Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre
Margaret of Bourbon | |
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Queen consort of Navarre | |
Tenure | 1234–53 |
Born | c. 1217 |
Died | 12 April 1256 (aged 38–39) |
Spouse | Theobald I of Navarre |
Issue | Theobald II of Navarre Beatrice of Navarre Henry I of Navarre |
House | House of Bourbon-Dampierre |
Father | Archambaud VIII of Bourbon |
Mother | Alice of Forez |
Margaret of Bourbon (
Early life
Margaret was born into the
Queen
Margaret was 15 years old when, on 12 September 1232, she became the third wife of the 32-year-old recently widowed Count Theobald. His first wife, Gertrude of Dagsburg, had been repudiated and already deceased, while the second, Agnes of Beaujeu, died leaving only a daughter, Blanche. Their marriage was one of only two unions of the counts of Champagne with a significant age disparity between spouses, the other one being the marriage of Henry I of Champagne and Marie of France. Margaret brought a large dowry,[3] but an unusual clause in her marriage contract stipulated that only a prorated part of it would be returned to her father in case of her death without issue within the first nine years of the marriage and nothing if she died after nine years had passed. Only if the union ended in annulment, as her parents' and Theobald's first marriage had, was the entire sum to be returned.[4]
Regency
Margaret's marriage lasted twenty years, during which she delivered seven children. In 1234, she became
In 1254, Margaret was persuaded by her son to arrange a marriage for him with
Issue
- Eleanor, died young [5]
- Theobald II of Navarre[5]
- Peter (died in 1265)[5]
- Margaret, who in 1255 married Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine[5] and bore him Theobald II of Lorraine
- Beatrice of Navarre, Duchess of Burgundy married Hugh IV Duke of Burgundy[5]
- Henry I of Navarre married Blanche of Artois[5]
References
- ^ Evergates 2011, p. 91.
- ^ Pippenger 2022, p. 148.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Evergates 2011, p. 86.
- ^ a b c Evergates 2011, p. 107.
- ^ a b c d e f Evergates 2011, p. 80.
Sources
- Evergates, Theodore (2011). Aristocratic Women in Medieval France. University of Pennsylvania Press.
- Pippenger, Randall Todd, ed. (2022). Tales of a Minstrel of Reims in the Thirteenth Century. Translated by Rosenberg, Samuel N. Catholic University of America Press.