Margaret II, Countess of Flanders

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Margaret II
Margaret's seal
Countess of Flanders
Reign1244–1278
PredecessorJoan
SuccessorGuy
Countess of Hainaut
Reign1244–1280
PredecessorJoan
SuccessorJohn II
Born1202
Died10 February 1280(1280-02-10) (aged 77)
Ghent
SpouseBouchard of Avesnes
(m. 1212 – annul. 1215, sep. 1221)
William II of Dampierre
(m. 1223 – wid. 1231)
IssueJohn of Avesnes
Baldwin of Avesnes
William III of Dampierre
Guy of Dampierre
John of Dampierre
Joan of Dampierre
Marie of Dampierre
HouseHouse of Flanders
FatherBaldwin I, Latin Emperor
MotherMarie of Champagne
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Margaret (Margaret of Constantinople) was a ruler of Count of Flanders and Count of Hainaut. She was born in 1202[1] and died in 1280.[2]

References[change | change source]

  1. Welkenhuysen 1975, p. 120.
  2. Margaret II, countess of Flanders