Marie, Duchess of Auvergne

Marie of Berry
Duchess of Auvergne Countess of Montpensier
Born	1370
Died	June 1434 Lyon
Burial	Priory of Souvigny
Spouse	Louis III de Chatillon Philip of Artois, Count of Eu John I, Duke of Bourbon
Issue	Charles of Artois, Count of Eu Bonne of Artois Catherine of Artois Charles I, Duke of Bourbon Louis, Count of Forez Louis I, Count of Montpensier
House	Valois-Berry
Father	John, Duke of Berry
Mother	Joanna of Armagnac

Not to be confused with Marie I, Countess of Auvergne

Marie of Berry, suo jure Duchess of Auvergne, Countess of Montpensier (1370 – June 1434) was the daughter of John, Duke of Berry and Joanna of Armagnac.

She was married three times. She acted as regent for her third husband John I, Duke of Bourbon during his imprisonment in England after he was captured following the French defeat at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.

Family and inheritance

Marie was born in 1370, the youngest daughter of John, Duke of Berry and Joanna of Armagnac. She had three brothers, Charles, Louis, and John; and one older sister, Bonne.

She was appointed Duchess of Auvergne and Countess of Montpensier on 26 April 1418; these titles were confirmed in 1425.

Marriages and issue

On 29 May 1386 in Bruges, Marie married Louis III de Châtillon as her first husband; however, there were no children from this marriage. He died in 1391, and on 27 January 1393, she married Philip of Artois, Count of Eu (1358–1397). Together they had four children, three of whom survived to adulthood:

• Charles of Artois, Count of Eu (1394–1472)
• Bonne (1396–1425), who married firstly Philip Count of Nevers (1389–1415), youngest son of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy; and secondly Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy (1396–1467).
• Catherine (1397-1422?), who married John of Bourbon, Lord of Carency.

Marie married her third husband John I, Duke of Bourbon on 21 June 1401, by whom she had three additional children:

• Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (1401–1456)
• Louis (1403–1412, Paris), Count of Forez
• Louis I, Count of Montpensier (1405–1486)

During his imprisonment in England after the battle of Agincourt, she acted as his regent. He was still a prisoner in London when he died in January 1434, five months before Marie, who died in Lyon on an unknown date in June. She was buried in the Priory of Souvigny.

Ancestry

Family of Marie, Duchess of Auvergne

16. Charles of Valois 8. Philip VI of France 17. Marguerite of Anjou and Maine 4. John II of France 18. Robert II, Duke of Burgundy 9. Joan of Burgundy 19. Agnes of France 2. John, Duke of Berry 20. Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor 10. John I of Bohemia 21. Margaret of Brabant 5. Bonne of Bohemia 22. Wenceslaus II of Bohemia 11. Elisabeth of Bohemia 23. Judith of Habsburg 1. Marie, Duchess of Auvergne 24. Gerald VI 12. Bernard VI 25. Mathe de Béarn 6. John I of Armagnac 26. Henri II 13. Cecile de Rodez 27. Mascarose de Comminges 3. Joanna of Armagnac 28. Robert, Count of Clermont 14. Jean de Clermont 29. Beatrice of Burgundy 7. Beatrice of Clermont 30. Renaud, Seigneur de Dargies 15. Jeanne de Dargies