Margaret of Foix-Candale
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, 9 September 1536), Marchioness of
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, regent of
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(1504–1526), aunt of
Anna of Foix-Candale Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...
, Queen of
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Life

Margaret was the youngest daughter of
John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal Jean de Foix (c. 1415 – 1485) was the Captal de Buch, first Earl of Kendal (Gallicised into "''Comte de Candalle''"), Vicomte de Castillon, Meilles and Comte de Benauges. Biography Jean de Foix was a Gascon noble in the service of the English. ...
and
Margaret Kerdeston Margaret Kerdeston (after 1425 – after 5 December 1485), Countess of Kendal (Candale), was the paternal grandmother of Anne of Foix-Candale, queen of Hungary and Bohemia. Life She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Kerdeston (d. 1446) and Elizabeth ...
. In 1492 she married Louis II
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. Marchioness Margaret accompanied her niece Queen
Anna of Foix-Candale Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...
in 1502 from
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to
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in the wedding tour from France to
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, when Queen Anna visited her paternal relatives in
Saluzzo Saluzzo (; pms, Salusse ) is a town and former principality in the province of Cuneo, in the Piedmont region, Italy. The city of Saluzzo is built on a hill overlooking a vast, well-cultivated plain. Iron, lead, silver, marble, slate etc. are fo ...
. During her second pregnancy, Queen Anna asked her aunt, Margaret to come to Buda in 1506.See Wenzel (1877). The Marchioness after her husband's death acted as a regent of
Marquisate of Saluzzo The Marquisate of Saluzzo () was a historical Italian state that included parts of the current region of Piedmont and of the French Alps. The Marquisate was much older than the Renaissance lordships, being a legacy of the feudalism of the High ...
in the name of her first-born son, Michele Antonio. Her four surviving sons all inherited the marquisate in the order of primogeniture.


Children

* Michele Antonio (26 March 1495 – 18 October 1528), Marquess of Saluzzo (1504–1528) * Gian Ludovico (21 October 1496 – 1563), Marquess of Saluzzo (1528–1529, deposed). * Francesco Ludovico (15 February 1498 – 28 March 1537), Marquess of Saluzzo (1529–1537) * Adriano (20 October 1499 – June 1501). * Gian Gabriele (26 September 1501 – 29 July 1548), Marquess of Saluzzo (1537–1548).


References


Sources

* * * Wenzel, Gusztáv: II. Ulászló magyar és cseh királynak házas élete (The Marriages of Ladislas II King of Hungary and Bohemia). ''Századok (Periodical Centuries)''. 631–641, 727–757 and 816–840. 1877.


External links


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:FoixCandale, Margaret of House of Foix Counts of Candale People from Saluzzo Aleramici 16th-century women rulers Marchionesses of Saluzzo 1473 births 1536 deaths