Margaret, Countess of Blois

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Margaret of Blois
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Bornc.1170
Died12 July 1230 (aged 5960)
Besançon
Noble family
Spouse(s)Hugh of Oisy
Otto I, Count of Burgundy
Walter II of Avesnes
Issue Joanna I, Countess of Burgundy
Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy
Mary, Countess of Blois
Father Theobald V, Count of Blois
Mother Alice of France

Margaret of Blois (French: Marguerite; died 1230) was suo jure Countess of Blois in France from 1218 to 1230. From 1190 to 1200, she was the countess consort of the County of Burgundy and then regent for her daughters from 1200 until 1208. [1]

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Life

She was daughter of Theobald V of Blois and Alix of France. [2]

Margaret married three times. Her first marriage was to Hugh of Oisy, Lord of Montmirail. [2] Her second husband was Otto I, Count of Burgundy, [2] with whom she had two daughters:

Finally, she married Walter II of Avesnes, [3] they had:

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References

  1. Mariotte 1986, pp. 95, 99.
  2. 1 2 3 Bumke 1991, p. 76.
  3. 1 2 Platelle 2004, p. 284.

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Margaret, Countess of Blois
Born:c.1170 Died: 12 July 1230
Preceded by Countess of Blois
1218–1230
Succeeded by