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Margaret, a woman's first name, may refer to:

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The name derives from the Greek Margarita, a pearl, in the feminine, and margaros, the mother-of-pearl.

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A given name is a personal name which specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name (Surname) .
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Margaret Valdemarsdatter
Queen of Norway, Regent of Denmark and of Sweden

Reign 1375-1412 (Denmark)
1388-1412 (Norway)
1389-1412 (Sweden)
Born 1353
Vordingborg Castle
Died September 28 1412
Ship in Flensburg Fjord.
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    Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid) (born 16 April 1940) is the Queen regnant of Denmark. Only very rarely is her name anglicized as Margaret II.
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    Margaret, called of Constantinople (1202 – 1278) was countess of Flanders from 1244 to 1278 and countess of Hainaut from 1244 to 1246.

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    Margaret II of Avesnes (1311 – June 23 1356) was Countess of Hainaut and Countess of Holland (as Margaret I) from 1345 to 1356. Margaret was the daughter of William I, Count of Hainaut and his wife, Jeanne of Valois.
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    Margaret Tobin Brown (July 18, 1867 – October 26, 1932), more widely known as Maggie Brown or Molly Brown, was an American socialite, philanthropist, and activist who became famous as one of the survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
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    Margaret Mary Beckett (née Jackson; born 15 January 1943) is a British Labour politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby South. She served in government under Tony Blair, in the office of Foreign Secretary.
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    Dame Margaret Isabel Cole, DBE (May 6, 1893 - May 7, 1980) was an English socialist politician.

    Daughter of John Percival Postgate and Edith Allen, Margaret was educated at Roedean School and Girton College, Cambridge. While at Girton, through her reading of H. G.
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    Marjorie Bruce or Margaret de Bruce (December, 1296 - March 2, 1316) was the oldest daughter of King Robert I of Scotland, by his first wife Isabella of Mar.
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    Marguerite de Valois [1] [2] (May 14, 1553 – May 27, 1615), "Queen Margot" (La reine Margot) was Queen of France and Navarre.

    Early life

    Born Marguerite de Valois at the Royal Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye and nicknamed
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    Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (October 8, 1515 – March 7, 1578) was the daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor, queen dowager of Scotland.

    Margaret was born at Harbottle Castle in Northumberland.
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    Margaret of Anjou
    Queen consort of England

    Margaret of Anjou with King Henry VI
    Born March 23, 1429
    Duchy of Lorraine
    Died August 25 , 1482, 63
    Anjou
    Buried Anjou
    Consort April 23, 1445 - May 21, 1471

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    Margaret, Duchess of Parma (28 December 1522 – 18 January 1586) governor of the Netherlands from 1559 to 1567, was the illegitimate daughter of Charles V.

    Her mother, Johanna Maria van der Gheynst, a servant of Charles de Lalaing, Seigneur de Montigny, was a Fleming.
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    Margaret of Austria (born in c 1204, died 29 October 1266) was (titularly) reigning Duchess of Austria in 1252-60, Queen Consort of the Romans 1225-35, and Queen consort of Bohemia 1253-60.
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    Margaret of Huntingdon (c. 1180 – by 1228) was the eldest daughter of David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon by his wife, Maud of Chester, daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester and Bertrada de Montfort-l'Amauri. She was born in Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland.
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    Margaret
    Queen of Scots (disputed)
    Reign 1286-90
    Coronation None
    Born 1283
    Norway
    Died 1290
    Orkney
    Buried Bergen
    Predecessor Alexander III of Scotland
    Successor John of Scotland
    Consort
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    Margaret Pomeranz, AM, is an Australian film critic and television personality. She was born in Sydney, Australia, and was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney in Croydon, the newly opened Macquarie University, and the Playwright's Studio at the National Institute
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    Margaret Weis

    Margaret Weis at the Lucca convention in October 2005.
    Born: March 16 1948 (1948--) (age 59)
    Independence, Missouri
    Occupation: Novelist
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    The Simpsons character

    Maggie Simpson
    Gender Female
    Hair color Yellow (blond)
    Job None
    Relatives Parents: Homer and Marge
    Siblings: Bart and Lisa
    Grandparents: Abraham, Mona, Jacqueline and Clancy
    Aunts:
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    Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts; born 13 October 1925) served as British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990, being the first and to date only woman to hold either post.
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    Margaret Truman

    Margaret Truman on cover of February 26 1951, issue of TIME magazine.
    Born: January 17 1924 (1924--) (age 83)
    Independence, Missouri, USA
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    Margaret Tudor (28 November, 1489 – 18 October 1541) was the eldest of the two surviving daughters of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the elder sister of Henry VIII.
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    Margaret Stewart (French: Marguerite d'Écosse) (Perth, Scotland 1424 – August 16 1445 in Chalons Surmarne, Marne, France) was a princess of the Kingdom of Scotland and Dauphine of France by her marriage to the future Louis XI of
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    Louis XI the Prudent
    King of France (more...)

    Reign 22 July 1461 − 30 August 1483
    Coronation 15 August 1461, Reims
    Titles Dauphin de Viennois: as Dauphin of France (3 July 1423 / 17 July 1429 − 22 July 1461);
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    Marguerite of France (November 1157 – August/September 1197) was the eldest daughter of Louis VII of France by his second wife Constance of Castile. Her maternal grandparents were Alfonso VII of Castile and Berenguela of Barcelona.
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    Marguerite of France (1282 Paris – 14 February 1317 Marlborough Castle) was a daughter of Philip III of France and Maria of Brabant. She was also the second Queen consort of King Edward I of England. She was nicknamed "The Pearl of France".
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    Margaret of Burgundy, (French: Marguerite de Bourgogne) (1290 – August 15 1315), was the first queen consort of King Louis X of France and Navarre.

    Marguerite was a princess of the ducal House of Burgundy, a branch of the Capetian dynasty.
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    A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning king. Queens consort usually share their husbands' rank (in salic or semi-salic law monarchies) and hold the feminine equivalent of their husbands' monarchical titles. Most of the time, however, they have no real power.
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    Motto
    Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
    "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
    Anthem
    "La Marseillaise"


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    The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (Margaret Rose Armstrong-Jones; n̩e Windsor; 21 August 1930 Р9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and the younger sister of the current monarch of each of the Commonwealth Realms, Elizabeth II.
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