Marguerite se retira sur ses terres à Tonnerre après la mort de Charles en 1285, y plaçant dans le château avec Marguerite de Brienne, veuve de Bohemund VII de Tripoli, et Catherine Ier de Courtenay, impératrice titulaire de Constantinople, petite-fille de Charles d’Anjou par sa première épouse, Marguerite, fonda l’Hospice des Fontenilles, et fournissa des fonds pour son entretien.
Sa tombe d’origine a été détruite pendant la Révolution Français en 1793. Il a été remplacé en 1826. Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter La Reine de Sicile et le vitrail gothique à Mussy et Tonnerre, par Meredith Parsons Lillich.
Marguerite de Bourgogne was Queen of Sicily and Naples by marriage to Charles I of Sicily. She was the ruling Comtesse de Tonnerre from 1262 until 1308. She was the second daughter of Eudes, Comte de Nevers, and Maud de Dampierre. She was married on November 18, 1268 to Charles of Anjou, King of Sicily and Count of Anjou and Provence. She also became titular Queen Consort of Jerusalem after Charles bought the title from Mary of Antioch in 1277. She and her husband lost the title of King and Queen of Sicily in 1283, becoming King and Queen of Naples only. Their only daughter, Margaret, died in infancy.
Marguerite retired to her lands in Tonnerre after Charles died in 1285, residing in the castle there with Margaret of Brienne, widow of Bohemund VII of Tripoli, and Catherine I of Courtenay, titular Empress of Constantinople, a granddaughter of Charles of Anjou by his first wife, Margaret, founded the l’Hospice des Fontenilles, and provided funds for its maintenance.
Her original tomb was destroyed during the French Revolution in 1793. It was replaced in 1826. For more information, please see The Queen of Sicily and Gothic Stained Glass in Mussy and Tonnerre, by Meredith Parsons Lillich.
Marguerite se retira sur ses terres à Tonnerre après la mort de Charles en 1285, y plaçant dans le château avec Marguerite de Brienne, veuve de Bohemund VII de Tripoli, et Catherine Ier de Courtenay, impératrice titulaire de Constantinople, petite-fille de Charles d’Anjou par sa première épouse, Marguerite, fonda l’Hospice des Fontenilles, et fournissa des fonds pour son entretien.
Sa tombe d’origine a été détruite pendant la Révolution Français en 1793. Il a été remplacé en 1826. Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter La Reine de Sicile et le vitrail gothique à Mussy et Tonnerre, par Meredith Parsons Lillich.
Marguerite de Bourgogne was Queen of Sicily and Naples by marriage to Charles I of Sicily. She was the ruling Comtesse de Tonnerre from 1262 until 1308. She was the second daughter of Eudes, Comte de Nevers, and Maud de Dampierre. She was married on November 18, 1268 to Charles of Anjou, King of Sicily and Count of Anjou and Provence. She also became titular Queen Consort of Jerusalem after Charles bought the title from Mary of Antioch in 1277. She and her husband lost the title of King and Queen of Sicily in 1283, becoming King and Queen of Naples only. Their only daughter, Margaret, died in infancy.
Marguerite retired to her lands in Tonnerre after Charles died in 1285, residing in the castle there with Margaret of Brienne, widow of Bohemund VII of Tripoli, and Catherine I of Courtenay, titular Empress of Constantinople, a granddaughter of Charles of Anjou by his first wife, Margaret, founded the l’Hospice des Fontenilles, and provided funds for its maintenance.
Her original tomb was destroyed during the French Revolution in 1793. It was replaced in 1826. For more information, please see The Queen of Sicily and Gothic Stained Glass in Mussy and Tonnerre, by Meredith Parsons Lillich.
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