Marie of Brittany, Viscountess of Rohan

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Marie with her mother and sister.

Marie of Brittany (1444–1506) was the younger daughter of Francis I, Duke of Brittany, by Isabella, daughter of King James I of Scotland. She was married to John II, Viscount of Rohan and Count of Porhoët.

Biography

Marie of Brittany married John II of Rohan, Viscount of Rohan, Count of Leon and Porhoët in 1462. John II was the son of Alain IX of Rohan († 1462) and Marie de Lorraine-Vaudémont († 1455).

Marie was the sister-in-law of Francis II, Duke of Brittany through the marriage of her older sister, Margaret, to Francis in 1455. Margaret and Francis has a son who died at a young age. Margaret died in 1469 and from that date, John II of Rohan becomes heir to the throne after the daughters of Francis II .

Issue

Marie and John II of Rohan had seven children.

• François (10 Jul 1469-killed in action 1488)
• Jean (2 Oct 1476-2 Jun 1505)
• Jacques, Viscount of Rohan and Leon, Count de Porhoet, (1478-16 Oct 1527); married first Françoise de Rohan; married second Françoise, daughter of Jean de Daillon (and later wife of Joachim de Goyon de Matignon, Count de Thorigny)
• Georges (1479-1502)
• Claude, (1480-15 Jul 1540) Bishop of Leon and after the death of his brother Jacques,Viscount of Rohan from 1527 until 1540.
• Anne, Viscountess of Rohan 1485-(5 April 1529). m.27 Sep 1515 Pierre de Rohan, Lord of Frontenay (k.a.1525) Her son René I, Viscount of Rohan would later become the 18th Viscount of Rohan.
• Marie, d.9 Jun 1542; m.17 Nov 1511 Louis IV de Rohan, Lord of Guémené (d.1527)

Ancestry

Family of Marie of Brittany, Viscountess of Rohan

16. John of Montfort 8. John IV, Duke of Brittany 17. Joanna of Flanders 4. John V, Duke of Brittany 18. Charles II of Navarre 9. Joan of Navarre 19. Joan of France 2. Francis I, Duke of Brittany 20. Charles V of France 10. Charles VI of France 21. Joanna of Bourbon 5. Joan of France 22. Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria 11. Isabeau of Bavaria 23. Taddea Visconti 1. Marie of Brittany 24. Robert II of Scotland 12. Robert III of Scotland 25. Elizabeth Mure 6. James I of Scotland 26. Sir John Drummond, 11th of Lennox 13. Anabella Drummond 27. Mary Montifex 3. Isabella of Scotland 28. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster 14. John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset 29. Katherine Roet 7. Joan Beaufort 30. Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent 15. Margaret Holland 31. Alice FitzAlan