Margaret of Foix-Candale (Hungarian: Foix-Candale-i Margit saluzzói őrgrófné, 1473, – Castres, 9 September 1536), was Marchioness of Saluzzo by marriage to Ludovico II. She acted as regent of the Marquisate of Saluzzo during the minority of her son Michele Antonio in 1504-1526.
Life
Margaret was the youngest daughter of John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal[1] and Margaret Kerdeston.
In 1492 she married Louis II Margrave of Saluzzo.[1] Marchioness Margaret accompanied her niece Queen Anna of Foix-Candale in 1502 from Saluzzo to Venice in the wedding tour from France to Hungary, when Queen Anna visited her paternal relatives in Saluzzo.[2] During her second pregnancy, Queen Anna asked her aunt, Margaret to come to Buda in 1506.[3]
The Marchioness after her husband's death acted as a regent of Marquisate of Saluzzo in the name of her first-born son, Michele Antonio. Her four surviving sons all inherited the marquisate in the order of primogeniture.
Children
- Michele Antonio (26 March 1495 – 18 October 1528), Marquess of Saluzzo (1504–1528)[4]
- Gian Ludovico (21 October 1496 – 1563), Marquess of Saluzzo (1528–1529, deposed).
- Francesco Ludovico (15 February 1498 – 28 March 1537), Marquess of Saluzzo (1529–1537)[4]
- Adriano (20 October 1499 – June 1501).
- Gian Gabriele (26 September 1501 – 29 July 1548), Marquess of Saluzzo (1537–1548).