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Biography of Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress 1312-1369

Paternal Family Tree: Avesnes

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Cuman

On 19th May 1305 [her father] William Hainault I Count Hainault III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland (age 19) and [her mother] Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault (age 11) were married. She by marriage Countess Zeeland, Countess Holland, Countess Avesnes, Countess Hainault. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 35) and [her grandmother] Margaret Capet Countess Valois. He the son of [her grandfather] John Hainault II Count Hainault II Count Holland and [her grandmother] Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainault and Holland (age 53). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1308 [her future husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 25) and Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. He the son of Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria and Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria.

In 1320 [her step-father] Robert III Artois (age 33) and [her mother] Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault (age 26) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 49) and [her grandmother] Margaret Capet Countess Valois. They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1324 Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 41) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 12) were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of William Hainault I Count Hainault III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland (age 38) and Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault (age 30). He the son of Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria and Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria. They were third cousin three times removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

In 1325 [her daughter] Margaret Wittelsbach was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 42) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 13).

Around 1326 [her daughter] Anna Wittelsbach was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 43) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 14).

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 7th May 1328 [her son] Louis "The Roman" Wittelsbach VI Duke Upper Bavaria was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 46) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 16).

On 27th June 1328 [her step-son] Stephen Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria (age 9) and Elisabeth Barcelona Duchess Bavaria (age 18) were married. He the son of [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 46) and Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1329 [her daughter] Elisabeth Wittelsbach was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 46) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 17).

On 12th May 1330 [her son] William Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 48) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 18).

In 1335 [her daughter] Agnes Wittelsbach was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 52) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 23).

On 25th July 1336 [her son] Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 54) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 24) at Munich.

On 7th June 1337 [her father] William Hainault I Count Hainault III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland (age 51) died. His son [her brother] William (age 30) succeeded II Count Hainault. Joanna Reginar Duchess Brabant (age 15) by marriage Countess Hainault.

Around 1341 [her son] Otto "The Bavarian" Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 58) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 29).

In 1344 [her daughter] Beatrix Wittelsbach was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 61) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 32).

On 26th September 1345 [her brother] William Hainault II Count Hainault (age 38) died. His sister Margaret (age 33) succeeded II Countess Hainault. [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 63) by marriage Count Hainault.

On 2nd July 1346 [her step-daughter] Mathilde Wittelsbach (age 33) died.

In October 1347 [her son] Louis Wittelsbach was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 65) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 35).

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 11th October 1347 [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 65) died. His son [her step-son] Stephen (age 28) succeeded II Duke Bavaria. Elisabeth Barcelona Duchess Bavaria (age 37) by marriage Duchess Bavaria.

In 1348 [her son] Louis Wittelsbach died.

In 1352 [her son] William Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria (age 21) and [her daughter-in-law] Maud Plantagenet Duchess Lower Bavaria (age 11) were married in London. She by marriage Duchess Lower Bavaria. He by marriage Earl of Leicester. She the daughter of Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 42) and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 32). He the son of [her former husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 40). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 7th March 1352 [her mother] Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault (age 58) died.

On 11th November 1352 [her daughter] Agnes Wittelsbach (age 17) died.

After 19th July 1353 [her son] Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 16) and [her daughter-in-law] Margaret Silesia were married. He the son of [her former husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 41).

On 25th December 1359 [her daughter] Beatrix Wittelsbach (age 15) died.

On 3rd June 1361 [her daughter] Anna Wittelsbach (age 35) died.

On 17th May 1365 [her son] Louis "The Roman" Wittelsbach VI Duke Upper Bavaria (age 37) died.

In 1369 Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 57) died.

Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress 1312-1369 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress 1312-1369

Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress 1312-1369

Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre

Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland

Vladislaus II King Hungary

Louis XII King France

Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile

Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre

King Francis I of France

Christian III King Denmark

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland

Louis VI Elector Palatine

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain

Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark

Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal

Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Charles Palatinate Simmern II Elector Palatine Rhine

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia

Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain

Frederick I King Sweden

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor

King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor

Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia

Polyxena Hesse Rotenburg Queen Consort Sardinia

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor

Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

William Elector of Hesse

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England

Charles IV King Spain

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Louis XVI King France

Louis XVIII King France

King Charles X of France

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England

Frederick William III King Prussia

King Louis Philippe I of France

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover

Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark

Frederick William IV King Prussia

William I King Prussia

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain

Frederick VII King Denmark

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

King Christian IX of Denmark

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England

Frederick Charles I King Finland

Constantine I King Greece

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh

Carl XVI King Sweden

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress 1312-1369

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Avesnes

Great x 2 Grandfather: Bouchard Avesnes

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bouchard Guise

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Guise

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Hainault I Count Hainault 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Blois I Count Champagne Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Blois Countess Flanders 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Capet Countess Champagne

GrandFather: John Hainault II Count Hainault II Count Holland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Floris Gerulfing III Count Holland

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Gerulfing I Count Holland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ada Dunkeld Countess Holland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Floris Gerulfing IV Count Holland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto I Count Guelders

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Guelders Countess Holland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Adelaide Gerulfing Countess Hainault 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mathilde Reginar Countess Holland and Palatine Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Metz Count Boulogne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Metz Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne Daughter of King Stephen I England

Father: William Hainault I Count Hainault III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg

Great x 2 Grandfather: Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur

Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur

Great x 2 Grandmother: Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry I Count Guelders

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Arnstein Countess Guelders

GrandMother: Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainault and Holland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Renauld of Bar II Count of Bar

Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Blois Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry of Bar II Count of Bar 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Erminsende of Bar Sur Seine Countess Bar

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux

Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa Capet Countess of Bar

Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Flanders

Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile

Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence

Great x 3 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy

GrandFather: Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon

Great x 2 Grandfather: James I King Aragon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Béla III of Hungary

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Andrew II of Hungary

Great x 2 Grandmother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon

Mother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Charles Capet of Sicily Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile

Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence

Great x 3 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence

Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy

GrandMother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Andrew II of Hungary

Great x 3 Grandfather: Béla IV King of Hungary

Great x 2 Grandfather: Stephen V of Hungary

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cuman