Margaret of Valois, Countess of Blois explained

Margaret of Valois
Noble Family:	Valois
Father:	Charles, Count of Valois
Mother:	Margaret, Countess of Anjou
Spouse:	Guy I, Count of Blois
Issue:	Louis I of Châtillon Charles of Blois Marie of Blois
Birth Date:	1295

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)

1. , Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg.

Sources

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