mˈɑːɹɡɹət, dᵻskɹˈaɪbd æz hˌævɪŋ bˌɪn ɐ ɡˈʊdnˈeɪtʃɚd, mˈɛɹi tʃˈaɪld ɪn hɜː jˈuːθ, wʌz ʌnhˈæpi æt ðə bɹˈæbənt kˈoːɹt, æz ʃiː wʌz fˈoːɹst tʊ ɐksˈɛpt hɜː hˈʌsbəndz pəɹˈɛnɪəl səksˈɛʃən ʌv mˈɪstɹəsᵻz ænd ðɪ ɪlədʒˈɪɾᵻmət tʃˈɪldɹən ðeɪ bˈoːɹ hˌɪm, ˈɔːl ʌv hˈuːm wɜː ɹˈeɪzd æt kˈoːɹt ɐlˈɔŋsaɪd hɜːɹ ˈoʊn sˈʌn dʒˈɑːn.
Margaret, described as having been a good-natured, merry child in her youth, was unhappy at the Brabant court, as she was forced to accept her husband's perennial succession of mistresses and the illegitimate children they bore him, all of whom were raised at court alongside her own son John.