Parents Henry, Lord of Joinville Mother Marie of Luxembourg Grandparents Anselm de Joinville | Name Margaret Joinville Died 1418 | |
Spouse(s) John of ChalonPeter of GenevaFrederick I, Count of Vaudemont Father Henry, Lord of Joinville Children Antoine, Count of Vaudemont, Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudemont Grandchildren Jean, Count of Harcourt | ||
Great-grandparents Jean de Joinville | ||
Margaret of Joinville (French: Marguerite de Joinville; 1354-1418) was a French noblewoman. From 1365 until her death, she was the ruling Lady of Joinville and Countess of Vaudémont.
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Family
Her father was Henry, Lord of Joinville. He was Count of Vaudémont as Henry V; he died when she was seven years old. Her mother was Marie of Luxembourg.
Marriages and issue
In 1367, she married John of Châlon, Lord of Montaigu (1340-1373). This marriage was childless.
In 1374, she married Count Peter of Geneva. In 1378, Peter's brother Robert was elected antipope as Clement VII. Peter died in Robert's service in 1392. This marriage was also childless.
In 1392, Margaret married for the third time, to Frederick I (1368-1415), the younger brother of Duke Charles II of Lorraine. Together they had three children:
Ancestress of Habsburg-Lorraine
In 1473, her great-grandson René II inherited the Duchy of Lorraine, because the male-line descendants of her husband's elder brother Charles II had died out. In 1528, the House of Lorraine was divided into a German line, the Dukes of Lorraine and French line, the House of Guise. The latter came to rule the Lordship of Joinville. In 1745, Duke Francis Stephen of the German line married the Habsburg heiress, Maria Theresa of Austria. Their descendants are known as the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.