Among these was Countess Margaret of Flanders who established the monastery of Lille, while Val-Duchesse at Oudergern near Brussels was built with the wealth of Adelaide of Burgundy, Duchess of Brabant ( 1262 ).

On 25 August 1476 in Berlin John married Margaret of Wettin, a daughter of Landgrave William III of Thuringia with Anne of Habsburg, Duchess of Luxembourg.

Joachim ( 1505 – 1571 ), the future elector of Brandenburg, was the eldest son and heir of their current claimant of Luxembourg, Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg ( 1484 – 1535 ), the eldest son and heir of the late Margaret of Thuringia ( 1449 – 1501 ), Dowager Electress of Brandenburg, herself the eldest daughter and heiress of Anna, Duchess of Luxembourg and William of Saxony, Landgrave of Thuringia.

In June 1476, he started his studies at the University of Leuven, where he pursued philosophy, theology and Canon Law, due to a scholarship granted by Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, becoming a Doctor of Theology in 1491, Dean of St. Peter's and vice-chancellor of the university.

In 1784, with the assistance of his niece, Mary, he arranged a private sale to Margaret Cavendish-Harley, widow of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland and so dowager Duchess of Portland.

At the time of the death of his father and older brother Edmund, Earl of Rutland at the Battle of Wakefield, Richard, who was eight years old, was sent by his mother, the Duchess of York to the Low Countries, beyond the reach of Henry VI's vengeful Queen, Margaret of Anjou.

** Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle ( d. 1673 )

* July 3 – Perkin Warbeck's troops land in Kent, in support of his claim to the English crown, backed by Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy.

* June 5 – Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry ( d. 1574 )

* March 24 – Margaret Plantagenet, Duchess of Norfolk

The Duchess of York originally wanted the names Ann Margaret, as she explained to Queen Mary in a letter: " I am very anxious to call her Ann Margaret, as I think Ann of York sounds pretty, & Elizabeth and Ann go so well together.

In Ives's view this would also be around the minimum age that a girl could be a Maid of Honour, as Anne was to the regent, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy.

* October 29 – Margaret, Duchess of Austria ( b. c. 1204 )

The German Emperor Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse, Duke Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Duke Ernst August of Brunswick were Edward's nephews ; Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain, Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden, Crown Princess Marie of Romania, Crown Princess Sophia of Greece, Empress Alexandra of Russia, Grand Duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Duchess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen were his nieces ; Haakon VII of Norway was both his nephew by marriage and his son-in-law ; George I of Greece and Frederick VIII of Denmark were his brothers-in-law ; Albert I of Belgium, Charles I and Manuel II of Portugal, and Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria were his second cousins.

As Duchess of York, she – along with her husband and their two daughters Elizabeth and Margaret – embodied traditional ideas of family and public service.

The Duke and Duchess of York had two children: Elizabeth ( called " Lilibet " by the family ), and Margaret.

Four of her Árpád descendants were Saints: Elisabeth, Landgravine of Thuringia, Kinga, Duchess of Kraków and Princess Margaret of Hungary, Irene of Hungary, Saint of Eastern Orthodox Church, and one was Beatificated like her: Jolanta Helena, Duchess of Greater Poland.

Born in the Duchy of Lorraine, into the House of Valois-Anjou, Margaret was the second eldest daughter of René I of Naples and Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine.

Margaret was the second eldest daughter of René of Anjou and Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine.

He later entertained thoughts of remarriage in order to renew the alliance with Spain-Joan, Dowager Queen of Naples ( niece of Ferdinand II of Aragon ), Joanna, Queen of Castile ( daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella ), and Margaret, Dowager Duchess of Savoy ( sister-in-law of Joanna of Castile ) were all considered-but Henry died a widower in 1509.

Lincoln fled the English court on 19 March 1487 and went to the court of Mechelen ( Malines ) and his aunt, Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy.

He fled to Burgundy, where Warwick's aunt Margaret of York, the Dowager Duchess of Burgundy, kept her court.

* 1566 – Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrik van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands.

* April 5 – The Compromise of Nobles is presented to Margaret of Parma, but succeeds only in delaying the beginning of the Eighty Years ' War in the Netherlands.

He replaces Margaret of Parma as Governor of the Netherlands.

* Margaret of Parma becomes Governor of the Netherlands in place of her brother, King Philip II of Spain.

* Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy ( Turin, 15 November 1635 – Parma, 29 April 1663 ), married Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma ; had two stillborn children ; died giving birth to her last child ;

* Johanna Maria van der Gheynst, a servant of Charles I de Lalaing, Seigneur de Montigny, daughter of Gilles Johann van der Gheynst and wife Johanna van der Caye van Cocamby, bore Margaret of Parma

As he was a minor, his aunt Margaret of Parma born as Archduchess of Austria acted as regent as appointed by Emperor Maximilian until 1515 and soon she found herself at war with France over the question of Charles ' requirement to pay homage to the French king for Flanders, as his father had done.

A wealthy nobleman, William originally served the Habsburgs as a member of the court of Margaret of Parma, governor of the Spanish Netherlands.

The inquisition policy in the Netherlands, carried out by Cardinal Granvelle, prime minister to the new governor Margaret of Parma ( 1522 – 83 ) ( natural half-sister to Philip II ), increased opposition to Spanish rule among the – then mostly Catholic – population of the Netherlands.

On 5 April, they offered a petition to Margaret of Parma, requesting an end to the persecution of Protestants.

The Low Countries, Flanders, Brabant and Holland, were part of the inheritance of Philip II of Spain, who was a devout Catholic and self-proclaimed protector of the Counter-Reformation, and suppressed Protestantism through his Governor-general or Regent, Margaret of Parma the illegitimate daughter of Emperor Charles V, was herself more willing to compromise.

On August 23, Margaret of Parma, the Habsburg Regent or Governor-general, whose capital of Brussels was unaffected by the movement, agreed to an " Accord " with the group of aristocratic Protestant leaders known as the " Compromise " or Geuzen (" Beggars "), by which freedom of religion was granted, in exchange for allowing Catholics to worship unmolested and an end to the violence.

Under Queen Elizabeth ( reigned 1558 – 1603 ), besides continuing in his post as financial agent of the crown, Gresham acted temporarily as ambassador at the court of Margaret of Parma, receiving a knighthood in 1559 prior to his departure.

Charles V stayed here for a couple of months in 1522 and fathered an illegitimate daughter, Margaret of Parma, who was to become Regent of the Netherlands.

* Margaret of Parma, daughter of Charles V and Regent of the Netherlands ( 1522-1586 )

Alessandro was the son of Duke Ottavio Farnese of Parma and Margaret, the illegitimate daughter of the King of Spain and Habsburg Emperor Charles V. He had a twin brother, Charles, who only lived one month.

He often attended meetings of the Council of State ( which dealt with foreign affairs ) and was in correspondence with the Netherlands regent, Margaret of Parma.

Based on a suggestive phrase in a 1559 madrigal dedicated to Margaret of Parma, the illegitimate daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, which implied a long association with her, he may have accompanied her when she went to Naples in 1533, prior to marrying into the Medici family.

In April 1559 Granvelle was one of the Spanish commissioners who arranged the Peace of Cateau Cambrésis, and on Philip's withdrawal from the Netherlands in August of the same year he was appointed prime minister to the regent, Margaret of Parma.

On April 5, 1566 permission was obtained for the confederates to present a petition of grievances, called the Request, to the regent, Margaret, Duchess of Parma.

He assisted in successfully negotiating the marriage of Alessandro to the emperor Charles V ’ s daughter Margaret of Parma in 1536 and for a short time Gucciardini was the most trusted advisor to Alessandro until the Duke's assassination in 1537.

The side panels were finished much later by Marcus Gerards the Elder and brought to Bruges by Margaret of Parma, regent of the Netherlands under king Philip II of Spain.

Elisabeth would play liege lady to the three young Princes of the Spanish Court: Carlos, Prince of Asturias, John of Austria ( illegitimate son of Charles V ), and Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma ( son of Charles V's illegitimate daughter Margaret ).