Marguerite I, comtesse de Flanders

Marguerite de Flandre ([1145]-15 Nov 1194, Bruges St Donat)

Parents : Thierry & Sibylle d'Anjou

x c1160 non-consummated, separated) Raoul [II] Comte de Vermandois, so Raoul [I] "le Vaillant" Comte de Vermandois [Capet] & his second wife Aélis [Petronille] d'Aquitaine (1145-17 Jun 1176, bur Abbaye de Longpont).

xx Apr 1169 Baudouin de Hainaut (1150-Mons 17 Dec 1195) (so Baudouin IV “le Bâtisseur” Comte de Hainaut & Alice de Namur)

• 1. Isabelle de Hainaut (Valenciennes 23 Apr 1170-Paris 14/15 Mar 1190, Bur Notre Dame, Paris
• 2. Baudouin de Hainaut (Jul 1171-in prison in Bulgaria 11 Jun 1205).
• 3. Yolande de Flandre ([1175]-Constantinople 24 Or 26 Aug 1219).
• 4. Philippe de Hainaut (Valenciennes Mar 1174-15 Oct 1212, Bur Namur, Cathédrale de Saint-Aubin).
• 5. Henri de Hainaut ([1176]-Murdered Thessaloniki 11 Jul 1216).
• 6. Sibylle de Hainaut (-9 Jan 1217, Bur Cluny).
• 7. Eustache de Hainaut (-After 1217).

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MARGUERITE de Flandre ([1145]-15 Nov 1194). The Flandria Generosa names (in order) "Gertrudem et Margaretam" as the two daughters of Count Thierry & his second wife[480]. [SIBYLLE d’Anjou ..Sharon Doubell 2018] The Annales Elnonenses records the wife of "Balduinus comes Hainonie" being "sororem [Philippus comes Flandrie]"[481]. The Flandria Generosa specifies that Marguerite married "Radulfo filio predicti comitis Radulfi" who contracted leprosy and from whom she was separated[482]. The Chronicon Hanoniense records the marriage "tempore Paschali mense April 1169" of "Balduinus" and "Margharetam…Mathie comitis Boloniensis sororem"[483]. Her second marriage was arranged by her brother Count Philippe in order to improve relations with the county of Hainaut. She succeeded her brother in 1191 as MARGUERITE I Ctss of Flanders. The Annales Blandinienses record the death in 1194 of "Margareta comitissa Flandriæ"[484]. The Chronicon Hanoniense records the death in 1194 of "comitissa Marghareta" and her burial at "Brugis in monasterio Sancti Donaciani"[485]. The necrology of Brogne records the death "XV Kal Dec" of "Margareta comitissa Hainonensis"[486]. The Flandria Generosa specifies that she was buried in Bruges St Donat[487]. m firstly ([1160], non-consummated, separated) RAOUL [II] Comte de Vermandois, son of RAOUL [I] "le Vaillant" Comte de Vermandois [Capet] & his second wife Aélis [Petronille] d'Aquitaine (1145-17 Jun 1176, bur Abbaye de Longpont). m secondly (Apr 1169) BAUDOUIN de Hainaut, son of BAUDOUIN IV “le Bâtisseur” Comte de Hainaut & his wife Alice de Namur (1150-Mons 17 Dec 1195). The Flandria Generosa names "Balduinus comes Hainonie" as husband of "Margaretam sororem Philippi", specifying that he succeeded his brother-in-law as Count of Flanders[488]. He succeeded his father in 1171 as BAUDOUIN V Comte de Hainaut. He succeeded his brother-in-law in 1191 as BAUDOUIN VIII Count of Flanders. The necrology of Brogne records the death "XVI Kal Jan" of "Balduinus comes Hannonie"[489]. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLANDERS,%20HAINAUT.htm#MargueriteI...

Name seen as Marguerite de Lorraine, and also as Marguerite d'Alsace

Margaret I of Alsace was, as heiress of her childless brother, Philip of Flanders, the Countess of Flanders from 1191 to her death.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_I_of_Flanders retrieved 6 September 2024

Margaret I (c. 1145 - died 15 November 1194) was the countess of Flanders suo jure from 1191 to her death.

Early life

Margaret was the daughter of Count Thierry of Flanders and Sibylla of Anjou.[1] In 1160 she married Count Ralph II of Vermandois[2] (son of Ralph I). Due to his leprosy, the marriage could not be consummated and remained childless. He died of leprosy in 1167 without issue. In 1169 she married Count Baldwin V of Hainaut,[1] a scion of the House of Flanders.

Countship

In 1191, Margaret's brother Count Philip I of Flanders died childless, and she as his heir claimed the county of Flanders with the support of her husband. Her claim was questioned by the king of France who, with support of Ghent, declared Flanders escheated to the crown due to the lack of male heirs, a problem that was not solved until the Treaty of Arras by the mediation of the archbishop of Reims.[3] They met some unrest among the nobility of the area, foremost by her brother's widow, Theresa of Portugal, who was given extensive dower lands in the coastal and southern Flanders where she provoked considerable unrest by high taxation.[3]

The right of Margaret and her husband to the County of Flanders was not finally acknowledged until 1 March 1192.[3] As countess, she objected to all foreign legal independence in her lands, and accordingly, she prevented the Hanse merchants living in Bruges from acquiring a separate quarter and rights for themselves in the port of Damme.[4]

Margaret died on 15 November 1194; as her husband had become count of Flanders only by marriage, he could not remain sole count, and Margaret was succeeded by their son Baldwin IX.[5]

Issue

Margaret and Baldwin had:

1. Isabella, married Philip II of France[1]
2. Baldwin IX of Flanders (1171–1205),[1] also count of Flanders and Latin Emperor
3. Yolanda (1175–1219), married Peter of Courtenay, Latin Emperor
4. Philip I of Namur (1175–1212)
5. Henry of Flanders (1176–1216), Latin emperor of Constantinople
6. Sybille (1179–9 January 1217), married c. 1197 Guichard IV, Sire de Beaujeu. They had a daughter, Agnes of Beaujeu.
7. Eustace (d. 1219), regent of the Kingdom of Thessalonica
8. Godfrey (disputed)

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Markéta Flanderská

Source: Augustin Calmet 1748 - Histoire de Lorraine...depuis l'entrée de Jules César dans les Gaules jusqu'à la cession de la Lorraine, arrivée en 1737 (Public Domain) < link >

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References

1. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLANDERS,%20HAINAUT.htm#MargueriteI...
2. Marguerite d'Alsace http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_d%27Alsace
3. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarete_I._(Flandern) Margaret was the third daughter of Dietrich of Alsace , who had inherited the County of Flanders in 1128, and the Sibyl of Anjou.
4. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margherita_I_di_Fiandra Margaret, according to the Flandria Generosa (Continuatio Claromariscensis) was the second-born daughter of the Count of Flanders , Theodoric of Alsace ( c. 1099 – 4 January 1168 ) ...
5. https://www.britannica.com/place/Alsace-Lorraine Alsace-Lorraine, area comprising the present French départements of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin, and Moselle. Historically, the area was at the centre of Charlemagne’s Frankish empire in the 9th century and later became part of the Germanys of the Holy Roman Empire ...
6. https://www.britannica.com/place/Holy-Roman-Empire The Holy Roman Empire existed from 800 to 1806.