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Marguerite <I>Capet</I> Árpád

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Marguerite Capet Árpád

Birth
France
Death
Sep 1198 (aged 40)
Israel
Burial
Sidon, South, Lebanon Add to Map
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Princess of France
Queen Consort of England
Queen Consort of Hungary

House of Capet
House of Plantagenet
House of Árpád

Daughter of Louis VII of France and his second wife, Constance of Castile. Paternal granddaughter of Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne. Maternal granddaughter of Alfonso VII of Castile and Berenguela of Barcelona.

She first married Henry Plantagenet, The Young King of England, in 1172. He was the son of King Henry II of England and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine. Their only child, William, was born and died in 1177. Her husband died on 11 June 1183.

She married second to Béla III Árpád, King of Hungary, in 1186. He was the son of King Géza II of Hungary and Euphrosyne of Kiev. She was his second wife and there were no children of the marriage.

Marguerite was once again widowed in 1196, and made a pilgrimage to Israel the following year. She died at St. John of Acre a few days after she arrived in the Holy Land.

According to Ernoul, the chronicler who continued the chronicles of William of Tyre, she was buried in the Cathedral of Tyre.
Princess of France
Queen Consort of England
Queen Consort of Hungary

House of Capet
House of Plantagenet
House of Árpád

Daughter of Louis VII of France and his second wife, Constance of Castile. Paternal granddaughter of Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne. Maternal granddaughter of Alfonso VII of Castile and Berenguela of Barcelona.

She first married Henry Plantagenet, The Young King of England, in 1172. He was the son of King Henry II of England and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine. Their only child, William, was born and died in 1177. Her husband died on 11 June 1183.

She married second to Béla III Árpád, King of Hungary, in 1186. He was the son of King Géza II of Hungary and Euphrosyne of Kiev. She was his second wife and there were no children of the marriage.

Marguerite was once again widowed in 1196, and made a pilgrimage to Israel the following year. She died at St. John of Acre a few days after she arrived in the Holy Land.

According to Ernoul, the chronicler who continued the chronicles of William of Tyre, she was buried in the Cathedral of Tyre.


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