| Margaret of Austria | |
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| Princess of Asturias | |
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| Duchess consort of Savoy | |
| Tenure | 2 December 1501 – 10 September 1504 |
| Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands | |
| In office | 1507–1530 |
| Predecessor | William de Croÿ |
| Successor | Mary of Austria |
| Born | 10 January 1480 Brussels |
| Died | 1 December 1530(1530-12-01) (aged 50) Mechelen,Duchy of Brabant,Holy Roman Empire |
| Spouses | |
| House | Habsburg |
| Father | Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor |
| Mother | Mary, Duchess of Burgundy |
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Margaret of Austria (German:Margarete;French:Marguerite;Dutch:Margaretha;Spanish:Margarita; 10 January 1480 – 1 December 1530) wasGovernor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1515 and again from 1519 until her death in 1530. She was the first of many female regents in the Netherlands. She was variously thePrincess of Asturias,Duchess of Savoy, and was born anArchduchess of Austria.
Her life until her mid-twenties was dominated by her importance in political marriages, and the early death of many of her close family. She was engaged for three marriage alliances, and completed two, but both husbands died within a few years: six months in 1497 in the case ofJohn, Prince of Asturias, and three years withPhilibert II, Duke of Savoy, from 1501. Her mother had died when she was two, and her only brother in 1506.
Thereafter she made a success, according to most historians, of the highly important role of regent or governor of theHabsburg Netherlands, for firstly her fatherMaximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, then her nephewCharles V, who were both forced to spend most of their time in Germany and other parts of the growing Habsburg empire.
She spent most of her life in the Netherlands. Her usual name comes from being a member of the AustrianHabsburg family; she hardly went there, and probably neither spoke nor read German, unlike French and Castilian. The German texts in her extensive library were in French translations.[1]
Margaret was born on 10 January 1480 inBrussels and baptised inwhat is now the cathedral there, named after her step-grandmother,Margaret of York. She was the second child and only daughter ofMaximilian of Austria (future Holy Roman Emperor) andMary of Burgundy, co-sovereigns of theLow Countries.[2] In 1482, her mother died and her four-year-old brotherPhilip the Handsome succeeded her as sovereign of the Low Countries, with her father as his regent.
The same year her mother died, KingLouis XI of France signed theTreaty of Arras, whereby her father promised to give her hand in marriage to Louis's son, the Dauphin Charles. The engagement took place in 1483, and on the death of his father he becameCharles VIII of France later in the year, at the age of 13. WithFranche-Comté andArtois as herdowry, Margaret was transferred to the guardianship of Louis XI, until he died in August. She was to be raised as afille de France and prepared for her future role as Queen of France in the household of the Queen MotherCharlotte of Savoy, mostly at theChâteau d'Amboise; but Queen Charlotte also died in December 1483.[3]
Now under the supervision of Charles's sister,Anne de Beaujeu, regent of France, and her governess Madame de Segré, Margaret received a fine education alongside several noble children, amongst whom wasLouise of Savoy, four years older, who was later to become her sister-in-law.[4]
Although their union was political, the young Margaret developed a genuine affection for Charles. However, he renounced the treaty in the autumn of 1491 and forcibly married Margaret's former stepmotherAnne, Duchess of Brittany, for political reasons. The French court had ceased treating Margaret as their future queen but she could not return to her ex-stepmother's (Anne of Brittany) court until June 1493 after theTreaty of Senlis had been signed in May that year. She was hurt by Charles's actions and was left with a feeling of enduring resentment towards theHouse of Valois, even after Charles's death in 1498.
When she met her father inMaastricht as a young teenager, she had not seen him since she left for France at the age of two, but the two got on well, unlike his difficult relationship with her brother Philip.[5]
To achieve an alliance with QueenIsabella I of Castile and KingFerdinand II of Aragon, Maximilian started negotiating the marriage of their only son and heir,John, Prince of Asturias, to Margaret, as well as the marriage of their daughterJuana to Philip. Margaret left the Netherlands forSpain late in 1496. Her engagement to the Prince of Asturias seemed doomed when the ship carrying her to Spain hit a storm in theBay of Biscay. In haste, she wrote her ownepitaph should she not reach Spain:
"Here lies Margaret, the willing bride,
Twice married – but a virgin when she died."
She had had aproxy marriage back in Mechelen, including symbolically lying on a bed next to Francisco de Rojas y Escobar, acting as Spanish ambassador.[6] However, Margaret survived the storm, and in February 1497 her entire fleet was still waiting inSouthampton in England for the weather to clear up.[7] Margaret actually married Prince John on 3 April 1497 inBurgos Cathedral. Tragically, John died of a fever after only six months, on 4 October. Margaret was left pregnant but gave birth to a premature stillborn daughter on 2 April 1498. Margaret stayed in Spain until September 1499 before returning home. In the meantime it was suggested that she should teach her teenage sister-in-lawCatherine of Aragon French.
When she was on her way back, her nephew, the future EmperorCharles V was born. Her brother, Philip, sent an express messenger to his sister, "begging her to hasten back so that she could hold the child in her hands at the font during the baptism." When she arrived, she pressured Philip to name the baby Maximilian, after their father, but Philip chose to name him Charles, after their maternal grandfatherCharles the Bold. She was Charles's godmother,[8] and was later to play the main part in raising him after his father's early death.
By this time, the unexpected deaths ofIsabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, elder sister of John, Prince of Asturias, in 1498, and herinfant son Miguel in 1500, left Joanna and eventually Charles the heirs to the thrones of Castille and Aragon, while he also inherited the Netherlands and the Habsburg claim to the Holy Roman Empire.[9]
In 1501, Margaret marriedPhilibert II, Duke of Savoy (1480–1504), whose realm played a decisive role in the rivalry between France and the Habsburgs inItaly on account of its strategic position in theWestern Alps. Though the same age as Margaret, this was his second marriage. They had a very stable relationship for those 3 years, mostly living not inSavoy proper, but inBresse, then Savoyard territory on the eastern borders ofBurgundy (today in France).
When Margaret came to Savoy, the government was in the hands ofRené, Philibert's bastard brother. Margaret fought hard to strip away his powers and possessions, even involving Maximilian (asHoly Roman Emperor, he was overlord ofSavoy) to nullify the letters that gave René legitimacy. René, being declared a traitor, took refuge in France and was welcomed by his half-sisterLouise of Savoy, mother ofFrancis I. She then took hold of the government, while her husband focused on private hobbies like hunting (which she did share with him). She summoned councils, appointed officers, and when her brother Philip visited, she discussed and approved his plan regarding a continued rapprochement with France.[10]
In September 1504 Philibert died ofpleurisy. Grief-stricken, Margaret threw herself out of a window, but was saved. After being persuaded to bury her husband, she had his heart embalmed so she could keep it with her forever.[11] Her court historian and poetJean Lemaire de Belges gave her the title "Dame de deuil" (Lady of Mourning).[12] She remained in Savoy for two years as a widow, beginning the lengthy construction of the lavishly designedRoyal Monastery of Brou inBresse (now eastern France) to house the tombs of Philibert, his motherMargaret of Bourbon (1438–1483) and eventually herself. She returned to the Netherlands after the sudden death of her brotherPhilip the Handsome in September 1506, at her father's request.
In 1505 Maximilian and Philip had tried to arrange a match withHenry VII of England, 48 years old at the time, but Margaret refused. A portrait, probably five years old, was sent to England.[13]
Queen Isabella died in late 1504, and Philip and Juana went toCastile to claim the crown. After Philip's death, Charles was the new sovereign of the Low Countries, but he was only six years old, and his mother Juana could not act as regent because her unstable mental state. Her Castilian subjects would also not allow their ruler to live outside the kingdom. Preoccupied with German affairs, her father, EmperorMaximilian I,[14] named Margaret governor of the Low Countries and guardian of Charles in 1507, along with her niecesEleanor,Isabella andMary (then all children, who would later marry foreign monarchs). Only her nephewFerdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (as he became some fifty years later), was brought up in Spain in the charge of his grandfatherFerdinand II of Aragon, and when adult was sent to govern Austria. Margaret became the only woman elected as its ruler by the representative assembly of Franche-Comté, with her title confirmed in 1509.
Some report that Margaret was considered a foreigner because of her childhood at the French court.[citation needed] According to Blockmans and others though, Margaret, Philip as well as Charles V were considered indigenous; only Maximilian was always a foreigner.[15][16] The Governess served as an intermediary between her father and her nephew's subjects in the Netherlands from her newly built palace atMechelen. During a remarkably successful career, she broke new ground for women rulers.[17]
In 1520, Charles made Margaret his governor-general in gratitude for her services. She was the only regent he ever re-appointed indefinitely from 1519 until her death in on 1 December 1530.[18]
Tupu Ylä-Anttila opines that Margaret acted as de facto queen consort in a political sense, first to her father and then Charles V, "absent rulers" who needed a representative dynastic presence that also complemented their characteristics. Her queenly virtues helped her to play the role of diplomat and peace-maker, as well as guardian and educator of future rulers, whom Maximilian called "our children" or "our common children" in letters to Margaret. This was a model that developed as part of the solution for the emerging Habsburg composite monarchy and would continue to serve later generations. As an older relative and former guardian, she had more power with Charles than with her father Maximilian, who treated her cordially but occasionally acted in a threatening manner.[19]
The authors ofThe Promised Lands: The Low Countries Under Burgundian Rule, 1369–1530 credit Margaret with keeping the provinces together as well as fulfilling the demands for peace from the Netherlandish Estates. DespiteLouis XII's attempts to regain control of certain territories and to interfere inGuelders,Friesland andLiege, cooperation between the regent, the Privy Council and theEstates General maintained the integrity of the Burgundian inheritance.[20]
Margaret soon found herself at war with France over the question of Charles's requirement to pay homage to the French king for theCounty of Flanders (which was outside the Empire; and while a long-standing portion of the inherited Burgundian titles & provinces, legally still within France). In response, she persuaded Emperor Maximilian to end the war with KingLouis XII. On November 1508, she journeyed toCambrai to assist in the formation of theLeague of Cambrai, which ended (for a time) the possibility of a French invasion of the Low Countries, redirecting French attention to Northern Italy.[21][22]
The Estates preferred to maintain peace with France and Guelders. ButCharles of Egmont, the de facto lord of Guelders, continued to cause trouble. In 1511, she made an alliance withEngland and besieged Venlo, but Charles of Egmont invadedHolland so the siege had to be lifted.[23] When she asked her father (who had fought Guelders even without the Low Countries's help during the time of Philip, and then helped Philip to achieve his 1505 victory over Guelders) to come to help, he suggested to her that the Estates in the Low Countries should defend themselves, forcing her to sign the 1513 treaty with Charles, recognizing him as Duke of Guelders and Count of Zutphen. In 1514, he marched into Arnhem – a clear breach of the treaty. The Habsburg Netherlands would only be able to incorporate Guelders and Zutphen under Charles V.[24][25][26][27]
According toJames D. Tracy, Maximilian and Margaret were reasonable in demanding more stern measures against Guelders, but their critics in the Estates General (that had continuously voted against providing funds for wars against Guelders) and among the nobles naively thought that Charles of Egmont could be controlled by maintaining the peaceful relationship with the King of France, his patron. After Charles's brief personal rule (1514–1517), Margaret returned to witness Guelders's most stunning military success in decades, together with a horrible trail of destruction theirBlack Band mercenaries left through Friesland and Holland. Many of Charles V's Netherlands subjects, including leading Humanists likeErasmus andHadrianus Barlandus unreasonably mistrusted their government, suspecting that princes (Maximilian, in particular) were concocting clever schemes just to expand the Habsburg dominion and extracting money (in fact, Maximilian also did hope to employ the wealth of the Low Countries to finance his projects elsewhere – he hardly succeeded though). The inaction of the experienced commanderRudolf von Anhalt during the sacking of the town ofTienen inBrabant, in particular, made Barlandus suspect a sinister motive (in reality, von Anhalt was ordered by Margaret to avoid direct engagement until he had more troops).[28][29][30]
By 1512, she told her father that the Netherlands existed on peace and trade, and thus she would declare neutrality while using foreign armies and funds to wage wars. She played the key role in bringing together the participants of Holy League: the pope, theSwiss,Henry VIII,Ferdinand II of Aragon and her father Maximilian (he joined the League only as Emperor, as not as guardian of his grandson Charles and thus, the Low Countries' neutrality was maintained). The league targeted France. The treaty also would not prevent the more adventurous Netherlands seigneurs from serving under Maximilian and Henry when they attacked the French later.[23][31]
Following this strategy, in 1513, at the head of Henry VIII's army, Maximilian gained a victory against the French at theBattle of the Spurs, at little cost to himself or his daughter (in fact according to Margaret, the Low Countries got a profit of one million of gold from supplying the English army).[23][32] For the sake of his grandson Charles's Burgundian lands, he orderedThérouanne's walls to be demolished (the stronghold had often served as a backdoor for French interference in the Low Countries).[32][33]
After Maximillian I's death in 1519, Margaret and young Charles (then 18) began to negotiate the latter'selection as Holy Roman Emperor despite the opposition of the papacy and France. The Governess instead supported her younger nephew ArchdukeFerdinand. However, Charles refused to withdraw. Using a combination of diplomacy and bribery, Margaret played a crucial role in the election of Charles as Holy Roman Emperor in 1519, defeating the candidacy of KingFrancis I of France, who from this day forward became Charles' great rival in the struggle for pre-eminence in Europe.[21][22]
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As Emperor, Charles V inherited the long-running disputes with the Kings of France over possession of theDuchy of Milan and theKingdom of Naples. Though Charles preferred the Netherlands to many of his possessions, his many kingdoms (and many wars) required him to travel throughout Europe. His greatvictory at Pavia over Francis I in 1525 in which he took the French King prisoner and then freed him in exchange for his sons as hostages, led once more to French invasion of the Low Countries. Francis reneged on promises to renounce overlordship of Artois, Flanders and the Franche-Cômté, much less return the much-desired Burgundian core territory, theDuchy itself centered atDijon, as soon as he was safely back in France.
Once again, Margaret proved a remarkably capable ruler of the Netherlands, holding off the forces of theLeague of Cognac – i.e. the French (1526–29) and then negotiating the "Paix de Dames/ Ladies Peace". Journeying toCambrai again, Margaret reunited withLouise of Savoy, her sister-in-law and mother of Francis I. They negotiated the end of a war that France could no longer sustain; the Habsburgs lost Burgundy proper forever, but France gave up its claims to legal overlordship of Flanders,Artois and the "Free"County of Burgundy (Franche-Comté).[34]
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Margaret had an aptitude for business, and maintained the prosperity of the Netherlands. She negotiated the restoration of the 1496 trade agreement known as theIntercursus Magnus with England, which was favorable to Flemish textile interests and brought huge profits.[21][22] Because of the trade, industry and wealth of the regions and cities she oversaw, the Low Countries was an important source of income for the Imperial treasury.
In 1524, she signed a trade agreement withFrederick I of Denmark (the condition was that Holland would not supportChristian II) that ensured the regular supply of grain into the Netherlands. Christian later managed to get the support from Charles V thanks to the efforts of his secretaryCornelis de Schepper, but Margaret refused to follow even Charles's order and insisted on placing the economical interests of the Netherlands above dynastic interests (Christian was the husband ofIsabella of Austria, thus brother-in-law to Charles sister of Charles and nephew-in-law to Margaret).[35]
Margaret provided funds and war supplies for her nephew's troops, especially against KingFrancis I of France and theGerman Protestants. In following years, Habsburg forces consolidated their hold overTournai,Friesland,Utrecht, andOverijssel, which became part of the Habsburg Netherlands.
Although the Low Countries was not previously centralized, Margaret's reign was a period of relative peace for the Netherlands. The exception was the beginning of theProtestant Reformation, especially in the north. The firstmartyrs,Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos, were burnt at the stake inBrussels in 1523.
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Margaret ended up raising her nephew and nieces in her palace in Mechelen, known as the "Court of Savoy". She was visited by the great humanists of her time, includingErasmus, Adrian of Utrecht (laterPope Adrian VI), andHeinrich Cornelius Agrippa.[36][37] Agrippa dedicated his arguably feminist work "Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex" to her.[38] The Governor was so impressed with diplomatSir Thomas Boleyn's charm that she offered his daughterAnne Boleyn (future Queen consort of England) a temporary place in her household; she was there from the spring of 1513 to the late summer of 1514, when she moved to Paris. Margaret reported to her father that she was "so presentable and so pleasant, considering her youthful age,[39] that I am more beholden to you for sending her to me, than you to me."
Once she was declared Governor of the Netherlands, Margaret purchased theHof van Savoye, located in the Korte Maagdenstraat (Short Virgins Street) inMechelen, which was to be her main residence. She found the existing palace too small and started an ambitious expansion campaign in 1507. From 1517 to 1530, the architectRombout II Keldermans furthered the project along the Keizerstraat (Emperor Street) and modified what became the rear wing, which faces the Palace of Margaret of York.
Margaret owned or controlled a very significant art collection, which she expanded considerably; the ownership of works inherited by her or Charles V from their Burgundian ancestors is not always clear. Most of this was left to Charles and her niece and successor as governor,Mary of Hungary, and in 1558 inherited byPhilip II of Spain, to become part of theSpanish Royal collection, with some eventually going to the Habsburg imperial collections in Vienna. Many of the Flemish paintings of before 1530 in thePrado in Madrid passed through the collection. The smaller collection in her palace in Mechelen is unusually well understood through surviving inventories, made in 1499, 1516 and 1523–24.[40] The last of these locates the room, and sometimes the exact position, of works, and includes frank opinions on the quality of the more important that suggest Margaret herself made them.[41]
The 1523–24 inventory records a total of 385 paintings, sculptures, tapestries and embroideries (not counting prints and drawings), 132 exotic natural objects and artefacts such asAztec feather work and carved coral. These, one of the earliest collections of objects from theNew World, came viaHernán Cortés, who presented Charles V with treasures received from the Aztec KingMoctezuma in 1519. Several of these treasures were sent to Mechelen as a gift from her nephew in 1523.[42] Clocks, board games and "curiosities" made up 47 items, and there were 380 items in her library, including manuscripts, printed books and charts such as genealogies. Then there was a good quantity of metal items such as dining "plate", much of itsilver-gilt.[43]
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The collection was carefully laid out as a "proto-museum",[44] and it appears Margaret often gave notable visitors guided tours herself. There was a large number of portraits of Margaret's Burgundian ancestors, her Habsburg contemporaries, and her two husbands and their relatives. There were also seven portraits of members of theTudor dynasty, andLouis XII of France and his daughterClaude of France, as well as portraits of some of her officials. Most of all these were probably gifts from the sitters, just as Margaret gave copies of her own portraits.[45]
Much the most famous painting in her collection was theArnolfini Portrait,[46] a 1434 oil onpanel painting by theEarly Netherlandish painterJan van Eyck, now in theNational Gallery, London. It is a full-length double portrait, believed to depict the Italian merchantGiovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, presumably in their residence at theFlemish city ofBruges. It was the first item in the 1516 inventory, described as "a large picture which is calledHernoul le Fin with his wife in a chamber, which was given to Madame byDon Diego, whose arms are on the cover of the said picture; done by the painter Johannes." A note in the margin says "It is necessary to put on a lock to close it: which Madame has ordered to be done." The identification of the sitter rests entirely on this and a similar note in the later inventory of 1523-24 (where Arnolfini is now "Arnoult Fin"). This was inherited byMary of Hungary, and thenPhilip II of Spain, remaining in the Spanish royal collection until looted in theNapoleonic Wars by the French, and then apparently re-looted from them by the British.[47]
Although she lived during the less distinguished end of the period ofEarly Netherlandish painting, she had several painters at her court, including theMaster of the Legend of the Magdalen andPieter van Coninxloo, mainly portrait painters (it is possible they were the same person). Seven versions survive of her portrait in widow's costume (thedeuil blanc or "white mourning" veils) byBernaert van Orley of about 1515-1520; theprime version is believed to be that at Brou, while others would have been sent as gifts to her relations, other rulers and perhaps friends.[48] Van Orley, arguably the leading Brussels painter of the day, became her court artist in 1518. The workshop version of the portrait in the BritishRoyal Collection (loaned to theNational Portrait Gallery, London) is "probably" the same as that recorded in a 1543 inventory ofHenry VIII.[49]
The German sculptorConrad Meit worked for her for many years, and was greatly involved in her main architectural project, the monastery at Brou. He carved the effigies on her tomb, and several other portraits of her, including intimate small busts in pearwood.[50]
Like other women in the royal houses of France, Spain and Burgundy Margaret possessed a very rich library for the period, in her case including a group ofilluminated manuscripts that are supreme masterpieces in several styles. She was an important patron of theGhent–Bruges school of manuscript painters, at the peak of their achievement in the first years of the 16th century, and inherited or was given key works from earlier periods. She inherited most of the books of her step-grandmotherMargaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy,[51] and others from her mother, including theHours of Mary of Burgundy (nowNational Library of Austria).[52] She returned from her period in Savoy with the famousTrès Riches Heures du duc de Berry, which had belonged to (and was added to by)Charles I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1490), father of Philibert's first wife.
Already in 1499 an inventory recorded sixbooks of hours, amissal, and abreviary.[53] She also collected poetry, historical and ethical treatises, which included the works ofChristine de Pizan.[54]
She was given the incompleteSforza Hours (nowBritish Library) byBona of Savoy, widowedDuchess of Milan, who had commissioned it around 1490; Margaret had her court artistGerard Horenbout complete it, probably in 1517–20, several years after she received it in Savoy.[55] It is thought very likely that theSpinola Hours (Getty Museum) was commissioned by her in the 1510s.[56]
In his travel journal of 1517–1518, the Italian canonAntonio de Beatis described Margaret's "highly decorated library for women. The books are all written in French and bound in velvet with silver-gilt clasps".[57]
She possessed severalchansonniers[58] that contained works byJosquin des Prez,Johannes Ockeghem,Jacob Obrecht andPierre de la Rue, who was her favourite composer. Margaret ordered several splendid music manuscripts fromPierre Alamire to send as gifts to her relatives and political relations.[59]
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On 15 November 1530, Margaret stepped on a piece of broken glass. She initially thought little of the injury but gangrene set in and the leg had to be amputated. She decided to arrange all her affairs first, designating Charles V as her sole heir and writing him a letter in which she asked him to maintain peace with France and England. On the night of 30 November, the doctors came to operate on her. They gave her a dose of opium to lessen the pain, but it was reportedly so strong that she would not wake up again. She died between midnight and one o'clock.[60]
She was succeeded as governor by Charles's sisterMary of Hungary (or of Austria), then 25, another widow who was recalled after her husbandLouis II of Hungary was killed in theBattle of Mohacs against the Turks in 1526.
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Margaret was buried alongside her second husband atBourg-en-Bresse, in the mausoleum of theRoyal Monastery of Brou that she previously commissioned. Her very elaborate tomb was byConrat Meit, her court sculptor for many years. It has two reclining effigies, the upper in formal regalia as Duchess of Savoy, and the lower as if asleep, with her hair down.[61]
There is a standing bronze statue of Margaret of Austria in the group around thecenotaph of her fatherMaximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, in theHofkirche, Innsbruck, which also has a relief panel of her return from France after the French marriage proposal collapsed.Clive Holland remarks that it must have required courage to place the scene next to depictions of the father's triumphs, as at the time the rejection was a bitter experience for them both.[62] There is a statue of 1849 of Margaret next toSt. Rumbold's Cathedral inMechelen, Belgium.
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Margaret of Austria is portrayed by Spanish actressÚrsula Corberó in the TV showIsabel.[63]
A wildly inaccurate fictionalized version of Margaret can be found in the playThe Unhappy Penitent byCatharine Trotter, where she appears as the character 'Margarite'. In the play, Margarite is in love withRené II, Duke of Lorraine, although there is no indication that the two ever met. Also, theDuke of Brittany is in love with Margarite, but he died in 1488, when the historical Margaret was eight. He was the father ofAnne of Brittany, later Margaret's replacement, who came to France to marryCharles VIII; her father's death without a male heir is what spurred the various betrothals of Anne.
InThe White Princess series she is portrayed by Zazie Hayhurst.
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