Margaret, I Countess of Flanders

- 1194

• Name	Margaret , I Countess of Flanders  [1]
  Suffix	I Countess of Flanders
  Gender	Female
  Died	15 Nov 1194  [1]
  Notes	Margaret I of Flanders (died 15 November 1194) was countess of Flanders suo jure from 1191 to her death. History She was the daughter of Thierry, Count of Flanders, and Sibylla of Anjou, and the heiress of her childless brother, Philip of Flanders. Family In 1160 she married Ralph II, count of Vermandois and Valois. He died of leprosy in 1167 without issue. In 1169 she married Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut, who became her co-ruler. They had the following issue: Isabelle of Hainaut (Valenciennes, 5 April 1170-15 March 1190, Paris), married king Philip II of France Baldwin VI of Hainaut (1171-1205), also count of Flanders and Latin Emperor Yolanda of Flanders (1175-1219), married Peter of Courtenay, Latin Emperor Philip I, Marquis of Namur (1175-1212) Henry of Flanders (1176-1216), Latin Emperor Sybille (1179-9 January 1217), married c. 1197 Guichard IV, Sire de Beaujeu (d. 1216). They had a daughter, Agnes of Beaujeu. Eustace of Hainaut (d. 1219), regent of the Kingdom of Thessalonica Godfrey of Hainaut
  Person ID	I5287	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Thierry, Count of Flanders,   b. 1099,   d. 17 Jan 1167/68  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Sibylla of Anjou,   b. Between 1112 and 1116,   d. 1165, Bethany, Al-Eizariya, Palestine  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F2084	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Baldwin, V Count of Hainaut,   b. 1150,   d. 17 Dec 1195  (Age 45 years)
  Married	1169  [1]
  Children	1. Baldwin, I of Constantinople,   b. Jul 1172,   d. Abt 1205  (Age ~ 32 years)
  Family ID	F2061	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_I_of_Flanders.