Margaret of France (1279 ? – 14 February 1318), a daughter of Philip III of France and Maria of Brabant, was Queen of England as the second wife of King Edward I of England.
Three years after the death of his beloved first wife, Eleanor of Castile, at the age of 49 in 1290, Edward I was still grieving. But news got to him of the beauty of Blanche, daughter of the late King Philip III. Edward decided that he would marry Blanche at any cost and sen...
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Margaret of France (1279 ? – 14 February 1318), a daughter of Philip III of France and Maria of Brabant, was Queen of England as the second wife of King Edward I of England.
Three years after the death of his beloved first wife, Eleanor of Castile, at the age of 49 in 1290, Edward I was still grieving. But news got to him of the beauty of Blanche, daughter of the late King Philip III. Edward decided that he would marry Blanche at any cost and sent out emissaries to negotiate the marriage with her half-brother, King Philip IV. It was also much to Edward's benefit to make peace with France to free him to pursue his wars in Scotland. Philip agreed to give Blanche to Edward on the following conditions:
Edward agreed and sent his brother Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster, to fetch the new bride. Edward had been deceived, for Blanche was to be married to Rudolph I of Bohemia and eldest son of Albert I of Germany. Instead, Philip offered her younger sister Margaret, a young girl of 11, to...
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