Marie of Évreux
Marie d'Évreux | |
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Born | 1303 |
Died | 31 October 1335 |
Noble family | Capet |
Spouse(s) | John III, Duke of Brabant |
Issue | Joanna, Duchess of Brabant Margaret of Brabant Marie of Brabant John Henry Godfrey |
Father | Louis d'Évreux |
Mother | Margaret of Artois |
Marie d'Évreux (1303 – October 31, 1335) was the eldest child of Louis d'Évreux and his wife Margaret of Artois. She was a member of the House of Capet.
She was Duchess of Brabant by her marriage to John III, Duke of Brabant. Her paternal grandmother being Marie of Brabant, she was a great-granddaughter of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and so, her husband's second cousin.
Marie was the eldest of five children born to her parents. Marie's younger siblings included: Charles d'Évreux; Lord of Étampes, Philip III of Navarre; husband of Joan II of Navarre, and Jeanne d'Évreux; Queen of France by her marriage to Charles IV of France.
Marriage
In 1311, Marie married John III, Duke of Brabant[1] as his father's gesture of rapprochement with France. They had six children:
- Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322–1406)[1]
- Margaret of Brabant (February 9, 1323 – 1368), married at Saint-Quentin on June 6, 1347 Louis II of Flanders[1]
- Marie of Brabant (1325 – March 1, 1399), Lady of Turnhout, married at Tervuren on July 1, 1347 Reginald III of Guelders[1]
- John (1327–1335/36)
- Henri (d. October 29, 1349)
- Godfrey (d. aft. February 3, 1352)
Marie's daughter Joanna was the first woman to be Duchess of Brabant in her own right.
Marie died October 31, 1335, aged thirty-one or thirty-two.
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References
- ^ a b c d Boffa 2004, p. xvii.