Margaret of Valois, Countess of Blois
French noblewoman
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Margaret of Valois (1295–1342) was a French noblewoman. She was a daughter of Charles, Count of Valois, and his first wife, Margaret, Countess of Anjou.[1] She was also a sister of King Philip VI of France.
Margaret of Valois | |
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| Born | 1295 |
| Died | 1342 (aged 46–47) |
| Noble family | Valois |
| Spouse | Guy I, Count of Blois |
Issue | |
| Father | Charles, Count of Valois |
| Mother | Margaret, Countess of Anjou |
In 1310, she married Count Guy I of Blois.[2] They had three children together:
- Louis II (d. 1346), count of Blois and lord of Avesnes, married Joan of Beaumont.
- Charles (d. 1364),[2] married Joan of Penthièvre.[3]
- Marie, married:
- in 1334 to Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1346)
- Frederick VII, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg.
