Noble family House of Metz Mother Sibylla of Anjou | Name Margaret Countess | |
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Father Thierry, Count of Flanders Buried St. Donatian's Cathedral in Bruges Died November 15, 1194, Bruges, Belgium Spouse Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (m. 1169) Children Baldwin I, Latin Emperor, Isabella of Hainault, Yolanda of Flanders, Henry of Flanders, Philip I of Namur Parents Thierry, Count of Flanders, Sibylla of Anjou Grandchildren Louis VIII of France, Joan, Countess of Flanders Similar People Baldwin I - Latin Emperor, Isabella of Hainault, William Clito | ||
Margaret I (died 15 November 1194) was countess of Flanders suo jure from 1191 to her death. She was the daughter of Thierry, Count of Flanders, and Sibylla of Anjou, and the heiress of her childless brother, Philip of Flanders.
In 1160 she married Ralph II, Count of Vermandois. He died of leprosy in 1167 without issue.
In 1169 she married Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut, her third cousin once removed, who became her co-ruler when she gained the county of Flanders in 1191. They had the following issue:
Margaret died on 15 November 1194; thereafter her husband was sole count of Flanders.
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