Margaret of Bourbon (1438–1483)

Margaret of Bourbon (5 February 1438 – 24 April 1483) was the daughter of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon and Agnes of Burgundy.^[1]

On 6 April 1472, she became the first wife of Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1443–1497).^[1] Her children from this marriage were:

1. Louise (1476–1531), married Charles d'Orléans, Count of Angoulême,^[1] had children including:
   1. Francis I of France^[2] whose daughter Margaret of Valois married to Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy.^[2]
   2. Marguerite of Navarre; Queen consort of King Henry II of Navarre.
2. Girolamo (1478)
3. Philibert II (1480–1504)^[1]

She died on 24 April 1483 at the Chateau de Pont d'Ain. Her tomb is currently in the Royal Monastery of Brou, which her daughter-in-law, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, began in 1506 to house the tombs of Philbert after his early death, as well as Margaret and eventually herself.

• Hand, Joni M. (2013). Women, Manuscripts and Identity in Northern Europe, 1350-1550. Ashgate Publishing Limited.
• Knecht, R.J. (1982). Francis I. Cambridge University Press.