Queen Marguerite (Marguerite of France)

• Birth Notes

  File: Marguerite of France, Queen of England _ Royal Descent
    Date of Birth: 1279
    Place of Birth: France
    Notes: 

• Death Notes

  File: Marguerite of France, Queen of England _ Royal Descent
    Date of Death: 2/14/1318
    Place of Death: Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire
    Notes: “18 April 1318, Windsor. Grant to Thomas, earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England, and Edmund de Wodestok, the king’s brothers, executors of the testament of queen Margaret, towards the execution of such testament, of all goods and chattels which she held on 14 February last, the day of her death” [CPR 1317-1323].
    Burial: Date: 1318
               Place: Franciscan (Grey) Friars Church, London
    Notes: “She was buried in the Grey Friars priory in London, to the construction of which she had contributed 2000 marks in 1306, and a further 100 marks in her will. Her body was buried before the high altar, wrapped in the conventual robe of the Franciscans. Her tomb was sold by Sir Martin Bowes about 1550, when the Franciscan priory became a parish church.”4