Margaret Capet (d. 1271)

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Margaret Capet (d. 1271)

French princess . Name variations: Margaret of Brabant; Marguerite. Died at an early age in 1271; daughter of Margaret of Provence (1221–1295) and Louis IX, king of France (r. 1226–1270); sister of Philip III the Bold (1245–1285), king of France (r. 1270–1285); married John I (c. 1252–1294), duke of Brabant, around 1270. Two years after Margaret Capet's death, John I married Margaret of Flanders (d. 1285).

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