Margaret (French: Marguerite d'Anjou; 1272 – 31 December 1299) was the Countess of Anjou and Maine in her own right and Countess of Valois, Alençon and Perche by marriage.
Born in 1272, Margaret was a daughter of King Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary. Her father ceded to her husband, Charles of Valois, the counties of Anjou and Maine as her dowry. Margaret married the Count of Valois, a son of King Philip III of France, at Corbeil in August 1290. Their children included:
Isabella (1292–1309); married John III of Brittany.de Venette, Jean (1953). Newhall, Richard A. (ed.). The Chronicle of Jean de Venette. Translated by Birdsall, Jean. Columbia University Press. p. 312. Philip VI of France (1293 – 22 August 1350), first king of the Valois dynasty. Joan (1294 – 7 March 1342); married Count William I of Hainaut and had issue. Margaret (1295 – July 1342); married Count Guy I of Blois, and had issue. Charles II of Alençon (1297 – 26 August 1346 at the Battle of Crécy), Count of Alençon, Perche, Chartres and Joigny. Catherine (born 1299, died young)
Margaret was succeeded by her eldest son.
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