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Margaret of Valois, Countess of Blois


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. She was also a sister of King Philip VI of France.

In 1310, she married Guy I of Châtillon, Count of Blois. 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), married Joan of Penthièvre, Duchess of Brittany.
  • Marie of Blois, married:
  1. in 1334 to Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1346)
  2. Frederick VII, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg.
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