Marie de Châtillon (1323-1363) was the Duchess consort of Lorraine by marriage to

Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine Rudolph (1320 – 26 August 1346), called the Valiant (''le Vaillant''), was the Duke of Lorraine from 1328 to his death. He was the son and successor of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine and Elisabeth of Austria, the daughter of Albert I of G ...

. She was the daughter of Guy I of Châtillon, Count of Blois and

Margaret of Valois Margaret of Valois (french: Marguerite, 14 May 1553 – 27 March 1615), popularly known as La Reine Margot, was a French princess of the Valois dynasty who became Queen of Navarre by marriage to Henry III of Navarre and then also Queen of France ...

, sister of Philip VI of France. She was Regent of Lorraine during the minority of her son John I, Duke of Lorraine from 1346 until 1354, when

John II of France John II (french: Jean II; 26 April 1319 – 8 April 1364), called John the Good (French: ''Jean le Bon''), was King of France from 1350 until his death in 1364. When he came to power, France faced several disasters: the Black Death, which killed ...

granted John a dispensation which allowed him to govern the duchy despite not yet being of age. She managed the regency as co-regent with Eberhard III of

Württemberg Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart. Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Württ ...

References

{{Expand French, Marie de Châtillon (1323-1363), date=March 2022 1323 births 1363 deaths Duchesses of Lorraine 14th-century women rulers Regents of Lorraine