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For other people of the same name, see Margaret of France (disambiguation).
Margaret of Valois Duchess of Berry
Duchess of SavoyTenure 1559 - 1574 Spouse Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy Issue Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy House House of Valois Father Francis I of France Mother Claude, Duchess of Brittany Born 5 June 1523
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, FranceDied 15 September 1574 (aged 51) French Monarchy-
Capetian Dynasty, House of Valois
(Valois-Angoulême branch)Francis I Children Francis, Dauphin of Viennois Henry II Magdalene, Queen of Scots Charles of Valois Margaret, Duchess of Savoy Henry II Children Francis II Elizabeth, Queen of Spain Claude, Duchess of Lorraine Charles IX Henry III Margaret, Queen of Navarre Francis, Duke of Anjou Joan of Valois Victoria of Valois Francis II Charles IX Henry III Margaret of Valois, Duchess of Berry (French: Marguerite de Valois) (5 June 1523 – 15 September 1574) was the daughter of King Francis I of France and Claude, Duchess of Brittany.
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Biography
Early life
Margaret was born at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. She became Duchess of Berry in 1550.
Margaret was very close to her aunt, Marguerite de Navarre, who took care of her and her sister Madeleine during her childhood[1], and her sister-in-law Catherine de' Medici.
Near the end of 1538, her father Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, agreed that Margaret should marry Charles' son, the future Philip II of Spain. However, the agreement between Francis and Charles was short-lived.
Marriage
On 10 July 1559, she married Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1528–1580), Prince of Piedmont and had a son, Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy (1562–1630)
Francis I and Henry II of France (Margaret's brother) had to look for a suitor of her rank. Margaret was married to the Duke of Savoy at the age of thirty-six years on 10 July 1559. The wedding took place in tragic circumstances. King Henry had been injured during a tournament celebrating the wedding of his daughter Elisabeth. On the threshold of death, but still conscious, the king had dictated that his sister's marriage should take place immediately, for fear that the Duke of Savoy might profit from his death and deny the alliance. Henry II died on the day of the wedding.
Children
Margaret and her husband had only one surviving child: Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy. Their son later married Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, the daughter of Margaret's former suitor Philip II of Spain.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry 16. Louis I, Duke of Orléans 8. John, Count of Angoulême 17. Valentina Visconti 4. Charles, Count of Angoulême 18. Alain IX of Rohan 9. Marguerite de Rohan 19. Marguerite of Brittany 2. Francis I of France 20. Louis, Duke of Savoy 10. Philip II, Duke of Savoy 21. Anne of Cyprus 5. Louise of Savoy 22. Charles I, Duke of Bourbon 11. Margaret of Bourbon 23. Agnes of Burgundy 1. Margaret of France 24. Louis I de Valois, Duke of Orléans 12. Charles I de Valois, Duke of Orléans 25. Valentina Visconti 6. Louis XII of France 26. Adolph I, Duke of Cleves 13. Marie of Cleves 27. Mary of Burgundy 3. Claude, Duchess of Brittany 28. Richard of Brittany 14. Francis II, Duke of Brittany 29. Marguerite d'Orléans 7. Anne, Duchess of Brittany 30. Gaston IV, Count of Foix 15. Margaret of Foix 31. Eleanor of Navarre References
- ^ Marshall, Rosalind K. (2003). Scottish Queens, 1034-1714. Tuckwell Press. p. 10o.
See also
- Peace of Cateau Cambrésis
- Duke of Berry
French nobility Preceded by
Beatrice of PortugalDuchess consort of Savoy
1559 - 1574Succeeded by
Catherine Michelle of SpainPrincesses of Savoy by marriage 1st Generation 2nd Generation Princess Anne of Cyprus · Claudine de Brosse3rd Generation 4th Generation none5th Generation Princess Yolande Louise of Savoy* · Anna d'Este6th Generation Princess Anne of Lorraine7th Generation Princess Christine Marie of France · Marie de Bourbon · Princess Luisa Cristina of Savoy* · Élisabeth de Bourbon8th Generation 9th Generation Maria Vittoria of Savoy* · Urania de La Cropte de Beauvais10th Generation Countess Palatine Anne Christine of Sulzbach · Landgravine Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg · Landgravine Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg · Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein11th Generation Infanta Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain · Princess Maria Anna of Savoy* · Princess Joséphine of Lorraine · Elisabeth Anne Magon Boisgarin12th Generation 13th Generation 14th Generation Archduchess Adelaide of Austria · Princess Elisabeth of Saxony15th Generation Princess Margherita of Savoy* · Princess Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo · Maria Letizia Bonaparte · Princess Isabella of Bavaria**16th Generation Princess Jelena Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro · Princess Hélène of Orléans*** · Countess Maria Luigia** · Princess Lydia of Arenberg** · Princess Lucia of the Two Sicilies**17th Generation Princess Marie José of Belgium · Princess Anne of Orléans*** · Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark***18th Generation 19th Generation *also a princess of Savoy by birth
**Princess of Savoy-Genoa
***Princess of Savoy-AostaMary of Burgundy(1416-1422) · Princess Anne of Cyprus (1434-1462) · Princess Yolande of France (1465-1472) · Bianca Maria Sforza (1474-1482) · Bianca of Montferrato (1485-1490) · Claudine de Brosse (1496-1497) · Yolande Louise of Savoy (1497-1499) · Archduchess Margaret of Austria (1501-1504) · Infanta Beatrice of Portugal (1521-1538) · Princess Margaret of France (1559-1574) · Archduchess Catherine Michelle of Austria (1582-1597) · Princess Christine Marie of France (1630-1637) · Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans (1663-1664) · Marie Jeanne of Savoy (1665-1675) · Anne Marie d'Orléans (1684-1713)Categories:- 1523 births
- 1574 deaths
- French princesses
- House of Valois-Angoulême
- Duchesses of Savoy
- Dukes of Berry
- French Suo jure nobility
- French duchesses
- Burials at the Cathedral of Saint Giovanni Battista, Turin
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