Margaret of Savoy, Countess of Saint-Pol
| Margaret of Savoy | |
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| Margravine of Montferrat Countess of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, Marle and Soissons |
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| Tenure | December 1458 – 19 January 1464 19 December 1475 – 25 October 1482 |
| Born | April 1439 Turin, Italy |
| Died | 9 March 1483 Bruges |
| Spouse |
John IV of Montferrat Pierre II de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, Marle and Soissons |
| Issue | Louis of Luxembourg Claude of Luxembourg Antoine of Luxembourg Marie de Luxembourg Françoise of Luxembourg |
| House | Savoy |
| Father | Louis, Duke of Savoy |
| Mother | Anne de Lusignan, Princess of Cyprus |
Margaret of Savoy (April 1439 – 9 March 1483), also known as Marguerite de Savoie or Margherita di Savoia, was the eldest surviving daughter of Louis, Duke of Savoy. She was the wife of Margrave John IV of Montferrat and later the wife of Pierre II de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, Marle and Soissons. Margaret's numerous descendants included Mary, Queen of Scots, and King Henry IV of France.
Margaret was born in April 1439 in Turin, Italy, the eldest surviving daughter and one of the nineteen children of Louis, Duke of Savoy (21 February 1402 – 29 January 1465) and Anne de Lusignan, Princess of Cyprus (24 September 1418 – 11 November 1462). Her paternal grandparents were Amadeus VIII of Savoy, who was also the Antipope Felix V, and Mary of Burgundy, and her maternal grandparents were King Janus de Lusignan of Cyprus and Armenia and Charlotte de Bourbon-La Marche. Her many siblings included Amadeus IX of Savoy, who married Yolande of Valois, Philip II, Duke of Savoy (5 February 1438 – 7 November 1497), who married firstly Marguerite de Bourbon, and secondly Claude de Brosse, Louis of Savoy, Count of Geneva who married Queen Charlotte of Cyprus (28 June 1444 – 16 July 1487), Charlotte of Savoy, Queen consort of King Louis XI of France, Bona of Savoy, second wife of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, and Marie of Savoy (20 March 1448- 1475), who married, as his second wife, Margaret's father-in-law, Louis of Luxembourg, Count of Saint- Pol, Constable of France.
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