Margaret of Bavaria

Margaret of Bavaria
Tomb of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria (Dijon)
Duchess consort of Burgundy
Tenure	1404–1419
Spouse	John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy
Issue
Catherine Marie, Duchess of Cleves Margaret, Duchess of Brittany Philip III, Duke of Burgundy Isabelle, Countess of Penthièvre and Périgord Anne, Duchess of Bedford Agnes, Duchess of Bourbon
House	House of Wittelsbach (by birth) House of Valois (by marriage)
Father	Albert I, Duke of Bavaria
Mother	Margaret of Brieg
Born	1363
Died	23 January 1423 Dijon

Margaret of Bavaria, (1363–23 January 1423, Dijon), was the fifth child of Albert, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing, Count of Hainault, Holland, and Zeeland and Lord of Friesia, and Margaret of Brieg.^[1] She was the regent of the Burgundian Low countries during the absence of her spouse in 1404–1419^[2] and the regent in French Burgundy during the absence of her son in 1419–1423.^[3] She became most known for her successful defense of French Burgundy against the Count of Armagnac in 1419.^[4]

Marriage

In 1385, at 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. With the death of Philip the Bold in 1404, and Margaret of Dampierre in 1405, John inherited these territories, and Margaret became his consort. They had only one son, Philip the Good (1396–1467), who inherited these territories, and seven daughters.

At the same time as Margaret's marriage, her brother, William IV, Count of Hainaut, married Marguerite of Burgundy, daughter of Philip the Bold and Margaret of Dampierre. Marguerite and William produced only one child, Jacqueline, who was designated heiress of Holland, Hainaut, Zeeland and Friesia (which he had by that time inherited from Albert, the father of himself and Margaret); however, her right to inherit was disputed, and eventually Margaret's son by John the Fearless, Philip the Good, seized Jacqueline's possessions by right of his descent, through Margaret, from Albert of Bavaria-Straubing.

Children

• Catherine (1391–1414, Ghent)
• Marie (1393–30 October 1463, Monterberg bei Kalkar). She married Adolph I, Duke of Cleves. They were the great-grandparents of Johann III, Duke of Cleves, father of Anne of Cleves who was fourth Queen consort of Henry VIII of England.
• Marguerite, Countess of Gien and Montargis (1393–2 February 1441, Paris), married, on 30 August 1404, Louis Dauphin of France (heir of Charles VI of France), then, on 10 October 1422, Arthur de Richemont, Constable of France, the future Duke of Brittany
• Philip the Good, his successor (1396–1467)
• Isabelle (d. 18 September 1412, Rouvres), married at Arras on 22 July 1406 to Olivier de Châtillon-Blois, Count of Penthièvre and Périgord
• Jeanne (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

Ancestors

Louis II, Duke of Bavaria

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Matilda of Habsburg

Albert I, Duke of Bavaria

William I, Count of Hainaut

Margaret II, Countess of Hainault

Jeanne of Valois

Margaret of Bavaria

Bolesław III the Generous

Ludwik I the Fair

Margaret of Bohemia

Margaret of Brieg

Henry IV the Faithful

Agnes of Głogów

Matilda of Brandenburg

Notes

1. ^ Bayley, Francis, The Bailleuls of Flanders and the Bayleys of Willow Hall, (Spottiswoode & Co.:London, 1881), 263.
2. ^ http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/DVN/lemmata/data/MargarethaVanBeieren
3. ^ http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/DVN/lemmata/data/MargarethaVanBeieren
4. ^ http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/DVN/lemmata/data/MargarethaVanBeieren

References

• Bayley, Francis, The Bailleuls of Flanders and the Bayleys of Willow Hall, (Spottiswoode & Co.:London, 1881)

Margaret of Bavaria House of Wittelsbach Born: 1363 Died: 23 January 1423
Preceded by Margaret of Dampierre	Duchess consort of Burgundy 27 April 1404 – 10 September 1419	Succeeded by Michèle of Valois
Preceded by Philip the Bold	Countess consort of Artois and Flanders, consort Countess Palatine of Burgundy 21 March 1405 – 10 September 1419
	Countess consort of Nevers 1385–1404	Succeeded by Isabelle de Coucy

Persondata
Name	Margaret Of Bavaria
Alternative names
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Date of birth	1363
Place of birth
Date of death	23 January 1423
Place of death	Dijon