Margaret

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Margaret, a woman's first name, may refer to:

[edit] People

• Margaret I of Denmark
• Margaret II of Denmark
• Margaret II of Flanders
• Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut
• Margaret Brown (1867-1932), RMS Titanic survivor.
• Margaret Cole
• Margaret de Bruce, 3rd Countess of Carrick
• Marguerite de Valois
• Margaret Douglas
• Margaret of Anjou
• Margaret of Austria (1522-1583)
• Margaret of Babenberg
• Margaret of Huntingdon
• Margaret of Scotland (Maid of Norway) (died 1290)
• Margaret Pomeranz
• Margaret Weis
• Maggie Simpson
• Margaret Thatcher
• Margaret Truman
• Margot Depard
• Margaret Tudor
• Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of Louis XI.
• Marguerite of France (born 1158)
• Marguerite of France (born 1282)
• Margaret of Burgundy (1290-1315), queen of France.
• Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
• Saint Margaret - list of saints
• Saint Margaret of Scotland
• Saint Margaret the Virgin
• Margaret of Hungary Empress consort of Isaac II Angelos
• Margaret Atwood
• Margaret Fuller
• Margaret Reid
• Margaret Brown

The name derives from the Greek Margarita, a pearl, in the feminine, and margaros, the mother-of-pearl.

[edit] Places

• Margaret, a moon of Uranus
• Margaret, Alabama
• Margaret River, Western Australia
• Margaret Island, Budapest, Hungary
• Margaret Bridge, Budapest, Hungary
• Isla Margarita, Venezuela
• Margarita Island, Colombia
• Marghita, Romania

[edit] See also

• Saint Margaret (several people with this name)
• Margaret (name)
• Margaret (novel), 1845 novel by American author Sylvester Judd
• Margaret (magazine), Japanese shōjo manga magazine