Maria of Cleves
Maria of Cleves (19 September 1426 – 23 August 1487) was the third wife of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and the mother of his only son, King Louis XII of France. She was born a German princess, the last child of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and his second wife, Marie of Burgundy.
Marriage
At age fourteen, Maria married Charles of Valois, Duke of Orléans, a man 35 years her senior,[1] on 27 November 1440 in Saint-Omer.[2] They had three children:
Maria was a patron of letters and commissioned many works; she was also an active poet herself, producing ballads and other verses.[1] After the Duke's death she was secretly remarried in 1480 to one of her gentlemen of the chamber, the Artesian "Sieur de Rabodanges", who was some years her junior.[1][3]
She died in Chaunay.
Ancestry
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16. Engelbert II, Count of Mark |
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8. Adolph II, Count of Mark |
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17. Matilda of Arenberg |
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4. Adolph III, Count of Mark |
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18. Dietrich VIII, Count of Cleves |
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9. Margaret of Cleves |
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19. Margaret of Guelders |
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2. Adolph I, Duke of Cleves |
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20. William V, Duke of Jülich |
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10. Gerhard VI of Jülich |
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21. Joanna of Hainault |
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5. Margaret of Jülich |
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22. Otto IV, Count of Ravensberg |
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11. Margaret of Ravensberg |
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23. Margaret of Berg |
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1. Mary of Cleves |
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24. John II of France |
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12. Philip II, Duke of Burgundy |
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25. Bonne of Bohemia |
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6. John II, Duke of Burgundy |
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26. Louis II, Count of Flanders |
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13. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders |
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27. Margaret of Brabant |
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3. Mary of Burgundy |
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28. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor |
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14. Albert I, Duke of Bavaria |
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29. Margaret II, Countess of Hainault |
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7. Margaret of Bavaria |
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30. Louis I, Duke of Liegnitz-Brieg |
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15. Margaret of Brieg |
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31. Agnes of Głogów-Żagań |
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Notes
- ^ a b c Wilson p. 258
- ^ Arn p. 41
- ^ Holt, p. 231
References
- Arn, Mary-Jo. Charles d'Orléans in England, 1415-1440. Cambridge; Rochester, NY, USA : D.S. Brewer, 2000. googlebooks Retrieved August 17, 2009
- Wilson, Katharina M. An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. Vol. 2 New York: Garland Pub, 1991. googlebooks
- Holt, Emily Sarah. Memoirs of Royal Ladies. London : Hurst and Blackett, 1861. googlebooks
| Persondata |
| Name |
Cleves, Marie De |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
19 September 1426 |
| Place of birth |
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| Date of death |
23 August 1487 |
| Place of death |
Chaunay |