Margaret Kerdeston (after 1425 – after 5 December 1485), Countess of Kendal (Candale), was the paternal grandmother of Anne of Foix-Candale, queen of Hungary and Bohemia.[1]
Margaret Kerdeston | |
|---|---|
| Born | after 1425 |
| Died | after 5 December 1485 |
| Noble family | Foix |
| Spouse(s) | John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal |
| Father | Sir Thomas Kerdeston (d. 1446) |
| Mother | Lady Elizabeth de la Pole |
Life
She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Kerdeston (d. 1446) and Elizabeth de la Pole.[2] Her mother was a daughter of Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk and sister of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk.[3] She married John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal, and gave birth to four children, including Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale.
She is buried at the church of Castelnau-de-Médoc with her husband.[4]
Children
- From her husband, John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal:
- Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale (ca. 1448-1500), whose 1st wife was Infanta Catherine of Navarre (ca. 1455 – before 1494); their issue included Anne of Foix-Candale queen of Hungary; Gaston's 2nd wife was Isabel of Albret, the daughter of Alain I of Albret (d. ca. 1530), with whom be fathered other children.
- John (d. 1521) viscount of Meille in Aragon, count of Fleix and Gurson, his wife Anne de Villeneuve (d. 1567): issue, the dukes of Randan.
- Catherine (d. 1510), her husband Charles I, Count of Armagnac (1425–1497): without issue
- Margaret (d. 1534/36), her husband, Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo (1438–1504): issue.
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