Margaret of Savoy, Countess of Saint-Pol

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Margravine of Montferrat

Margaret of Savoy

Margravine of Montferrat
Countess of Saint-Pol and Soissons
Tenure| December 1458 – 19 January 1464
19 December 1475 - 25 October 1482

Born| April 1439
Turin, Italy
Died| 9 March 1483(1483-03-09) (aged 43)
Bruges
Spouse| John IV, Margrave of Montferrat
Peter II of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol and Soissons
Issue| Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme
Francisca of Luxembourg, Lady of Ravenstein
House| House of Savoy
Father| Louis I, Duke of Savoy
Mother| Anne of Cyprus

Margaret of Savoy (April 1439 – 9 March 1483), also known as Marguerite de Savoie or Margherita di Savoia, was the eldest surviving daughter of Louis I, Duke of Savoy. She was the wife of Margrave John IV of Montferrat, and later the wife of Peter II of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, Marle, and Soissons.

The Savoy family coat of arms.

## Life

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Margaret was born in April 1439 in Turin, Italy, the eldest surviving daughter and one of the nineteen children of Louis I, Duke of Savoy and Princess Anne of Cyprus. Her paternal grandparents were Amadeus VIII of Savoy, who was also the Antipope Felix V, and Mary of Burgundy. Her maternal grandparents were King Janus of Cyprus and Armenia and Charlotte de Bourbon.

## Marriages and issue

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In December 1458 at Casale, she married her first husband, John IV, Margrave of Montferrat, the son of John Jacob of Montferrat and Joan of Savoy. He was a condottiere for the Republic of Venice during the Wars in Lombardy which were a series of conflicts fought between Venice and Milan, and their various allies.

Margaret brought a dowry of 100,000 scudi, and in return received Trino, Morano, Borgo San Martino, and Mombaruzzo. The marriage was childless, although John fathered several illegitimate children. He died on 19 January 1464, leaving her a widow at the age of twenty-five.

Two and a half years later, on 12 July 1466, Margaret married her second husband, Peter II of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol and Soissons, the second eldest son of Louis of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol and Brienne and Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons. The marriage produced five children:

* Louis of Luxembourg (died young)
* Claude of Luxembourg (died young)
* Antoine of Luxembourg (died young)
* Marie of Luxembourg, married firstly, her uncle, Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont, by whom she had a daughter, Francisca of Savoy. Marie married secondly, Francis de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme, by whom she had six children, including Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme and Antoinette de Bourbon, wife of Claude, Duke of Guise. Mary, Queen of Scots, King Henry IV of France, and the Lorraine Dukes of Guise were Marie's direct descendants.
* Francisca of Luxembourg, Dame d'Enghien (died 5 December 1523), married Philip of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein (died 28 January 1528).

## Death

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Margaret died at Bruges on 9 March 1483 on the same day of her sister Maria's death and less than six months after her husband Pierre, and she was buried at the Abbey of Happlaincourt. Margaret was survived by her two daughters, Marie and Françoise, her three sons having died in early infancy.

## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Margaret of Savoy, Countess of Saint-Pol

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| 4\. Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy|

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| 9\. Bonne of Berry

| 2\. Louis, Duke of Savoy|

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| 10\. Philip the Bold

| 5\. Mary of Burgundy|

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| 11\. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders

| 1\. Margaret of Savoy|
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| 12\. James I of Cyprus

| 6\. Janus of Cyprus|

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| 13\. Helvis of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

| 3\. Anne of Cyprus|

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| 14\. John I, Count of La Marche

| 7\. Charlotte de Bourbon-La Marche|

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| 15\. Catherine of Vendôme

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## References

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Princesses of Savoy

1st generation|

* None

2nd generation|

* Margherita, Duchess of Anjou

3rd generation|

* Margherita, Countess of Saint-Pol
* Charlotte, Queen of France
* Bona, Duchess of Milan

4th generation|

* Princess Louise
* Louise, Duchess of Nemours

5th generation|

* None

6th generation|

* None

7th generation|

* Margherita, Vicereine of Portugal
* Isabella, Hereditary Princess of Modena

8th generation|

* Luisa Cristina, Princess Maurice of Savoy
* Margherita Violante, Duchess of Parma
* Henriette Adelaide, Electress of Bavaria
* Princess Catherine Beatrice
* Louise, Hereditary Princess of Baden-Baden
* Marie Jeanne, Duchess of Savoy
* Marie Françoise, Queen of Portugal

9th generation|

* None

10th generation|

* Maria Adelaide, Dauphine of France
* Maria Luisa, Queen of Spain
* Anne Thérèse, Princess of Soubise

11th generation|

* Princess Eleonora
* Princess Maria Luisa
* Princess Maria Felicita
* Princess Maria Vittoria Margherita
* Leopoldina, Princess of Melfi
* Maria Luisa, Princess of Lamballe*
* Maria Anna Victoria, Duchess in Saxony

12th generation|

* Princess Maria Elisabetta Carlotta
* Marie Joséphine, Countess of Provence
* Maria Teresa, Countess of Artois
* Maria Anna, Duchess of Chablais
* Maria Carolina, Electoral Princess of Saxony

13th generation|

* Maria Beatrice, Duchess of Modena
* Maria Anna, Empress of Austria
* Maria Teresa, Duchess of Parma
* Maria Cristina, Queen of the Two Sicilies
* Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria
* Maria Vittoria, Countess of Syracuse

14th generation|

* None

15th generation|

* Maria Clotilde, Princess Napoléon
* Maria Pia, Queen of Portugal
* Margherita, Queen of Italy*

16th generation|

* Bona Margherita, Princess Konrad of Bavaria*
* Adelaide, Princess Leone Massimo*

17th generation|

* Princess Yolanda, Countess of Bergolo
* Mafalda, Landgravine of Hesse
* Giovanna, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria
* Maria Francesca, Princess Luis of Parma

18th generation|

* Maria Pia, Princess Michael of Parma
* Princess Maria Gabriella, Mrs Zellinger de Balkany
* Princess Maria Beatrice, Mrs Reyna-Corvalán y Dillon
* Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este**

20th generation|

* Princess Vittoria of Savoy

* Princess of Savoy-Genoa
** Princess of Savoy-Aosta
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