Background
The second daughter of Odo, Count of Nevers, and Maud of Dampierre, Margaret was Countess of Tonnerre by inheritance from 1262 until her death.
The second daughter of Odo, Count of Nevers, and Maud of Dampierre, Margaret was Countess of Tonnerre by inheritance from 1262 until her death.
Their only daughter, Margaret, died in infancy. She also became titular Queen consort of Jerusalem, after Charles bought the title from Mary of Antioch in 1277. There at Tonnerre, the three women lived lives of charity and prayer.
Margaret founded there l’Hospice des Fontenilles, and provided adequate funds for its maintenance.
She died in 1308 without children. She left her possessions to her great-nephew, John II of Châlon-Auxerre.
She was buried in the l"Hospice.