Margaret of france queen of england geni

Queen of England from 1299 to 1307

For other people with the same name, see Margaret of France (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary.

Margaret or Marguerite of France (c. 1279 – 14 February 1318) was Queen of England as the second wife of King Edward I.

She was a daughter of Philip III of France and Maria of Brabant.

Childhood

Margaret was the daughter of King Philip III of France and his second wife, Maria of Brabant. Margaret was only six years old when her father died.

She grew up under guidance of her mother, and also of Queen Joan I of Navarre, the wife of her half-brother, King Philip IV.

Marriage negotiations

The death of his beloved first wife, Eleanor of Castile, in 1290, left King Edward I of England grief-stricken.

He was at the time at war with France and Scotland. He and Eleanor had only one surviving son, Edward, and so the king was anxious to remarry to