Margaret of Bourbon Queen of Navarre

• Preferred Name: Margaret of Bourbon Queen of Navarre^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
  
• Alternate Name: DE CHAMPAGNE
  
• Alternate Name: Marguerite De BOURBON [QUEEN OF NAVARRE]
  
• Alternate Name: Marguerite Bourbon
  
• Alternate Name: Margarete de Bourbon
  
• Alternate Name: de Bourbon
  
• Gender: F
  
• Burial: 12 APR 1256 in Abbaye de Clairvaux, Clairvaux, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France at LATI: N8.1551 LONG: E0.7773
  
• LdsEndowment: 18 APR 1995 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Queen Consort of Navarre1234 in Spain at LATI: N0.43 LONG: E4 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Bourbon,_Queen_of_Navarre
  
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• Religion: Abbaye De ClairvauxAPR 1256 in Clairvaux, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France at LATI: N8.1551 LONG: E0.7773
  
• Birth: 1216 in Foix, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France at LATI: N2.8333 LONG: E0.5833
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: Casa de Dampierre
  
• Death: 12 APR 1256 in Brie, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France at LATI: N7.9528 LONG: E1.5361
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Reina consorte de Navarradesde 1232 hasta 1253
  
• LdsBaptism: 16 MAR 1995 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• FSID: 9HYM-ZD6
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Margaret of Bourbon (French: Marguerite; c. 1217-2 April 1256) was Queen of Navarre and Countess of Champagne from 1232 until 1253 as the third wife of Theobald I of Navarre. After her husband's death, she ruled both the kingdom and the county as regent for three years in the name of their son, Theobald II of Navarre.
  
  «b»Marriage«/b»
  Margaret was born into the House of Dampierre, the eldest daughter of Archambaud VIII, Lord of Bourbon. Her mother was her father's first wife, Alice of Forez, daughter of Guigues III, Count of Forez. Archambaud was the constable of Count Theobald IV of Champagne. Margaret was 15 years old when, on 12 September 1232, she became the third wife of the 32-year-old recently widowed Count Theobald. His first wife, Gertrude of Dagsburg, had been repudiated and already deceased, while the second, Agnes of Beaujeu, died leaving only a daughter, Blanche. Their marriage was one of only two unions of the counts of Champagne with a significant age disparity between spouses, the other one being the marriage of Henry I of Champagne and Marie of France. Margaret brought a large dowry, but an unusual clause in her marriage contract stipulated that only a prorated part of it would be returned to her father in case of her death without issue within the first nine years of the marriage and nothing if she died after nine years had passed. Only if the union ended in annulment, as her parents' and Theobald's first marriage had, was the entire sum to be returned.
  
  «b»Regency«/b»
  Margaret's marriage lasted twenty years, during which she delivered seven children. In 1234, she became Queen of Navarre when Theobald inherited the kingdom from his maternal uncle, Sancho VII. Little is known about Margaret's life as queen consort, which appears to have been spent in relative obscurity. Her husband's death in 1253, however, brought her to spotlight: their son, Theobald II of Navarre, was 18, while the laws of the realm required the king to be 21 to take control of his inheritance. She immediately had to deal with a succession crisis in the kingdom. Although her husband, also Count of Champagne, had resided in Navarre much of the time after his accession to the royal throne, the nobility of the kingdom were unwilling to accept his son as their king. Margaret prevented the outbreak of an open rebellion by travelling with Theobald to the capital, Pamplona, and by allying with the neighbouring Kingdom of Aragon. She also inherited her husband's long-standing dispute with the Knights Templar, who had been buying lots of feudal property in Champagne despite his disapproval. Margaret resolutely prohibited them from acquiring any more land within the county.
  
  In 1254, Margaret was persuaded by her son to arrange a marriage for him with Isabella, daughter of King Louis IX of France. King Theobald II reached the age of majority in 1256. No longer regent, Queen Margaret retired to her large dower lands, consisting of seven castellanies (as much as a third of the comital revenues), where she spent the rest of her life. She died in Provins and was buried at the Saint-Joseph de Clairval abbey in Flavigny-sur-Ozerain.
  
  «b»Issue«/b»
  1.) Eleanor, died young
  
  2.) Theobald II of Navarre
  
  3.) Peter (died in 1265)
  
  4.) Margaret, who in 1255 married Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine[4] and bore him Theobald II of Lorraine
  
  5.) Beatrice of Navarre, Duchess of Burgundy married Hugh IV Duke of Burgundy
  
  6.) Henry I of Navarre married Blanche of Artois
  
  geni.com
  Marguerite de Bourbon, reina de Navarra
  Spanish: Margarita de Borbón, reina de Navarra
  Birthdate: 1216
  Birthplace: Foix, Ariege, France
  Death: April 13, 1258 (41-42)
  Brie, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
  Place of Burial: Queen Consort
  Immediate Family:
  
  Daughter of Archambaud VIII "le Grand" de Dampierre, seigneur de Bourbon and Alix de Forez
  
  Wife of Teobaldo I el Cantautor, rey de Navarra
  
  Mother of
  Eleonora de Champaña;
  Henry I the Fat, king of Navarre;
  Teobaldo II el Joven, rey de Navarra;
  Margareta de Champaña, infanta de Navarra;
  Pedro de Navarra, señor de Muruzábal; and
  Beatriz de Champaña, infanta de Navarra « less
  
  Half sister of Béatrix Agnès de Bourbon Dampierre; Marie de Bourbon-Dampierre; Guy de Bourbon Dampierre, seigneur de Néry; Dreux de Bourbon Dampierre, chanoine de Chartres; Guillaume I de Bourbon, seigneur de Beçay; and Archambaud IX "le Jeune" de Dampierre, seigneur de Bourbon « less
  
  Occupation: Countess of Champagne and Queen of Navarre, Queen of Navarre
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/AUVERGNE.htm#Margueritedied1256 as of 8/19/2016
  
  MARGUERITE de Bourbon (-Provins, Brie 12 Apr 1256, bur Clairval). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontain

• m. 1231 in Pamplona/Iruña, Navarra, Navarra, Reino de Navarra

1. King Henry "the fat" De Navarre I, b. 1244 in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, Francia     d. 22 de julio de 1274 in Pamplona, Navarra, España
2. Margaret de Champagne, b. 1240 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain     d. 3 OCT 1307 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France

1. Title: Royal Genealogies (Volume II)
   Author: James Anderson, D.D., Royal Genealogies (Volume II), Table 456, Page 705 (center).
   
2. Title: Margaret de Bourbon (1216-1258), Find a Grave
   Author: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103704154/margaret-de_bourbon
   Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103704154/margaret-de_bourbon;
   Note: Margaret de Bourbon BIRTH 1216 Foix, Departement de l'Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France DEATH 12 Apr 1258 (aged 41–42) Brie, Departement d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France BURIAL Abbaye de Clairvaux Clairvaux, Departement de l'Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France MEMORIAL ID 103704154
   
3. Title: Marguerite de Bourbon in The Peerage
   Author: https://www.thepeerage.com/p368.htm#i3675
   Publication: Name: https://www.thepeerage.com/p368.htm#i3675;
   Note: Marguerite de Bourbon was the daughter of Archambaud VIII de Bourbon, Sire de Bourbon and Beatrix de Montluco. She married Thibaut I (IV), Rey de Navarre, son of Thibaut III, Comte de Champagne and Blanche de Navarre, in March 1232. She died on 13 April 1258. Children of Marguerite de Bourbon and Thibaut I (IV), Rey de Navarre: Thibaut II (V), Rey de Navarre d. 1270 Enrique I (III), Rey de Navarre+ d. 1274
   
4. Title: The Book of Tyrrell
   Author: The Book of Tyrrell , Chart XXII, Pages 137, 138.