Margaret Paleologa (1364–1420)

Margaret (Italian: Margherita Paleologa; 1364 in Casale Monferrato – 1420 in Saragosa, Urgell) from the House of Palaeologus-Montferrat, was daughter of the marquess of Montferrat and lady of Acqui.

Her father was son of Theodore I, marquess of Montferrat and Argentina Spinola; her mother was daughter of James III of Majorca and his first wife Constance of Aragon.

Margaret was the only daughter of her father; her siblings were the marquesses Secondotto (r. 1372–1378, John III (r. 1378–1381 and Theodore II (r. 1381–1418).

[1] Her son James II was appointed by the king of Aragon as governor-general (viceroy), i.e. heir, but failed to succeed.

Margaret married in 1375/6 to her mother's first cousin Peter II (1340-1408), count of Urgell, viscount of Àger, baron of Entença and Antillón, who ruled from 1347 to 1408.