| Margaret II | |
|---|---|
 Margaret's seal | |
| Countess of Flanders | |
| Reign | 1244–1278 |
| Predecessor | Joan |
| Successor | Guy |
| Countess of Hainaut | |
| Reign | 1244–1280 |
| Predecessor | Joan |
| Successor | John II |
| Born | 1202 |
| Died | 10 February 1280 (aged 77) Ghent |
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| House | House of Flanders |
| Father | Baldwin I, Latin Emperor |
| Mother | Marie of Champagne |
Margaret, often called Margaret of Constantinople (1202[1] – 10 February 1280), ruled as Countess of Flanders during 1244–1278 and Countess of Hainaut during 1244–1253 and 1257–1280. She was the younger daughter of Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders and Hainaut, and Marie of Champagne.[2]
Called the Black (la Noire) due to her scandalous life, the children of both her marriages disputed the inheritance of her counties in the War of the Succession of Flanders and Hainault.
- ^ Welkenhuysen 1975, p. 120.
- ^ Female Founders: Exercising authority in Thirteenth-century Flanders and Hainaut, Erin L. Jordan, Church History and Religious Culture. Vol. 88, No. 4, Secular Women in the Documents for Late Medieval Religious Women (2008), 538-539.