Margaret Kerdeston (after 1425 – after 5 December 1485), Countess of Kendal (Candale), was the paternal grandmother of Anne of Foix-Candale, queen of Hungary and Bohemia.[1]

Margaret Kerdeston
Bornafter 1425
Diedafter 5 December 1485
Noble familyFoix
Spouse(s)John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal
FatherSir Thomas Kerdeston (d. 1446)
MotherLady Elizabeth de la Pole

Life

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She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Kerdeston (d. 1446) and Elizabeth de la Pole.[2] Her mother was a daughter of Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk and sister of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk.[3] She married John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal, and gave birth to four children, including Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale.

She is buried at the church of Castelnau-de-Médoc with her husband.[4]

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Notes

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  1. ^ See Kropf (1895).
  2. ^ Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. Vol. 2. Douglas Richardson. pp. 43f. ISBN 978-1-4610-4520-5.
  3. ^ Neil D. Thompson and Charles M. Hansen, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (2012), 58-63.
  4. ^ "Les Foix-Candale". Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2009.

Bibliography

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  • Kropf, Lajos: Anna királyné, II. Ulászló neje (Queen Anne of Foix-Candale, the Consort of Ladislas II). Századok (Periodical Centuries) 29. 689-709. 1895.
  • Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carty Ancestry: A Study in colonial and Medieval Famalies, 2nd Edition 2011, vol. 2, pp. 43f. - ISBN 978-1-4610-4520-5
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