Margaret of Joinville
Margaret of Joinville | |
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Born | 1354 |
Died | 1418 (aged 63–64) |
Noble family | House of Joinville |
Spouse(s) | John of Châlon Peter of Geneva Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont |
Father | |
Mother | Marie of Luxembourg |
Margaret of Joinville (French: Marguerite de Joinville; 1354–1418) was a French noblewoman. From 1365 until her death, she was the ruling Lady of Joinville and Countess of Vaudémont.
Family[]
Her father was , Lord of Joinville. He was Count of Vaudémont as Henry V; he died when she was seven years old. Her mother was Marie of Luxembourg.
Marriages and issue[]
In 1367, she married John of Châlon, Lord of Montaigu (1340-1373). This marriage was childless.
In 1374, she married Count Peter of Geneva. In 1378, Peter's brother Robert was elected antipope as Clement VII. Peter died in Robert's service in 1392. This marriage was also childless.
In 1392, Margaret married for the third time, to Frederick I (1368-1415), the younger brother of Duke Charles II of Lorraine. Together they had three children:
- Antoine (1397-1456), who succeeded as Count of Vaudémont, his grandson René II became Duke of Lorraine
- Elisabeth (1400-1458), who married in 1412 to Philipp I of Nassau-Weilburg, and
- Margaret, who married Thibault II of Blamont.
References[]
- Henri-François Delaborde: Jean de Joinville et les seigneurs de Joinville, Librairie Picard et fils, Paris, 1894, p. 215, Online
- People of the Hundred Years' War
- House of Vaudémont
- Counts of Vaudémont
- 1354 births
- 1418 deaths
- French countesses
- 14th-century French people
- 14th-century women rulers
- 15th-century women rulers
- French nobility stubs