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Birth:          ABT 1217 of Navarre
Death:          12 Apr 1256 Provins, Brie, France

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Bourbon,_Queen_of_Navarre
Margaret of Bourbon (French: Marguerite; c. 1217 – 12 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.
Marriage[edit]

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.[1] 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,[1] 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.
[2]

Regency[edit]

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 of Margaret's life as queen consort,[1] 
until her husband's death in 1253 brought her into the spotlight. Their son Theobald II 
of Navarre being 18 at the time could not, by the laws of the realm, become king until 
age 21. Margaret, now queen dowager, became regent.

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.[1][2] Margaret prevented the outbreak of an open rebellion by 
travelling with Theobald to the capital, Pamplona,[1] and by allying with the 
neighbouring Kingdom of Aragon.[2]

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.[1]

In 1254, Margaret was persuaded by her son to arrange a marriage for him with 
Isabella, daughter of King Louis IX of France.[1] 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.[1]

Issue[edit]
Eleanor, died young [3]
Theobald II of Navarre[3]
Peter (died in 1265)[3]
Margaret, who in 1255 married Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine[3] and bore him 
Theobald II of Lorraine
Beatrice of Navarre, Duchess of Burgundy married Hugh IV Duke of Burgundy[3]
Henry I of Navarre married Blanche of Artois[3]

Parents
DE BOURBON (DAMPIERRE-BOURBON) Archambaud VIII "the Great" (1189 - 23 Jul 1242)
OF FOREZ Alice ()

Siblings
DE BOURBON Margaret (Marguerite) (ABT 1217 - 12 Apr 1256)

Marriage To ____ Theobald (Teobaldo) IV "the Great" (3 May 1201 - 8 Jul 1253)
    m. 12 Sep 1232 his 3d

Notes

Parents
____ Theobald III (Thibault V) (13 May 1179 - 24 May 1201)
OF NAVARRRE Blanche (ABT 1177 - 12 Mar 1229)

Children by ____ Theobald (Teobaldo) IV "the Great" 3 May 1201 - 8 Jul 1253
OF NAVARRE Henry (Henri) (Enrique) (ABT 1244 - 22 Jul 1274)

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