Marguerite de Baugé (1200-1252) was also known as Marguerite de Bâgé, as Marguerite de Baujé and as the Dame de Mirabel. She bought the castle of Miribel with her dowry when she married Humbert V, Constable of France under King Louis IX in 1219. Castle of Miribel Marguerite de Baugé is associated with the castle of in France. In 1180 the castle of Miribel became the property of the house of Baugé, through the marriage of the daughter of Count William with Ulric de Baugé, Lord Bresse. Marguerite was the only daughter of Gui de Bâgé and granddaughter of Ulric. She bought the castle with her dowry when she married Humbert V, sire of Beaujeu. DNA Her maternal lineage traces to Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard - the French national hero known as the knight "without fear and beyond reproach". De Baugé shares mtDNA haplogroup H10e with Pierre Terrail, whose remains were DNA-tested in 2017.
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