Margaret, Countess of Hainaut

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Margaret II of Avesnes (1311 – June 23, 1356), was Countess of Hainaut and Countess of Holland (as Margaret I) from 1345 to 1356. Margaret was the daughter of William III of Hainaut and Holland and his wife, Jeanne of Valois, and succeeded her brother following his death in battle.

On 26 February 1324 in Cologne she married Emperor Ludwig IV of Bavaria. Their son William V finally succeeded his mother in Hainaut and Holland.

[edit] Family and children

In 1324 she married Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Their children were:

1. Margarete (1325–1374), married:
   1. in 1351 in Ofen Stephen, Duke of Slavonia (d. 1354);
   2. 1357/58 Gerlach von Hohenlohe.
2. Anna (c. 1326 – June 3, 1361, Fontenelles) married John I of Lower Bavaria (d. 1340)
3. William V of Holland (1327–1388), as William I duke of Lower Bavaria, as Wiliam V count of Hainaut and Holland
4. Elisabeth (1329 – August 2, 1402, Stuttgart), married with:
   1. Cangrande II della Scala, Lord of Verona (d. 1359) in Verona on November 22, 1350;
   2. Count Ulrich of Württemberg (d. 1388) in 1362.
5. Louis VI the Roman (1328–1365), duke of Upper Bavaria, elector of Brandenburg.
6. Albert I of Holland (1336–1404), duke of Lower Bavaria, count of Hainaut and Holland
7. Otto V the Bavarian (1340–1379), duke of Upper Bavaria, elector of Brandenburg
8. Beatrix (1344 – December 25, 1359), married bef. October 25, 1356 Eric XII of Sweden
9. Agnes (Munich, 1335 – November 11, 1352, Munich)
10. Louis (October 1347 – 1348)

[edit] See also

• Counts of Hainaut family tree

Preceded by William IV	Count of Hainaut 1345–1356	Succeeded by William V
	Count of Holland and Zeeland 1345–1354