Marguerite de Carrouges

Marguerite de Carrouges born De Thibouville was a French noblewoman. She married Jean de Carrouges in 1380. The only daughter of Jeanne de Bois Héroult and of the highly controversial Robert de Thibouville, a Norman lord who had twice sided against the French king in territorial conflicts, betrayals he was lucky to survive, albeit in reduced circumstances. By the union of Marguerite and Carrouges, de Thibouville hoped to restore his family's status while Carrouges was hoping for an heir from the young Marguerite, whom contemporaries described as “young, noble, wealthy, and also very beautiful".