Margaret of Burgundy () (1250 – 4 September 1308) was Queen of Sicily and Naples by marriage to Charles I of Sicily. She was also a ruling Countess of Tonnerre from 1262 until 1308.

Life

The second daughter of Odo, Count of Nevers, and

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, 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

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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

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) and Catherine I of Courtenay, 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,

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. 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