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Margaret III, Countess of Flanders

Margaret III (13 April 1350 – 16/21 March 1405) was a ruling Countess of Flanders, Countess of Artois, and Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne between 1384 and 1405. She was the last Countess of Flanders of the House of Dampierre.

Margaret III

30 January 1384 – 16 March 1405

Louis of Male

John the Fearless

19 June 1369 – 27 April 1404

14 May 1357 – 21 November 1361

(1350-04-13)13 April 1350
Male Castle, West Flanders, Belgium

16 March 1405(1405-03-16) (aged 54)
Arras, Artois, France.

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(m. 1355; died 1361)​
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(m. 1369; died 1404)​

Dampierre

Louis II, Count of Flanders

Margaret of Brabant

She was also Duchess of Burgundy by marriage to Philip I, Duke of Burgundy and Philip II, Duke of Burgundy.

,[9] Duke of Burgundy (1371–1419, murdered at Montereau), her eldest son and successor in Flanders, Artois, and Burgundy.

John I of Burgundy

Charles of Burgundy (1372–1373)

(October 1374 – March 8, 1441, Le Quesnoy),[9] married William II, Duke of Bavaria.

Margaret of Burgundy

Louis of Burgundy (1377–1378)

(April 1378, Montbard – January 24, 1425, Gray, Haute-Saône),[9] married Leopold IV, Duke of Austria.

Catherine of Burgundy

Bonne of Burgundy (1379–1399, )[9]

Arras

(September 1380, Dijon – October 2, 1422, Thonon-les-Bains), married Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy[10]

Mary of Burgundy

Duke of Brabant (August, 1384 – October 25, 1415, at the Battle of Agincourt.)[9]

Antoine of Burgundy

and Rethel (1389–1415, at the Battle of Agincourt.), as "Philip II".[9]

Philip II, Count of Nevers

Margaret and Philip had the following children:

Legacy[edit]

The main line of the House of Dampierre ended with Margaret III. The Dampierres, originally only counts of Flanders, had through a clever marriage policy managed to inherit the counties of Nevers (1280) and Rethel (1328). Through her grandmother, a daughter of King Philip V of France, the counties of Artois and Burgundy (the "Franche Comté") were added to this (1382). These lands were to provide the core of the dominions of the House of Valois-Burgundy, which were, together with the Duchy of Burgundy, to provide them with a power base to challenge the rule of their cousins, the Valois kings of France in the 15th century.


Her eldest son, John the Fearless, succeeded her father Louis as Count of Nevers in 1384,[9] her husband in 1404 as Duke of Burgundy and her as Count of Burgundy, Count of Artois, and Count of Flanders. In 1406 her younger son Anthony inherited Brabant and Limburg. Nevers and Rethel were at first, in her lifetime, given to her eldest sons John (Nevers) and Anthony (Rethel), but after John's accession to the duchy, Nevers went to her youngest son Philip. Rethel was given to Philip in 1402 when it became clear that Anthony would inherit Brabant.

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