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Birth:          ABT 1220 of Luxembourg
Death:          25 Nov 1275 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Bar
Margaret of Bar (1220–1275) was a daughter of Henry II of Bar and his wife Philippa of 
Dreux. She was Countess of Luxembourg by her marriage to Henry V of Luxembourg. 
She is also known as Marguerite of Bar.
Family[edit]

Margaret's maternal grandparents were Robert II of Dreux and his second wife 
Yolanda de Coucy. Her paternal grandparents were Theobald I of Bar and his second 
wife Ermesinde of Brienne.

Margaret was the eldest of seven children born to her parents. Her brother was 
Theobald II of Bar. Margaret's sister, Jeanne married Frédéric de Blamont. The rest of 
her siblings died young or unmarried.

Marriage[edit]

In 1240, Margaret married Henry V of Luxembourg.[1] Margaret was twenty years old, 
and Henry was twenty-four.

Margaret brought Henry Ligny-en-Barrois as her dowry, however, by a clause in the 
marriage contract, it remained under the feudal suzerainty of the county of Bar. In 
contempt of this, Henry paid homage in 1256 to Theobald II of Navarre, in his 
capacity as Count of Champagne. Margaret's brother, Theobald II of Bar, took 
advantage of the conflict then raging between Frederick III of Lorraine (their cousin) 
and the bishops of Metz. Henry V was a partisan of the duke and so Theobald took 
the side of the bishop. Henry was captured in battle at Prény on 14 September 1266. 
On 8 September 1268, King Louis IX arbitrated between the two counts and Henry 
was freed and repossessed of Ligny, but under the suzerainty of the Barrois.

Margaret and Henry had seven children:
Henry VI (died 1288), Count of Luxembourg
Waleran I (died 1288), Count of Ligny & Roussy
Isabelle (1247–1298), married Guy of Dampierre
Philippa (1252–1311), married John II, Count of Holland[2]
Margaret
Felicitas
Joanna (died 1310), Abbess of Clairefontaine

Margaret and Henry made peace with Guy of Dampierre by marrying him to their 
daughter, Isabelle. Their other daughter, Philippa married John II, Count of Holland 
and became grandparents to Philippa, Queen of England and Margaret II, Countess of 
Hainault.

Margaret died in 1275, six years before her husband's death.

Parents
OF BAR Henry (Henri) II (1190 - 13 Nov 1239)
DE DREUX Philippa (1192 - 17 Mar 1242)

Siblings
DE BAR MOUSSON Margaret (Mathilde) (Marguerite) (ABT 1220 - 25 Nov 1275)

Marriage To ____ Henri III (II) "the Blond" (1216 - 24 Dec 1281)
    m. 4 Jun 1240 

Notes

Parents
____ Waleran (Walram) IV (1165 - 2 Jul 1226)
DE NAMUR Ermensinde (Jul 1186 - 17 Feb 1247)

Children by ____ Henri III (II) "the Blond" 1216 - 24 Dec 1281
DE LUXEMBOURG Philippa (ABT 1252 - 6 Apr 1311)

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