Marguerite, Princess of Naples and Sicily

Marguerite married Charles of Valois, Prince of France andCount of Valois on 16 Aug 1290 in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne, Île-de-France, France. Charles (son of Philip III "the Bold", King of France and Isabella of Aragon) was born on 12 Mar 1270 in Vincennes, Île-de-France, France; died on 16 Dec 1325 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Couvent des Jacobins, Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jeanne de Valois was born about 1294 in Duchy of Valois, Hauts-de-France, France; died on 7 Mar 1342.

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: "Le Boiteaux" means "the lame". He was also the Prince of Salerno.
• Crowned: 6 Jan 1266; He was crowned the King of Sicily.
• Reign: 1266-1309; King of Sicily

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Charles married Princess Maria of Hungary in 1270. Maria (daughter of Stephen V, King of Hungary and Croatia and Elizabeth of Bosnia) was born about 1257 in Hungary; died on 25 Mar 1323. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
She was assassinated.

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was also the Count of Anjou, Provence, and Maine.
• Reign: From 1266 to 1285; King of Sicily
• Crowned: 6 Jan 1266; On 6 January 1266 he was crowned the King of Sicily.

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Birth: Stuart (2002) gives his birth date as March 1226.

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Charles married Beatrix of Provence, Countess of Provence on 31 Jan 1246. Beatrix (daughter of Raymond IV Berenger, Count of Provence and Forcalquier and Beatrix of Savoy, Countess of Provence) was born in 1234; died on 23 Sep 1267 in Nocera Terinese, Calabria, Italy; was buried in Roque-Pymont, France (not found). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Crowned: 1270
• Reign: From 1270 to 1272; King of Hungary

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Stephen married Elizabeth of Bosnia in 1253. Elizabeth (daughter of Kuthen, Khan of the Kumans) died after 1290. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Crowned: 1223; He was crowned the King of France in 1223.
• Reign: From 1223 to 1226; King of France (House of Capet)

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House of Capet

Louis married Blanche of Castile, Princess of Castile, Queen of France on 23 May 1200 in Bapaume, Hauts-de-France, France. Blanche (daughter of Alfonso IX "the Noble", King of Castile and Eleanor of England, Princess of England and Queen of Castile) was born on 4 Mar 1188 in Palencia, Castile and León, Spain; died on 27 Nov 1252 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Maubuisson Abbey, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: Blanche of Castile served as the regent during the minority of her son, Louis IX.

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Death: Moriarty (1963) gives her death date as 1 December 1262.

Raymond married Beatrix of Savoy, Countess of Provence on 5 Jun 1219 in Dez, France (not found). Beatrix (daughter of Thomas I of Savoy, Count of Savoy and Margaret of Geneva) was born in 1198; died in Dec 1266. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Marriage Date: Stuart (2002) gives their marriage date as December 1220, and Moriarity (1947) gives the year as 1220.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Crowned: 1235; In 1235, he was crowned the King of Hungary.
• Reign: From 1235 to 1270; King of Hungary
• Military: 1241; The Mongol horde attacked Hungary laying it to waste. Despite King Béla's heroic resistance, all of Hungary would have been lost, except that the horde was withdrawn. Once free of this threat, he set about rebuilding Hungary.
• Title(s): 1254; He became the Duke of Styria.

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He restored the authority of the crown and removed his father's advisors, replacing them with men of integrity and good will.

Béla married Maria Laskarina about 1218. Maria (daughter of Theodore I Komnenos Lascaris, Emperor of the East and Anna Angelina) was born about 1206; died in 1270. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Redlich (1942) gives their marriage as about 1224.