Marguerite de France (1279-1317)
Born 1279
Died 14 February 1317 Marlborough Castle
Married September 1299 Canterbury Cathedral
Edward I "Longshanks"
King of England 1272-1307
Born 17 June 1239 Westminster Palace
Died 7 July 1307 Burgh on the Sands nr.Carlisle
For political reasons Edward I agreed to remarry. At first Blanche
of France was
the candidate, but for unknown reasons she was replaced
by her younger
sister, Margaret. Margaret was about twenty years old
when she married
the sixty-year-old widower and was the first English
queen since
the conquest not to be consecrated and crowned. This
marriage seems
to have been happy enough as two sons and a daughter
were born. However,
only the two sons survived into adulthood.
After Edward I's death, Margaret remained on good terms with the
new king Edward
II, her stepson. In January 1308 she accompanied him
to France where
he married Margaret's niece, Isabella of France. After
this marriage
she went to live at Marlborough Castle where she died in
1317.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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