Tenure 1404–1419 | Name Margaret Bavaria Children Philip the Good | |
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Issue CatherineMarie, Duchess of ClevesMargaret, Duchess of BrittanyPhilip III, Duke of BurgundyIsabelle, Countess of Penthievre and PerigordAnne, Duchess of BedfordAgnes, Duchess of Bourbon Parents Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, Margaret of Brieg Grandchildren Charles the Bold, Anthony, bastard of Burgundy Similar People | ||
Mourners of the tomb of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria
Margaret of Bavaria, (1363–23 January 1423, Dijon), was Duchess consort of Burgundy by marriage to John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy. She was the regent of the Burgundian Low countries during the absence of her spouse in 1404–1419 and the regent in French Burgundy during the absence of her son in 1419–1423. She became most known for her successful defense of French Burgundy against John IV, Count of Armagnac in 1419.
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Margaret was the fifth child of Albert, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing, Count of Hainault, Holland, and Zeeland and Lord of Frisia, and Margaret of Brieg.
In 1385, at the Burgundian double wedding in Cambrai, she married John, Count of Nevers, the son and heir of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Margaret of Dampierre, Countess of Flanders, Artois and Burgundy; at the same time her brother, William II, Duke of Bavaria married their daughter Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria. With the death of Philip the Bold in 1404, and Margaret of Dampierre in 1405, John inherited these territories, and Margaret became his consort. They had only one son, Philip the Good (1396–1467), who inherited these territories, and seven daughters.