Career
Margaret exerted a lot of political influence during the reign of her spouse: William ruled both Holland and Hainaut, but preferred Holland and spent a lot of his reign there. Margaret was thus governed Hainaut in his name. After 16 years of childless marriage, Margaret gave birth to a daughter, Jacqueline, on 16 August 1401.
Margaret"s political position increased in the 1410s, as she was granted several towns and castles as her personal fiefs.
William died in 1417 of a dog bite. Jacqueline would eventually come to inherit Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland, but not Bavaria.
She preferred the Le Quesnoy castle as her residence, which was also her personal fief.