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Louis VI the Fat of France
(1081-1137)
Adelaide of Savoy de Maurienne
(Cir 1100-1154)
Alfonso VII the Emperor Raimúndez
(1105-1157)
Berenguela of Barcelona Berengar
(1108-1149)
Louis VII the Younger of France Capet
(Cir 1120-1180)
Constance of Castile
(1141-1160)
Margaret of France Capet
(1158-1198)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Henry the Young King of England
2. Béla III of Hungary

Margaret of France Capet 1 2

  • Born: 1158
  • Marriage (1): Henry the Young King of England on 2 Nov 1160 in Neubourg, Normandy
  • Marriage (2): Béla III of Hungary in 1185
  • Died: 1198, Acre, Palestine aged 40

  Noted events in her life were:

• She was a Queen Consort of England.


Margaret married Henry the Young King of England, son of Henry II Curtmantle of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, on 2 Nov 1160 in Neubourg, Normandy. (Henry the Young King of England was born on 28 Feb 1155 in Bermondsey Palace, Surrey, England and died on 11 Jun 1183 in Martel Castle, Turenne, France.) The cause of his death was dysentery.


Margaret next married Béla III of Hungary, son of Géza II of Hungary and Euphrosyne of Kiev, in 1185. (Béla III of Hungary was born in 1148 and died in 1196.)


  Marriage Notes:

Children of Béla III Arpád, King of Hungary and Marguerite de France, Princesse de France:
- Constance Arpád+ d. 1240
- Margaret Arpád d. 1175
- Andreas II Arpád, King of Hungary+ b. 1176, d. 7 Mar 1235
2

Sources


1 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

2 Darryl Lundy, thePeerage.com (http://www.thepeerage.com/).

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