Margaret of Clermont

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Margaret of Clermont (French: Marguerite; 1104/05 – after 1145) was a countess of Flanders and Saint-Pol.

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. The marriage was brief and childless.[2] Later, c. 1128, Margaret married Hugh II, Count of Saint-Pol; they had two sons.[2] Her third husband was Baldwin of Encre.[2] They had a daughter.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Margaret’s parents are mentioned in the chronicles called Vita Karoli Comitis Flandriæ and De Genere Comitum Flandrensium.
  2. ^ a b c d e Galbert de Bruges 2013, p. 42.

Sources[]

  • Galbert de Bruges (2013). The Murder, Betrayal, and Slaughter of the Glorious Charles, Count of Flanders. Translated by Rider, John Jeffrey. Yale University Press.
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