Marie of Luxembourg-Saint-Pol (died 1 April 1547) was a French vassal. She was, as Marie I, the ruling Countess Regnant of Soissons and Saint-Pol in her own right by inheritance from her father between 25 October 1482 and 1 April 1547. She was also Countess consort of Vendôme by marriage to
Francis, Count of Vendôme
Francis of Bourbon or François de Bourbon, (In a date range from January 7, 1470 to December 31, 1470 – 30 October 1495), was the Count of Vendôme and a French '' prince du sang''.
Life
Francis was the son of John VIII de Bourbon, Count of ...
. After the death of her spouse, she was regent of the County of Vendôme as the guardian of her son
Charles de Bourbon.
Life
She was the elder daughter and principal heiress of
Peter II of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol and Soissons, and
Margaret of Savoy, a daughter of
Louis I, Duke of Savoy
Ludovico I or Louis I (Italian: Lodovico; 24 February 1413 – 29 January 1465) was Duke of Savoy from 1440 until his death in 1465.
Life
He was born at Geneva the son of Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy and Mary of Burgundy; he was the first to ho ...
. She belonged to the French,
cadet branch
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of a
dynasty
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which had reigned as
Dukes of Luxembourg
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, and whose senior line provided several
Holy Roman Emperor
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s, before becoming extinct in 1437.
She was first married as a child to her maternal uncle,
Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont
Jacques of Savoy (12 November 1450 – 30 January 1486) was Count of Romont and Lord of Vaud.
Count of Romont and Lord of Vaud
He was the 7th son of Louis, Duke of Savoy and Anne de Lusignan.
The House of Savoy possessed the Lordship of Vau ...
. A commander in the army of
Charles the Bold
Charles I (Charles Martin; german: Karl Martin; nl, Karel Maarten; 10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477), nicknamed the Bold (German: ''der Kühne''; Dutch: ''de Stoute''; french: le Téméraire), was Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477.
...
, he was deprived of his
appanage
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, the
Vaud
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, by Swiss armies sent by Berne and Fribourg shortly before Marie's prospects as heiress were greatly diminished, following the execution for treason of her grandfather, the French constable
Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol
Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano (1418 – 19 December 1475) belonged to the Ligny branch of the House of Luxemburg and was Constable of France.
Life
Saint-Pol was the eldest son of Peter of Luxembour ...
in 1475, which entailed the
sequestration of his property.
She inherited the County of Soissons and the County of Saint-Pol after the death of her father in 1481.
Her status and part of her inheritance in France were restored upon her remarriage to
Francis de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme, a ''
prince du sang'', in 1487. Although she had a younger sister, Francisca of Luxembourg, who wed
Philip of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein
Philip of Cleves (1459 in Le Quesnoy – 28 January 1528 in Wijnendale Castle), Lord of Ravenstein, Wijnendale and Enghien, was a nobleman from the Low Countries and army commander, first for Maximilian of Austria, then for Flemish rebels and ...
, and her father had several younger brothers, she brought vast estates and revenues to the
House of Bourbon
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, including the counties of
Saint-Pol and
Soissons
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in
Picardy
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Hi ...
,
Ligny
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Previously its own municipality, a 1977 fusion of the Belgian municipalities made it an '' ancienne commune'' ...
, and
Marle, as well as the
Château de Condé
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The Château de Condé is a private estate, listed as a historic monument and inhabited year round. Its 17 ...
, which was later passed down as a residence to the
Princes of Condé
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who were the descendants of her grandson,
Louis de Bourbon, 1st Prince of Condé.
At Francis's death in 1495, she became
guardian
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* ''The Guardian'', a British daily newspaper
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of their
minor
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Music theory
*Minor chord
** Barb ...
son and heir Charles, and managed the lands he inherited from his father as well as her own. She enlarged the Collégiale Saint Georges, rebuilt the Church of
Saint Martin, and donated the Porte Saint Georges-aux-Bourgeois-de-Vendôme to become the ''
Mairie
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''.
Her great-granddaughter was crowned
Mary, Queen of Scots
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The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scot ...
in 1542.
She died in 1547 in the
château de Fère-en-Tardenois
The Château de Fère-en-Tardenois is a ruined castle in the ''Communes of France, commune'' of Fère-en-Tardenois in the Aisne ''Departments of France, département'' of France.
Construction of the original castle began in 1206. Little of that ...
in
Picardy
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Hi ...
, but was buried with her second husband in
Vendôme
Vendôme (, ) is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Departments of France, department of Loir-et-Cher, France. It is also the department's third-biggest Communes of France, commune with 15,856 inhabitants (2019).
It is one of the ...
.
Issue
Her daughter by her first marriage, Louise-Françoise of Savoy (d. 1511), died childless after her marriage to Count
Henry III of Nassau-Breda
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He was the son of Count John V of Nassau ...
. With her second husband Francis, Marie had:
*
Charles de Bourbon (1489–1537), Duke of Vendôme.
*
Francis de Bourbon (1491–1545), Count of Saint Pol and Chaumont, and
Duke of Estouteville
Duke of Estouteville (''duc d'Estouteville'') was a title in the French nobility that is claimed today by the Prince of Monaco.
It was created in 1537 by King Francis I of France for Adrienne d'Estouteville (1512–1560) and her husband Francis de ...
.
*
Cardinal Louis de Bourbon
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Animals
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**''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae
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(1493-1557),
Archbishop of Sens
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.
*
Antoinette de Bourbon
Antoinette of Bourbon (25 December 1494 – 22 January 1583), was a French noblewoman of the House of Bourbon. She was the wife of Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Guise.
Life
Antoinette de Bourbon was born on 25 December 1494 at the Chateau de Ha ...
(1493-1583), married
Claude, Duke of Guise
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He was a highly effective general for the French crown. His children and grandchildren were to ...
.
*Louise de Bourbon (1495–1575), Abbess of
Fontevrault
The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault (in French: ''abbaye de Fontevraud'') was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in the former French duchy of Duchy of Anjou, Anjou. It was founded in 1101 by the i ...
.
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1547 deaths
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