Marguerite de Baugé
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Marguerite de Baugé (1200–1252), also known as Marguerite de Bâgé, Marguerite de Baujé and as the Dame de Miribel, was a French noblewoman. She brought the castle of Miribel as part of her dowry when she married Humbert V, Constable of France under King Louis IX in 1219.[1]
Marguerite was the granddaughter of Ulric de Baugé and eldest daughter of Guy de Baugé. She married Humbert V, Seigneur de Beaujeu, the son of Guichard IV, Seigneur de Beaujeu, in 1219,[2] with whom she had six children: Guichard, Isabelle, Sibille, Béatrix, Marguerite and Jeanne.[1][3]
In about 1229-1230[4][5] or 1238,[6] she founded the charterhouse of Poleteins in Bresse;[2] her daughter Jeanne (d. 1260) became the prioress.[1] In the absence of her husband, Marguerite de Baugé managed the barony of Beaujeu, and used a seal on which she was depicted riding a horse and holding a hawk; the counter-seal showed the arms of Beaujeu.[7] In 1229, she confirmed a treaty made between her husband and Guy, Abbot of the monastery of Île Barbe.[2]
She died in March 1252 and was buried in the choir of the church of Poleteins Charterhouse.[2][4]