Margaret of Holland Countess of Hainaut and Holland [11948] ²⁴

   Another name for Margaret was Margaret II Countess of Hainault.

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Margaret II of Avesnes (1311 \endash 23 June 1356) was Countess of Hainaut and Countess of Holland (as Margaret I) from 1345 to 1356. Margaret was the daughter of William I, Count of Hainaut and his wife, Jeanne of Valois . On 26 February 1324 in Cologne she married Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian .

Biography

She succeeded in 1345 her brother William IV following his death in battle: The emperor was conferring Hainaut , Holland , Zeeland and Friesland upon his wife, and shortly later also upon their son William V . The hereditary titles of Margaret's sisters, including Philippa of Hainaut who was Queen consort of Edward III of England , were ignored. Due to the dangerous hostility of the House of Luxemburg Louis had increased his power base ruthlessly. Margaret then returned to Holland in 1346 to secure her position of power but did not manage to prevent the coronation of the Luxemburg Charles IV as anti-king in Aix-la-Chapelle by force.

When Louis IV died on 11 October 1347, he was succeeded by his six sons. In 1349 the brothers decided to partition their possessions; Louis V, Duke of Bavaria kept Brandenburg and Tyrol , he and his younger brothers Louis VI the Roman and Otto V the Bavarian received Upper Bavaria . Stephen II , William and Albert received Lower Bavaria , Holland and Hainaut. Louis V and Stephen were no sons of Margaret and her youngest sons Albert and Otto were still minors. Louis VI released Holland and Hainaut for his brothers William and Albert in 1349 since he expected the Polish crown by his marriage with Cunigunde of Poland. In 1353 also Stephen released Holland and Hainault to his brother William.

Also Margaret had resigned her sovereignty in favour of her son William. In 1350, the nobles of Holland asked Margaret to return to Holland again. She then battled for the power in Holland and Hainaut for some years with her son William who had refussed to pay her alimony. The Cod league was formed in 23 May 1350 by a number of supporters of William. On 5 September of the same year, the Hook league was formed. Soon afterward, these factions clashed, and a civil war began.

Edward III of England , Margaret's brother-in-law through her sister Philippa of Hainault , came to her aid, winning a naval engagement off Veere in 1351; a few weeks later the Hooks and their English allies were defeated by William and the Cods at Vlaardingen , an overthrow which ruined Margaret's cause. Edward III shortly afterwards changed sides, and the empress saw herself compelled (1354) to come to an understanding with her son, he being recognized as count of Holland and Zeeland, she of Hainaut. Margaret died two years later, leaving William, in possession of the entire Holland-Hainaut inheritance (July 1356). William was married to Matilda ("Maud" in the English style) of Lancaster , sister to Blanche of Lancaster .

Family and children

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

Margarete (1325\endash 1374), married:
in 1351 in Ofen </wiki/Ofen> Stephen, Duke of Slavonia </wiki/Stephen,_Duke_of_Slavonia> (d. 1354) and had issue;
1357/58 Gerlach von Hohenlohe </w/index.php?title=Gerlach_von_Hohenlohe&action=edit&redlink=1>.

Anna (c. 1326 \endash 3 June 1361, Fontenelles </w/index.php?title=Fontenelles&action=edit&redlink=1>) married John I of Lower Bavaria </w/index.php?title=John_I_of_Lower_Bavaria&action=edit&redlink=1> (d. 1340)

Louis VI the Roman (1328\endash 1365), duke of Upper Bavaria, elector of Brandenburg. No issue.

Elisabeth (1329 \endash 2 August 1402, Stuttgart ), married with:
Cangrande II della Scala, Lord of Verona </w/index.php?title=Cangrande_II_della_Scala,_Lord_of_Verona&action=edit&redlink=1> (d. 1359) in Verona on 22 November 1350;
Count Ulrich of Württemberg (d. 1388) in 1362.

William V of Holland (1330\endash 1389), as William I duke of Lower Bavaria, as Wiliam V count of Hainaut and Holland

Agnes (Munich , 1335 \endash 11 November 1352, Munich)

Albert I of Holland (1336\endash 1404), duke of Lower Bavaria, count of Hainaut and Holland

Otto V the Bavarian </wiki/Otto_V_the_Bavarian> (1340\endash 1379), duke of Upper Bavaria, elector of Brandenburg

Beatrix of Bavaria (1344 \endash 25 December 1359), married bef. 25 October 1356 Eric XII of Sweden

Louis (October 1347 \endash 1348)

  Noted events in her life were:

• Acceded, 1345.

Margaret married Louis IV (Ludwig) the Bavarian Wittelsbach Holy Roman Emperor [11650] [MRIN: 5468], son of Louis II the Severe Wittelsbach Duke of Upper Bavaria [11651] and Matilda of Habsburg Duchess consort of Bavaria [3603], on 25 Feb 1324. (Louis IV (Ludwig) the Bavarian Wittelsbach Holy Roman Emperor [11650] was born on 1 Apr 1282 and died on 11 Oct 1347.)