 1311 - 1356 (45 years)
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| Name |
Margaret of Holland |
| Suffix |
Countess of Hainaut and Holland |
| Birth |
1311 |
| Gender |
Female |
| Acceded |
1345 |
| Name |
Margaret II |
| Death |
1356 |
| Notes |
- «b»http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal10352
http://worldroots.com/gitte/famous/k/khshayarshaline.htm
http://fabpedigree.com/s097/f337535.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Holland
Margaret II of Avesnes«/b» (1311 \endash 23 June 1356) was «u»Countess of Hainaut «/u» and «u»Countess of Holland «/u» (as «b»Margaret I«/b») from 1345 to 1356. Margaret was the daughter of «u»William I, Count of Hainaut «/u» and his wife, «u»Jeanne of Valois «/u». On 26 February 1324 in «u»Cologne «/u» she married Emperor «u»Louis IV the Bavarian «/u».
«b»Biography
«/b»She succeeded in 1345 her brother «u»William IV «/u» following his death in battle: The emperor was conferring «u»Hainaut «/u», «u»Holland «/u», «u»Zeeland «/u» and «u»Friesland «/u» upon his wife, and shortly later also upon their son «u»William V «/u». The hereditary titles of Margaret's sisters, including «u»Philippa of Hainaut «/u» who was Queen consort of «u»Edward III of England «/u», were ignored. Due to the dangerous hostility of the «u»House of Luxemburg «/u» Louis had increased his power base ruthlessly. Margaret then returned to Holland in 1346 to secure her position of power but did not manage to prevent the coronation of the Luxemburg «u»Charles IV «/u» as «u»anti-king «/u» in «u»Aix-la-Chapelle «/u» by force.
When Louis IV died on 11 October 1347, he was succeeded by his six sons. In 1349 the brothers decided to partition their possessions; «u»Louis V, Duke of Bavaria «/u» kept «u»Brandenburg «/u» and «u»Tyrol «/u», he and his younger brothers «u»Louis VI the Roman «/u» and «u»Otto V the Bavarian «/u» received «u»Upper Bavaria «/u». «u»Stephen II «/u», «u»William «/u» and «u»Albert «/u» received «u»Lower Bavaria «/u», Holland and Hainaut. Louis V and Stephen were no sons of Margaret and her youngest sons Albert and Otto were still minors. Louis VI released Holland and Hainaut for his brothers William and Albert in 1349 since he expected the Polish crown by his marriage with Cunigunde of Poland. In 1353 also Stephen released Holland and Hainault to his brother William.
Also Margaret had resigned her sovereignty in favour of her son William. In 1350, the nobles of Holland asked Margaret to return to Holland again. She then «u»battled for the power «/u» in Holland and Hainaut for some years with her son William who had refussed to pay her alimony. The Cod league was formed in 23 May 1350 by a number of supporters of William. On 5 September of the same year, the Hook league was formed. Soon afterward, these factions clashed, and a civil war began.
«u»Edward III of England «/u», Margaret's brother-in-law through her sister «u»Philippa of Hainault «/u», came to her aid, winning a naval engagement off «u»Veere «/u» in 1351; a few weeks later the Hooks and their English allies were defeated by William and the Cods at «u»Vlaardingen «/u», an overthrow which ruined Margaret's cause. Edward III shortly afterwards changed sides, and the empress saw herself compelled (1354) to come to an understanding with her son, he being recognized as count of Holland and Zeeland, she of Hainaut. Margaret died two years later, leaving William, in possession of the entire Holland-Hainaut inheritance (July 1356). William was married to «u»Matilda ("Maud" in the English style) of Lancaster «/u», sister to «u»Blanche of Lancaster «/u».
«b»Family and children
«/b»
In 1324 she married «u»Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor «/u». Their children were:
Margarete (1325\endash 1374), married:
in 1351 in «u»Ofen «/u» «u»Stephen, Duke of Slavonia «/u» (d. 1354) and had issue;
1357/58 «u»Gerlach von Hohenlohe «/u».
Anna (c. 1326 \endash 3 June 1361, «u»Fontenelles «/u») married «u»John I of Lower Bavaria «/u» (d. 1340)
«u»Louis VI the Roman «/u» (1328\endash 1365), duke of Upper Bavaria, elector of Brandenburg. No issue.
Elisabeth (1329 \endash 2 August 1402, «u»Stuttgart «/u»), married with:
«u»Cangrande II della Scala, Lord of Verona «/u» (d. 1359) in «u»Verona «/u» on 22 November 1350;
Count Ulrich of «u»Württemberg «/u» (d. 1388) in 1362.
«u»William V of Holland «/u» (1330\endash 1389), as William I duke of Lower Bavaria, as Wiliam V count of Hainaut and Holland
«u»Agnes «/u» («u»Munich «/u», 1335 \endash 11 November 1352, Munich)
«u»Albert I of Holland «/u» (1336\endash 1404), duke of Lower Bavaria, count of Hainaut and Holland
«u»Otto V the Bavarian «/u» (1340\endash 1379), duke of Upper Bavaria, elector of Brandenburg
«u»Beatrix of Bavaria «/u» (1344 \endash 25 December 1359), married bef. 25 October 1356 «u»Eric XII of Sweden«/u»
Louis (October 1347 \endash 1348)
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| Person ID |
I11948 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
2 May 2013 |
| Family |
Louis IV (Ludwig) the Bavarian Wittelsbach, Holy Roman Emperor, b. 1 Apr 1282 d. 11 Oct 1347 (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Feb 1324 |
| Children |
| | 1. William V of Zealand Wittelsbach, Duke of Zealand, b. 1327 d. 1389 (Age 62 years) |
| | 2. Louis VI the Roman Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria, b. 12 May 1330 d. 14 May 1365 (Age 35 years) |
| | 3. Albert of Holland Wittelsbach, Count of Hainault and Holland, b. 25 Jul 1336, Munich, Bayern, Germany  d. 12 Dec 1404, The Hague, Netherlands (Age 68 years) |
| | 4. Margarete, b. 1325 d. 1374 (Age 49 years) |
| | 5. Elisabeth of BAVARIA, b. 1329 d. 2 Aug 1402 (Age 73 years) |
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| Family ID |
F5468 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Nov 2006 |
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| Sources |
- [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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