Margaret of Clermont
Countess of Amiens (Regnant)
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Margaret of Clermont (French: Marguerite; 1104/05 – 1132) was a countess consort of Flanders twice by marriage to Charles I, Count of Flanders and Thierry, Count of Flanders. She was ruling suo jure countess regnant of Amiens 1118–1132.
| Margaret of Clermont | |
|---|---|
| Countess of Amiens (Regnant) | |
| Reign | 1118-1132 |
| Predecessor | Renaud II, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis |
| Countess of Flanders | |
| Reign | 1115-1127 |
| Countess of Flanders | |
| Reign | -1132 |
| Countess of Saint-Pol | |
| Reign | 1128- |
| Born | 1104/05 |
| Died | 1132 |
| Spouse | Charles I, Count of Flanders Hugh II, Count of Saint-Pol Baldwin of Encre Thierry, Count of Flanders |
| Issue | Raoul Guy Elisabeth Laurette |
| House | House of Clermont |
| Father | Renaud II, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis |
| Mother | Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois |
Life
Her parents were Renaud II, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and his first wife, Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois (daughter of Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois).[1][2]
Margaret was first married to Charles I, Count of Flanders in 1115. As a dowry, she received the county of Amiens. The marriage was brief and childless.[2]
Later, c. 1128, Margaret married Hugh II, Count of Saint-Pol,[3] they had two sons, Raoul, and Guy.[2]
Her third husband was Baldwin of Encre.[2] They had one daughter, Elisabeth (died after 1189) who later married Gautier III, Lord of Heilly.[2]
Her fourth and final husband was Thierry, Count of Flanders.[4][5][6][7] They had one daughter, Laurette of Flanders[8] who, like her mother, had four husbands (Iwain, Count of Aalst, Henry II, Duke of Limburg; Raoul I of Vermandois, and Henry IV of Luxembourg. Laurette later retired to a nunnery where she died in 1170.