Margaret, Countess of Blois

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Margaret of Blois (d. 1230) (French: Marguerite), was countess of Blois from 1218 to 1230.

She was daughter of Theobald V of Blois and Alix of France. Her maternal grandparents were Louis VII of France and his first wife Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Margaret married three times:

1. Hugh of Oisy, Lord of Montmirail
2. Otto I, Count of Burgundy, by whom Margaret bore Joanna I, Countess of Burgundy and Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy
3. Walter of Avesnes, by whom Margaret bore Marie of Avesnes

Preceded by Theobald VI

Countess of Blois 1218–1230

Succeeded by Marie

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• Counts of Blois

n.b. the date given for her death there (1225) is incorrect:

• Titles of the European Princes: Blois & Orléans shows one of her charters dated 1228.