Individual Details
Margaret of Bavaria
(1363 - 24 Jan 1424)
According to Wikipedia:
Margaret of Bavaria, (1363 - January 1424, Dijon), was Duchess of Burgundy by marriage to John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy. She was the regent of the Burgundian Low countries during the absence of her spouse in 1404-1419[1] and the regent in French Burgundy during the absence of her son in 1419-1423.[1] She became most known for her successful defense of French Burgundy against John IV, Count of Armagnac in 1419.[1]
Life
Margaret was the fifth child of Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, Count of Hainault, Holland, and Zeeland and Lord of Frisia, and Margaret of Brieg.[2]
In 1385, at the Burgundian double wedding in Cambrai, she married John, Count of Nevers, the son and heir of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Margaret of Dampierre, Countess of Flanders, Artois and Burgundy;[3] at the same time her brother, William II, Duke of Bavaria married Margaret of Burgundy. With the death of Philip the Bold in 1404, and Margaret of Dampierre in 1405, John inherited these territories, and Margaret became duchess. They had only one son, Philip the Good (1396-1467), who inherited these territories, and seven daughters.
Children
Margaret, Countess of Gien and Montargis (1393-2 February 1442, Paris), married, on 30 August 1404, Louis, Dauphin of France, then, on 10 October 1422, Arthur de Richemont, Constable of France, the future Duke of Brittany
Catherine (d. 1414, Ghent)
Mary (d. 30 October 1463, Monterberg bei Kalkar). She married Adolph I, Duke of Cleves.
Philip the Good, his successor (1396-1467)
Isabella, Countess of Penthièvre (d. 18 September 1412, Rouvres), married at Arras on 22 July 1406 to Olivier de Châtillon-Blois, Count of Penthièvre and Périgord
Joan (b. 1399, Bouvres), d. young
Anne (1404 - 14 November 1432, Paris), married John, Duke of Bedford
Agnes (1407 - 1 December 1476, Château de Moulins), married Charles I, Duke of Bourbon
Notes
http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/DVN/lemmata/data/MargarethaVanBeieren
Bayley, Francis, The Bailleuls of Flanders and the Bayleys of Willow Hall, (Spottiswoode & Co.:London, 1881), 263.
Richard Vaughan, John the Fearless: The Growth of Burgundian Power, (The Boydell Press, 2010), 2-3.
Suckale, Robert; Crossley, Paul (2005). Prague: The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 16. ISBN 9781588391612. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
References
Bayley, Francis, The Bailleuls of Flanders and the Bayleys of Willow Hall, (Spottiswoode & Co.:London, 1881)
Margaret of Bavaria, (1363 - January 1424, Dijon), was Duchess of Burgundy by marriage to John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy. She was the regent of the Burgundian Low countries during the absence of her spouse in 1404-1419[1] and the regent in French Burgundy during the absence of her son in 1419-1423.[1] She became most known for her successful defense of French Burgundy against John IV, Count of Armagnac in 1419.[1]
Life
Margaret was the fifth child of Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, Count of Hainault, Holland, and Zeeland and Lord of Frisia, and Margaret of Brieg.[2]
In 1385, at the Burgundian double wedding in Cambrai, she married John, Count of Nevers, the son and heir of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Margaret of Dampierre, Countess of Flanders, Artois and Burgundy;[3] at the same time her brother, William II, Duke of Bavaria married Margaret of Burgundy. With the death of Philip the Bold in 1404, and Margaret of Dampierre in 1405, John inherited these territories, and Margaret became duchess. They had only one son, Philip the Good (1396-1467), who inherited these territories, and seven daughters.
Children
Margaret, Countess of Gien and Montargis (1393-2 February 1442, Paris), married, on 30 August 1404, Louis, Dauphin of France, then, on 10 October 1422, Arthur de Richemont, Constable of France, the future Duke of Brittany
Catherine (d. 1414, Ghent)
Mary (d. 30 October 1463, Monterberg bei Kalkar). She married Adolph I, Duke of Cleves.
Philip the Good, his successor (1396-1467)
Isabella, Countess of Penthièvre (d. 18 September 1412, Rouvres), married at Arras on 22 July 1406 to Olivier de Châtillon-Blois, Count of Penthièvre and Périgord
Joan (b. 1399, Bouvres), d. young
Anne (1404 - 14 November 1432, Paris), married John, Duke of Bedford
Agnes (1407 - 1 December 1476, Château de Moulins), married Charles I, Duke of Bourbon
Notes
http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/DVN/lemmata/data/MargarethaVanBeieren
Bayley, Francis, The Bailleuls of Flanders and the Bayleys of Willow Hall, (Spottiswoode & Co.:London, 1881), 263.
Richard Vaughan, John the Fearless: The Growth of Burgundian Power, (The Boydell Press, 2010), 2-3.
Suckale, Robert; Crossley, Paul (2005). Prague: The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 16. ISBN 9781588391612. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
References
Bayley, Francis, The Bailleuls of Flanders and the Bayleys of Willow Hall, (Spottiswoode & Co.:London, 1881)
Events
| Birth | 1363 | ||||
| Marriage | 1385 | John I "the Fearless," Duke of Burgundy | |||
| Death | 24 Jan 1424 | Dijon, Bourgogne, France |
Families
| Spouse | John I "the Fearless," Duke of Burgundy ( - ) |
| Child | Phillip III "the Good," Duke of Burgundy (1396 - 1467) |
| Child | Agnes of Burgundy (1407 - 1476) |
| Child | Mary of Burgundy (1393 - 1466) |
| Father | Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (1336 - 1404) |
| Mother | Margaret of Brieg (1342 - 1386) |