bourgogne (Villaines-en-Duesmois Oct 1389-killed in battle Agincourt 25 Oct 1415, bur Estelan near Rethel). The Iohannis de Thilrode Chronicon names (in order) "Iohannem ducem Burgundie et Flandrie,Anthonium ducem Brabancie, Philippum ducem de Nevers et Reteers" as the three sons of "Philippus filius regis Francie" & his wife[586]. Comte de Nevers et de Rethel, Baron de Donzy 1404. - COMTES de NEVERS.

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BURGUNDY.htm#PhilippeIIDucdied1404

Louis II had eleven illegitimate children by various mistresses (the order of their births is uncertain):
https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLANDERS,%20HAINAUT.htm#LouisIIdie...

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The Château de Germolles By Christian Degrigny

In Burgundy, the Château de Germolles, offered to Margaret of Flanders by Philip the Bold in 1381, was transformed by the Duchess of Burgundy into a sumptuous country estate. It was a large rectangular building, surrounded by a moat, that enclosed a courtyard. The south and east wings contained the living apartments, while the west wing held the reception rooms. Margaret, being energetic and a country lover, decided to develop at the estate some rustic activities that would create a pleasant environment around this favourite residence of hers, as well as developing local agriculture and providing some income for the maintenance of the domain. Thus, she planted a large rose garden, and the petals were sent to Flanders to be used to make rose water. Largely preserved, the Château is today one of the best examples of the princely residences in France at the end of the Middle Ages.

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