Margaret of Savoy
Duchess of Anjou and Calabria Countess of the Palatinate Countess of Württemberg
Margaret of Savoy (far right), pictured with her third husbandUlrich V, Count of Württemberg, and his previous two wives.
Born	7 August 1420 Morges,Savoy
Died	30 September 1479(1479-09-30) (aged 59) Stuttgart,Württemberg
Spouses	Louis, Duke of Anjou ​ ​ (m. 1431; died 1434)​ Louis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine ​ ​ (m. 1445; died 1449)​ Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg ​ ​ (m. 1453)​
Issue	Philip, Elector Palatine Margarete, Countess of Eppstein-Königstein Philippine, Countess of Horn Helene, Countess of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
House	House of Savoy
Father	Amadeus VIII of Savoy
Mother	Mary of Burgundy

Margaret of Savoy (7 August 1420 – 30 September 1479) was the daughter ofAmadeus VIII of Savoy andMary of Burgundy. By her three illustrious marriages, she held a number of titles, includingDuchess of Anjou,Duchess of Calabria,Countess of Maine,Countess of the Palatinate, andCountess of Württemberg.

Margaret was one of seven children born toAmadeus VIII, Count of Savoy and his wifeMary of Burgundy. A few of her siblings includedLouis, Duke of Savoy and Mary, Duchess of Milan.

Her paternal grandparents wereAmadeus VII, Count of Savoy andBonne of Berry. Her maternal grandparents werePhilip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy andMargaret III, Countess of Flanders.

Margaret married firstlyLouis, Duke of Anjou, the titular King of Naples.^[1] He was a son ofLouis II of Anjou andYolande of Aragon. Their first marriage contract is dated on 31 Mar 1431. She became known as the Duchess of Anjou. They had no children, and he died in 1434.

In 1445, Margaret next marriedLouis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine.^[2] He was a son ofLouis III, Elector Palatine and his second wifeMatilda of Savoy. Margaret became Countess of the Palatinate through this alliance. Their marriage lasted only four years, as Louis died on 13 August 1449. They had one son:

• Philip, Elector Palatine (14 July 1448 – 28 February 1508).

Thirdly, she married in Stuttgart 11 November 1453Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg.^[3] They were both the other's third spouses. She added the title Countess of Württemberg to her many titles through this alliance. From this marriage they had the following children:

• Margaret (c. 1454^[4] – 21 April 1470), married 23 April 1469 to CountPhilip I of Eppstein-Königstein.
• Philippine (c. 1456^[4] – 4 June 1475,Weert), married 22 April/4 June 1470 to CountJames II of Horn.
• Helene (c. 1460^[4] – 19 February 1506), married inWaldenburg 26 February 1476 to CountKraft VI of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein.

Margaret died on 30 September 1479.

• Cohn, Henry J. (1965).The Government of the Rhine Palatinate in the Fifteenth Century. Oxford University Press.
• Kekewich, Margaret L. (2008).The Good King: René of Anjou and Fifteenth Century Europe. Palgrave Macmillan.

• 1420 births
• 1479 deaths
• Princesses of Savoy
• Duchesses of Anjou
• Countesses of Maine
• Countesses of Provence
• Remarried duchesses consort
• Duchesses of Calabria
• House of Wittelsbach
• House of Valois-Anjou
• People from Morges
• Countesses of Württemberg
• 15th-century German nobility
• 15th-century German women
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