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 | |
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| Countess of Étampes Viscountess of Narbonne | |
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| Born | 19 December/September 1457 |
| Died | 1493 |
| Spouse | John of Foix |
| Issue | Germaine, Queen of Aragon Gaston, Duke of Nemours |
| House | Valois-Orléans |
| Father | Charles, Duke of Orléans |
| Mother | Marie 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 1483.[3]
Issue
editShe had two children by John of Foix:
- Germaine of Foix (1488–1538)[4]
- married Ferdinand II of Aragon, and whose relationship to the Navarrese throne was used as an excuse by Ferdinand to claim the throne of Navarre (see Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre)
- Gaston of Foix (1489–1512)[4]
- served as a general for his uncle Louis XII, killed at the battle of Ravenna in 1512.
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References
edit- ^ André Thevet, Portraits from the French Renaissance and the Wars of Religion, transl. Edward Benson, ed. Roger Schlesinger, (Truman State University Press, 2010), 3.
- ^ Frederic J. Baumgartner, Louis XII, (St. Martin's Press, 1996), 8.
- ^ Elena Woodacre, The Queens Regnant of Navarre: Succession, Politics, and Partnership, 1274-1512, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), 122.
- ^ a b Frederic J. Baumgartner, Louis XII, 146.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Anselm de Gibours (1726). Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France [Genealogical and chronological history of the royal house of France] (in French). Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Paris: La compagnie des libraires. pp. 205–208.
- ^ a b Ornato, Monique (1981). Répertoire de personnages apparentés à la couronne de France aux XIVe et XVe siècles [Directory of characters related to the crown of France in the 14th and 15th centuries]. Publications de la Sorbonne. p. 145. ISBN 9782859444426.
- ^ a b Backhouse, Janet (1997). The illuminated page: ten centuries of manuscript painting in the British Library. p. 166.