Mariette d'Enghien (French: [maʁjɛt dɑ̃ɡɛ̃]; née Yolande d'Enghien; fl. 1402), was a French aristocrat, noblewoman, and the mistress of the French prince Louis I, Duke of Orléans, brother of King Charles VI.
Mariette d'Enghien | |
|---|---|
 The Duke of Orléans showing his Lover by Eugène Delacroix (1825) | |
| Born | Yolande d'Enghien |
| Died | Claix, Isère, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Years active | 1402 |
Life
editBorn Yolande d'Enghien, she was the daughter of Jacques d'Enghien, Castellan of Mons, by his first wife, Marie de Roucy de Pierrepont.[1] She was known as the Lady of Wiège and Fagnoles, lands she violently seized from her uncle and grandfather. In 1389, she married Aubert Le Flamenc, Lord of Cany and Chamberlain to the king, Charles VI of France.
Mariette d'Enghien became the mistress of Louis I, Duke of Orléans, brother of King Charles VI.[2][3] Their son, Jean de Dunois, was born in 1402[4][5] and became the comrade in arms of Joan of Arc. She died at Claix, Isère.
Popular culture
editShe is a character in the novel In a Dark Wood Wandering by Hella S. Haasse.
Notes
edit- ^ Caffin de Merouville 2003, p. 21.
- ^ Emery 2016, p. 246 fn3.
- ^ Devries, Kelly (2011-09-30). Joan of Arc: A Military Leader. The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-6834-1.
- ^ Sowerby & Hennings 2017, p. 86.
- ^ Potter 1995, p. 373.
References
edit- Caffin de Merouville, Michel (2003). Le beau Dunois et son temps: chroniques de Charles VI, Charles VII, Louis XI (in French). Les Sept Couleurs. ISBN 9782723320382.
- Emery, Anthony (2016). Seats of Power in Europe during the Hundred Years War. Oxbow Books.
- Potter, David (1995). A History of France, 1460-1560: The Emergence of a Nation State. St. Martin's Press.
- Sowerby, Tracey A.; Hennings, Jan, eds. (2017). Practices of Diplomacy in the Early Modern World C.1410-1800. Routledge.
Further reading
edit- Étienne Pattou, "Généalogie des seigneurs d'Enghien" (PDF). (Genealogy of the Lords of Enghien)
- Biography from Oriflamme - French Medieval history page
- Brief Biography