Margherita of Durazzo
| Margaret of Durazzo | |
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Queen Margaret (Salerno Cathedral)
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| Queen consort of Naples | |
| Tenure | 12 May 1382 – 24 February 1386 |
| Coronation | 25 November 1382 |
| Queen consort of Hungary | |
| Tenure | 1385 – 24 February 1386 |
| Born | 28 July 1347 |
| Died | 6 August 1412 (aged 65) Acquamela, Kingdom of Naples |
| Burial | Salerno Cathedral |
| Spouse | Charles III of Naples |
| Issue More |
Joanna II of Naples Ladislaus of Naples |
| House | House of Anjou-Durazzo |
| Father | Charles, Duke of Durazzo |
| Mother | Maria of Calabria |
Margaret of Durazzo (Italian: Margherita di Durazzo 28 July 1347 – 6 August 1412) was Queen of Naples and Hungary and Princess of Achaea as the spouse of Charles III of Naples, and later regent of Naples during the minority of her son.
She was the fourth daughter of Charles, Duke of Durazzo (1323–1348) and Maria of Calabria, but the only one to have children; her legitimate line of descent, as well as the century-old Capetian House of Anjou, ended with her daughter.
In February, 1369, Margaret married her paternal first cousin Charles of Durazzo. He was a son of Louis of Durazzo, another son of John, Duke of Durazzo and his second wife Agnes de Périgord. The bride was twenty-two years old and the groom twenty-four. They had three children:
Charles managed to depose her maternal aunt Queen Joanna I of Naples in 1382. He succeeded her and Margaret became his queen consort. Charles succeeded James of Baux as Prince of Achaea in 1383 with Margaret still as his consort.
By then becoming the senior Angevin male, Charles was offered the Crown of Hungary. Margaret did not support the idea of deposing Queen Mary of Hungary and discouraged her husband from doing so. Nonetheless, he successfully deposed Mary in December 1385 and himself crowned. She was daughter of his deceased cousin Louis I of Hungary and Elizabeth of Bosnia. However, Mary's formidable mother Elizabeth arranged his assassination at Visegrád on 24 February 1386.
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