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Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans

Duchess of Orléans

(m. 1440; died 1465)

IssueMarie, Viscountess of Narbonne
Louis XII of France
Anne, Abbess of FontevraudHouseLa MarckFatherAdolph I, Duke of ClevesMotherMary of Burgundy

Marie of Cleves (19 September 1426 – 23 August 1487) was the third wife of Charles, Duke of Orléans. She was born a German princess, the last child of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and his second wife, Mary of Burgundy.

Marie 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]^[2] She died in Chaunay.

Marriage and issue

At the age of fourteen, Marie was married to 46-year-old Charles of Valois, Duke of Orléans, a man 32 years her senior,^[1] on 27 November 1440, in Saint-Omer.^[3] She became his third and last wife. Their eldest child was born fully 17 years after the wedding. They had three children together, being:

Marie of Orléans, Viscountess of Narbonne (19 December 1457 – 1493); married John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne in 1483.
King Louis XII of France (1462–1515)
Anne of Orléans, Abbess of Fontevraud and Poitiers (1464–1491).

In literature

Marie is a character in Hella Haasse's historical novel about Charles, Duke of Orléans In a Dark Wood Wandering (original Dutch title Het Woud der Verwachting).

Ancestry

Ancestors of Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans

16. Engelbert II of the Mark (c.1275–1328)

8. Adolph II of the Mark (c.1314–1347)

17. Matilda of Arenberg (c.1280–1349)

4. Adolph I of Kleve-Mark (1334–1394)

18. Dietrich VIII of Cleves (1291–1346)

9. Margaret of Cleves (c.1310-aft 1348)

19. Margaret of Guelders (1297–1333)

2. Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (1373–1448)

20. William V, Duke of Jülich (c.1299–1361)

10. Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg (c.1325–1360)

21. Joanna of Hainaut (1311/13-1374)

5. Margaret of Jülich (c.1350–1425/29)

22. Otto IV, Count of Ravensberg (bef 1276–1328)

11. Margaret of Ravensberg (c.1320–1389)

23. Margaret of Berg-Windeck (?-1339)

1. Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans

24. John II of France (1319–1364)

12. Philip the Bold (1343–1404)

25. Bonne of Bohemia (1315–1349)

6. John the Fearless (1371–1419)

26. Louis II of Flanders (1330–1384)

13. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1393–1466)

27. Margaret of Brabant (1323–1380)

3. Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves (1393–1466)

28. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282–1347)

14. Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (1350–1405)

29. Margaret, Countess of Hainaut (1311–1356)

7. Margaret of Bavaria (1363–1424)

30. Ludwik I the Fair (c.1321–1398)

15. Margaret of Brieg (1342–1386)

31. Agnes of Glogau (c.1321–1362)

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Wilson p. 258
^ Holt, p. 231
^ Arn p. 41

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

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