Marie of Orléans, Viscountess of Narbonne

Marie of Orléans (19 December/September 1457 1493) was the elder sister of King Louis XII of France. Due to her marriage to John of Foix,[1] she was Countess of Étampes and Viscountess of Narbonne.

Marie of Orléans
Countess of Étampes
Viscountess of Narbonne
Born19 December/September 1457
Died1493
SpouseJohn of Foix
IssueGermaine, Queen of Aragon
Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours
HouseValois-Orléans
FatherCharles, Duke of Orléans
MotherMarie of Cleves

Marie was the eldest daughter of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and his third wife Marie of Cleves. After a previous betrothal to Peter II, Duke of Bourbon,[2] she married John of Foix on 8 September 1476.[3]

Issue

She had two children by John of Foix:

Ancestors

References

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  2. Frederic J. Baumgartner, Louis XII, (St. Martin's Press, 1996), 8.
  3. Elena Woodacre, The Queens Regnant of Navarre: Succession, Politics, and Partnership, 1274-1512, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), 122.
  4. Frederic J. Baumgartner, Louis XII, 146.
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  11. Walther Möller, Stammtafeln westdeutscher Adelsgeschlechter im Mittelalter (Darmstadt, 1922, reprint Verlag Degener & Co., 1995), Vol. 1, page 14.
  12. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "John, Duke of Burgundy" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 445.
  13. Backhouse, Janet (1997). The illuminated page: ten centuries of manuscript painting in the British Library. p. 166.
  14. von Oefele, Edmund (1875), "Albrecht I. (Herzog von Niederbayern-Straubing)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 1, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 230–231
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