Marie of France, Duchess of Bar
| Marie of Valois | |
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| Born | 18 September 1344 Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
| Died | 15 October 1404 (aged 60) |
| Spouse | Robert I, Duke of Bar |
| Issue among others... | Henry of Bar Edward III, Duke of Bar John of Bar Louis, Duke of Bar Yolande, Queen of Aragon |
| House | Valois |
| Father | John II of France |
| Mother | Bonne of Bohemia |
Marie of France (18 September 1344 – 15 October 1404) was the sixth child and second daughter of John II of France and Bonne of Bohemia.[1]
Marriage and issue
In 1364, Marie married Robert I, Duke of Bar.[1] Marie had an extensive library and obtained works about a variety of topics. She read romances and poetry, but also works about history and theology.[citation needed] Jean d'Arras dedicated his Roman de Mélusine to Marie.[2]
Marie and Robert had:
- Charles of Bar (d. 1392)
- Henry of Bar (d. October 1397)[3] in Treviso, Italy, of the plague; married Marie de Coucy, Countess of Soissons
- Philip of Bar (d. 25 September 1396),[3] killed at the Battle of Nicopolis
- Edward III, Duke of Bar (d. 25 October 1415),[3] killed at the Battle of Agincourt
- John of Bar (d. 25 October 1415), killed at the Battle of Agincourt
- Louis, Duke of Bar (d. 1431). Bishop of Verdun and bishop of Chalon, later a Cardinal.[3]
- Marie of Bar, married William II, Marquis of Namur in 1384
- Yolande of Bar (c. 1365 - 1431), married John I of Aragon in 1384[3]
- Bonne of Bar, married Waleran III of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny in 1393
- Joanna of Bar (d. 15 January 1402, married Theodore II, Marquis of Montferrat in 1393
- Yolande the Younger of Bar, named after older sister for uncertain reasons, married Adolf, Duke of Jülich-Berg
References
Sources
- d'Arras, Jean (2012). Melusine; or, The Noble History of Lusignan. Translated by Maddox, Donald. The Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271059907.
- Péporté, Pit (2011). Constructing the Middle Ages: Historiography, Collective Memory and Nation-Building in Luxembourg. Brill. ISBN 9789004210660.
- Rohr, Zita Eva (2016). Yolande of Aragon (1381-1442) Family and Power: The Reverse of the Tapestry. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137499134.