Margaret of Clermont

Margaret of Clermont (French: Marguerite; 1104/05 – 1132) was a countess consort of Flanders twice by marriage to Charles I, Count of Flanders and Thierry, Count of Flanders. She was ruling suo jure countess regnant of Amiens 1118–1132.

Margaret of Clermont
Countess of Amiens (Regnant)
Reign	1118-1132
Predecessor	Renaud II, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
Countess of Flanders
Reign	1115-1127
Countess of Flanders
Reign	-1132
Countess of Saint-Pol
Reign	1128-
Born	1104/05
Died	1132
Spouse	Charles I, Count of Flanders Hugh II, Count of Saint-Pol Baldwin of Encre Thierry, Count of Flanders
Issue	Raoul Guy Elisabeth Laurette
House	House of Clermont
Father	Renaud II, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
Mother	Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois

Life

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 in 1115. As a dowry, she received the county of Amiens. The marriage was brief and childless.^[2]

Later, c. 1128, Margaret married Hugh II, Count of Saint-Pol,^[3] they had two sons, Raoul, and Guy.^[2]

Her third husband was Baldwin of Encre.^[2] They had one daughter, Elisabeth (died after 1189) who later married Gautier III, Lord of Heilly.^[2]

Her fourth and final husband was Thierry, Count of Flanders.^[4][5][6][7] They had one daughter, Laurette of Flanders^[8] who, like her mother, had four husbands (Iwain, Count of Aalst, Henry II, Duke of Limburg; Raoul I of Vermandois, and Henry IV of Luxembourg. Laurette later retired to a nunnery where she died in 1170.

References

1. Margaret’s parents are mentioned in the chronicles called Vita Karoli Comitis Flandriæ and De Genere Comitum Flandrensium.
2. Galbert de Bruges 2013, p. 42.
3. Dusevel, Hyacinthe (1832). History of the city of Amiens: from the Gauls, until 1830 vol. 1. Machart.
4. Moréri (1732). Le grand dictionnaire historique, ou, Le mélange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane: qui contient, en abrégé l'histoire fabuleuse des dieux & des héros de l'Antiquité payenne, les vies et les actions remarquables des patriarches [...], l'établissement et le progrès des ordres religieux & militaires, & la vie de leurs fondateurs, les généalogies de plusieurs familles illustres de France, & d'autres pays, la description des empires [...], l'histoire des conciles généraux et particuliers, sous le nom des lieux où ils ont été tenus [...] tirées de differens auteurs, & surtout du Dictionnaire Critique de Mr. Bayle (in French). chez Jean Brandmuller.
5. Sainte-Marie, Anselme de (1726). Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des pairs, des grands officiers de la Couronne & de la Maison du Roy : & des anciens barons du Royaume... Par le P. Anselme,... continuée par M. Du Fourny. Troisième édition, revûë, corrigée & augmentée par les soins du P. Ange & du P. Simplicien... (in French). par la compagnie des libraires associez.
6. L'Univers: histoire et description de tous les peuples ... (in French). F. Didot fréres. 1844.
7. Nouveau dictionnaire de la conversation: ou répertoire universel de toutes les connaissances nécessaires, utiles ou agréables dans la vie sociale, et relatives aux sciences, aux lettres, aux arts, a l'histoire, a la géographie, etc., avec des notices sur les principaux personnages, morts et vivants, de tous les pays, sur le plan du conversation's lexicon (in French). Librairie Historique-Artistique. 1842.
8. Mons, Gilbert of (2005-04-15). <i>Chronicle of Hainaut</i> by Gilbert of Mons. Boydell and Brewer Limited. doi:10.1017/9781846153815. ISBN 978-1-84615-381-5. S2CID 250631472.

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.