Margaret of Burgundy () (1250 – 4 September 1308) was Queen of Sicily and Naples by marriage to

Charles I of Sicily Charles I (early 1226/12277 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou. He was Count of Provence (1246–85) and Forcalquier (1246–48, 1256–85) i ...

. She was also a ruling Countess of Tonnerre from 1262 until 1308.

Life

The second daughter of

Odo, Count of Nevers Odo of Burgundy, in French ''Eudes de Bourgogne'' (1230 – 4 August 1266), was the Count of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre and son of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy and Yolande of Dreux. In 1265, Odo became one of the last European barons to lead ...

, and

Maud of Dampierre Matilda II, Countess of Nevers (1234/35–1262), also known as Maud of Dampierre or Mathilda II of Bourbon, was a sovereign Countess of Nevers, Countess of Auxerre, Countess of Tonnerre. Matilda was a daughter of Archambaud IX of Bourbon a ...

, Margaret was Countess of Tonnerre by inheritance from 1262 until her death.

Queen

She became Queen consort of Sicily by her marriage to Charles of Anjou, King of Sicily and Count of Anjou and Provence, on 18 November 1268. Their only daughter, Margaret, died in infancy. She also became titular Queen consort of Jerusalem, after Charles bought the title from

Mary of Antioch Maria of Antioch ( 1220 – 1307) was a claimant to the throne of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1268 to 1277. In 1267 she laid claim to govern the kingdom as regent in the name of the absentee King Conrad III. Her legal case was solid, resting on ...

in 1277. She and her husband lost the title of King and Queen of Sicily in 1283, becoming King and Queen of Naples only.

Later life

After Charles died in 1285, Margaret retired to her lands in Tonnerre, residing in the castle there with Margaret of Brienne (widow of Bohemund VII of Tripoli) and

Catherine I of Courtenay Catherine I, also Catherine of Courtenay (25 November 1274 – 11 October 1307), was the recognised Latin Empress of Constantinople from 1283 to 1307, although she lived in exile and only held authority over Crusader States in Greece. In 1301, sh ...

, titular Empress of Constantinople (a granddaughter of Charles of Anjou by his first wife). There at Tonnerre, the three women lived lives of charity and prayer; Margaret founded there ''l’Hospice des Fontenilles'', and provided adequate funds for its maintenance. She died in 1308 without children; she left her possessions to her great-nephew, John II of Châlon-Auxerre. She was buried in the ''l'Hospice''.

References

* Previté-Orton, L'Italia nella seconda metà del XIII secolo, in «Storia del mondo medievale», vol. V, 1980, pp. 198–244. {{DEFAULTSORT:Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily 1250 births 1308 deaths Royal consorts of Naples Royal consorts of Sicily Albanian royal consorts Countesses of Anjou Countesses of Maine Princesses of Achaea House of Burgundy 13th-century Italian women Princesses of Taranto Charles I of Anjou 13th-century women rulers 14th-century women rulers 13th-century Sicilian people