Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Margareta of Bavaria
1363 - 1424 (61 years)1. Margareta of Bavaria was born in 1363; died on 24 Jan 1424 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Burgundy, France; was buried in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Burgundy, France. Notes:
Duchess of Bavaria. "[H]eiress in her issue of Holland, with her husband participated in the defense of Burgundy and after his death occupied in constant war against Charles VII." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]
Margareta married Jean of Burgundy on 12 Apr 1385 in Cambrai, Hauts-de-France, France. Jean (son of Philippe II and Marguerite of Flanders) was born on 28 May 1371 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Burgundy, France; died on 10 Sep 1419; was buried in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Burgundy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Marie of Burgundy was born in Jan 1394; died on 30 Oct 1463 in Burg Monterberg near Kalkar, Kleves, Westphalia, Germany; was buried in Bruges, Belgium.
Generation: 2
2. Marie of Burgundy (1.Margareta1) was born in Jan 1394; died on 30 Oct 1463 in Burg Monterberg near Kalkar, Kleves, Westphalia, Germany; was buried in Bruges, Belgium. Notes:
"[B]rought with her an enormous treasure in metalwork and precious fabrics as well as crucial political ties." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]
Marie married Adolf I on 12 Jul 1406 in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France. Adolf (son of Adolf III and Margarete of Ravensberg) was born on 26 Dec 1373 in Kleves, Westphalia, Germany; died on 23 Sep 1448 in Kleves, Westphalia, Germany; was buried in Wesel, Westphalia, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Katherina of Kleve was born on 25 May 1417 in Kleves, Westphalia, Germany; died on 10 Feb 1476 in Lobith, Rijnwarden, Gelderland, Netherlands; was buried in Grave, Brabant, Netherlands.
Generation: 3
3. Katherina of Kleve (2.Marie2, 1.Margareta1) was born on 25 May 1417 in Kleves, Westphalia, Germany; died on 10 Feb 1476 in Lobith, Rijnwarden, Gelderland, Netherlands; was buried in Grave, Brabant, Netherlands. Notes:
"[F]orced into a political marriage at the age of thirteen, she grew to intensely dislike her husband, and after bearing him six children, left him in 1440 when aged twenty-three, later collaborated with her son against her husband, a patron of the arts, she commissioned a magnificent Book of Hours." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]
Katherina married Arnold van Egmond on 26 Jan 1430 in Kleves, Westphalia, Germany. Arnold (son of Jan II and Maria van Arkel) was born after 17 Jul 1410; died on 23 Feb 1473 in Grave, Brabant, Netherlands; was buried in Grave, Brabant, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Mary of Guelders was born on 17 Jan 1433 in Grave, Brabant, Netherlands; died on 1 Dec 1463 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried in Church of the Holy Trinity, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Generation: 4
4. Mary of Guelders (3.Katherina3, 2.Marie2, 1.Margareta1) was born on 17 Jan 1433 in Grave, Brabant, Netherlands; died on 1 Dec 1463 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried in Church of the Holy Trinity, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Notes:
"[P]rudent and energetic, regent for her son King James III." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)] Also called Marie van Egmond.
Mary married James II, King of Scots on 3 Jul 1449 in Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. James (son of James I, King of Scots and Joan Beaufort) was born on 16 Oct 1430 in Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 3 Aug 1460 in Roxburgh Castle, Borders, Scotland; was buried in Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Mary Stewart was born before 15 Jun 1451; died in May 1488.
- 6. James III, King of Scots was born on 26 May 1452 in Castle of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland; died on 11 Jun 1488 in Sauchieburn, near Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was buried in Cambuskenneth Abbey, Stirlingshire, Scotland.