Margaret Kerdeston Explained
| Margaret Kerdeston |
| Noble Family: | Foix |
| Father: | Sir Thomas Kerdeston (d. 1446) |
| Mother: | Lady Elizabeth de la Pole |
| Spouse: | John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal |
| Birth Date: | after 1425 |
| Death Date: | after 5 December 1485 |
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]
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.
Bibliography
- Kropf, Lajos: Anna királyné, II. Ulászló neje (Queen Anne of Foix-Candale, the Consort of Ladislas II). Századok (Periodical Centuries) 29. 689-709. 1895.
- Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carty Ancestry: A Study in colonial and Medieval Famalies, 2nd Edition 2011, vol. 2, pp. 43f. - ISBN 978-1-4610-4520-5
External links
Notes and References
- See Kropf (1895).
- Book: Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011 . Douglas Richardson . 978-1-4610-4520-5 . 2 . 43f . en.
- Neil D. Thompson and Charles M. Hansen, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (2012), 58-63.
- Web site: Les Foix-Candale . 2009-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170617015445/http://dzt-isto.chez-alice.fr/foix_can.htm . 2017-06-17 . dead .
