Marie, Duchess of Auvergne

Marie of Berry
Duchess of Auvergne
Countess of Montpensier
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
Born 1370
Died June 1434
Lyon
Burial Priory of Souvigny
Not to be confused with Marie I, Countess of Auvergne

Marie of Berry, suo jure Duchess of Auvergne, Countess of Montpensier (1370[1] – 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.

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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;[2] 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:

Marie married her third husband John I, Duke of Bourbon on 21 June 1401,[3] by whom she had three additional children:

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

References

  1. ^ Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, France, Capetian Kings
  2. ^ Cawley
  3. ^ Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Bourbon