Marie d'Évreux | |
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Marie d'Évreux | |
Born | 1303 |
Died | (1335-10-31)31 October 1335 |
Noble family | Capet |
Spouse(s) |
John III, Duke of Brabant
(m. 1311) |
Issue | Joanna, Duchess of Brabant Margaret of Brabant Marie of Brabant John Henry Godfrey |
Father | Louis d'Évreux |
Mother | Margaret of Artois |
Marie d'Évreux (1303 – 31 October 1335) was the eldest child of Louis d'Évreux and his wife Margaret of Artois. She was a member of the House of Capet.
She was Duchess of Brabant by her marriage to John III, Duke of Brabant. Her paternal grandmother being Marie of Brabant, she was a great-granddaughter of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and so, her husband's second cousin.
Marie was the eldest of five children born to her parents. Marie's younger siblings included: Charles d'Évreux; Lord of Étampes, Philip III of Navarre; husband of Joan II of Navarre, and Jeanne d'Évreux; Queen of France by her marriage to Charles IV of France.
Marriage
In 1311, Marie married John III, Duke of Brabant as his father's gesture of rapprochement with France. They had six children:
- Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322–1406)
- Margaret of Brabant (9 February 1323 – 1368), married at Saint-Quentin on 6 June 1347 Louis II of Flanders
- Marie of Brabant (1325 – 1 March 1399), Lady of Turnhout, married at Tervuren on 1 July 1347 Reginald III of Guelders
- John (1327–1335/36)
- Henri (d. 29 October 1349)
- Godfrey (d. aft. 3 February 1352)
Marie's daughter Joanna was the first woman to be Duchess of Brabant in her own right.
Marie died on 31 October 1335, aged 31 or 32.
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References
- ^ Boffa 2004, p. xvii.
Sources
- Boffa, Sergio (2004). Warfare in Medieval Brabant, 1356-1406. The Boydell Press.