Margaret of Soissons, Queen of Armenia

Margaret of Soissons, Queen of Armenia
Not to be confused with Margaret of Soissons.
Margaret
Queen consort of Armenia
Tenure 1373-1375
Coronation 14 September 1374
Spouse Leo V, King of Armenia
Issue
Marie of Lusignan
House House of Lusignan
Father John of Soissons
Mother Marie de Milmars
Died before 4 July 1381
Cairo, Egypt
Burial St Martin's, Cairo

Marguerite of Soissons (d. before 4 July 1381) was a daughter of John of Soissons and Marie de Milmars. She was the wife of Leo V, King of Armenia, so from her marriage she was Queen consort of Armenia.[1]

Life

Marguerite's first husband was Honfroy de Scandelion, this marriage was only short and bore no children, her husband presumably died.

Marguerite's second marriage was to Leo V, King of Armenia. He was an illegitimate son of Jean de Lusignan, Constable of Armenia and Soldane of Georgia, daughter of George V of Georgia. They married at Cyprus in May, 1369.

In 1374 Leo was invited to the Armenian throne. Margaret and Leo were crowned King and Queen of Armenia on September 14 at Sis.

Margaret and Leo had a daughter, Marie. Leo and his family sent into captivity in Egypt[2] after the Egyptian troops occupied the Armenian capital in 1375. The royal family was relatively well treated. In August 1377, Leo met with Jean Dardel, a Franciscan who was on his way for a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Leo befriended him and employed him as his secretary. Dradel returned to Europe to plead the case of Leo and his family, and managed to convince King John I of Castile to pay a ransom of precious stones, silks, and birds of prey in 1382.[3]

However, this came to late for Margaret and Marie. Margaret was with her young daughter in Cairo when the princess died in 1381. Margaret probably died soon afterwards. Margaret and her daughter were buried together in the Church of St. Martin's, Cairo.[4]

Leo went to live in Spain where he was made Lord of Madrid by King John. He died in 1393.

References

  1. ^ Armenia, Medieval Lands
  2. ^ Mutafian, Leon V
  3. ^ Mutafian, Leon V
  4. ^ Rudt de Collenberg ( 1980:236 ).

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