| Margaret of Burgundy | |
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| Tenure | 1314–1315 |
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| Tenure | 1305-1315 |
| Spouse | Louis X of France |
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| Joan II of Navarre | |
| House | House of Capet House of Burgundy |
| Father | Robert II, Duke of Burgundy |
| Mother | Agnes of France |
| Born | c. 1290 |
| Died | 14 August 1315 (aged 24–25) |
Margaret of Burgundy (French: Marguerite de Bourgogne; 1290 – 14 August 1315) was the first queen consort of King Louis X of France (also King Louis I of Navarre).
Margaret was a princess of the ducal House of Burgundy, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. She was the eldest daughter of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (1248-1306) and Agnes of France (1260-1327), the youngest daughter of Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence.
In 1305, Margaret married her cousin once removed, Louis X of France, King of Navarre, who in 1314 acceded to the French throne as Louis X. They had one daughter, Joan (born 1311).
Early in 1314, Margaret was allegedly caught in adultery, her sister-in-law Isabella of France being a witness against her, and was imprisoned for the last two years of her life. Imprisoned along with her was her sister-in-law Blanche of Burgundy. Margaret was allegedly strangled on her husband's orders, in order to allow him to remarry. Margaret is portrayed in La Reine Étranglée, a novel in the famous Les Rois Maudits ("The Accursed Kings") series of historical novels by Maurice Druon.
Margaret's daughter, Joan, later became queen regnant of Navarre as Joan II (1311-1349). Her paternity was under doubts of bastardy because of her mother's alleged adultery. She was also a granddaughter of Louis IX of France.
In 1361, Margaret's rights of ainesse became important in the premature death of Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (her grandnephew), since the closest Burgundian heirs were descendants of Margaret and of her sister, Joan the Lame. Margaret's grandson and heir Charles II of Navarre claimed the duchy on the basis of primogeniture, but Joan the Lame's son John II of France on the basis of proximity, being one generation closer to the Burgundian dukes. The case was ruled in favour of John, who became Duke of Burgundy, later bestowing the Duchy upon his son, Philip the Bold.
References
- Weir, Alison, Isabella
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| Preceded by Blanche of Artois |
Queen consort of Navarre 1305 – 1315 |
Succeeded by Clementia of Hungary |
| Preceded by Joan I of Navarre |
Queen consort of France 1314 – 1315 |
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