Marie I, Countess of Auvergne

Marie I & II
Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne
Dame of Montgascon
Reign 1424 – 7 August 1437
Predecessor Joan II of Auvergne
Successor Bertrand V de La Tour
Born September 1376
France
Died 7 August 1437
Spouse Bertrand IV de La Tour, Seigneur de La Tour
Issue Bertrand V de La Tour, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne
Jeanne de La Tour
Isabelle de La Tour
Louise de La Tour
House Auvergne
Father Godfroy of Auvergne, Seigneur de Montgascon, Seigneur de Roche-Savine
Mother Jeanne de Ventadour
Not to be confused with Marie, Duchess of Auvergne

Marie I of Auvergne (September 1376 – 7 August 1437) was suo jure Countess of Auvergne and Countess of Boulogne (as Marie II) from 1424 to her death in 1437, having inherited the titles from her cousin Joan II, Countess of Auvergne. She was also styled Dame of Montgascon.

She was the wife of Bertrand IV de La Tour, and the mother of Bertrand V de La Tour who succeeded her as Count of Auvergne and Boulogne.

Family

Marie was born in France in September 1376, the only child of Godfroy of Auvergne, Seigneur de Montgascon, Seigneur de Roche-Savine, and his second wife Jeanne de Ventadour. Her mother died shortly after Marie's birth on 19 September 1376. Her father married thirdly Blanche de Bouteiller de Senlis, which produced two half-siblings, Antoine and Marguerite.[1] Her father died in 1385, when Marie was nine years of age.

Marie's paternal grandparents were Robert VII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne, and Marie of Flanders, and her maternal grandparents were Bernard I de Ventadour, Count of Ventadour and Marguerite de Beaumont-au-Maine.

She succeeded her cousin Joan II as Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne upon the latter's death in 1424, as Joan's marriages to John, Duke of Berry, and Georges de la Trémoille had been childless.

Marriage and issue

Sometime after 11 January 1389, Marie married Bertrand IV, Seigneur de La Tour, the son of Guy de La Tour and Marthe Rogier de Beaufort. Together Bertrand and Marie had four children:[2]

Her husband Bertrand died in 1423, sometime after 23 September. She inherited her titles the following year. She would reign as sovereign countess until her own death, which occurred on 7 August 1437.[3] Her only son, Bertrand succeeded her as Count of Auvergne and Boulogne.

Ancestry

References

  1. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Aquitaine
  2. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Aquitaine
  3. Cawley, Medieval Lands, Aquitaine
French nobility
Preceded by
Jeanne II, Countess of Auvergne
Countess of Auvergne
1424–1437
Succeeded by
Bertrand V of La Tour
Countess of Boulogne
1424–1437
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