Margaret of Valois, Countess of Blois

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
Born	1295
Died	1342 (aged 46–47)
Noble family	Valois
Spouse(s)	Guy I, Count of Blois
Issue	Louis I of Châtillon Charles of Blois Marie of Blois
Father	Charles, Count of Valois
Mother	Margaret, Countess of Anjou

In 1310, she married Guy I of Châtillon, Count of Blois.^[2] They had three children together:

• Louis II of Châtillon, Count of Blois (d. 1346) and Lord of Avesnes, married Jeanne of Hainault, Countess of Soissons.
• Charles of Blois, Duke of Brittany (d. 1364),^[2] married Joan of Penthièvre, Duchess of Brittany.^[3]
• Marie of Blois, married:

1. in 1334 to Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1346)
2. Frederick VII [bg], Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg.

References

1. Collins 2017, p. 106.
2. Jones 2000, p. 217.
3. Prestwich 1993, p. 174.

Sources

• Collins, James (2017). "Dynastic Instability, the Emergence of the French Monarchical Commonwealth and the Coming of the Rhetoric of "L'etat", 1360s to 1650s". In von Friedeburg, Robert; Morrill, John (eds.). Monarchy Transformed: Princes and their Elites in Early Modern Western Europe. Cambridge University Press.
• Jones, Michael (2000). "Politics, Sanctity and the Breton State: The Case of the Blessed Charles de Blois, Duke of Brittany (d.1364)". In Maddicott, John Robert; Palliser, David Michael (eds.). The Medieval State: Essays Presented to James Campbell. Hambledon Press.
• Prestwich, Michael (1993). The Three Edwards: War and State in England, 1272-1377. Routledge.