Marie of Savoy, Countess of Saint-Pol, de Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano (20 March 1448) was the second wife of

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 ...

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. She was a younger daughter of

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and Anne de Lusignan, Princess of Cyprus, one of nineteen children.

Family and marriage

Marie was born on 20 March 1448, one of the 19 children of Louis, Duke of Savoy and Anne de Lusignan of Cyprus. In 1454 at the age of six, she was betrothed to Filippo Maria Sforza (1448–1492), the son of

Francesco I Sforza Francesco I Sforza (; 23 July 1401 – 8 March 1466) was an Italian condottiero who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) duke from 1450 until his death. In the 1420s, he participated in the War of L' ...

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, and

Bianca Maria Visconti Bianca Maria Visconti (31 March 1425 – 28 October 1468) was Duchess of Milan from 1450 to 1468 by marriage to Francesco I Sforza. She was regent of Marche during the absence of her spouse in 1448. She served as Regent of the Duchy of Milan duri ...

. The contract was dated 13 December 1454. For reasons unknown, the betrothal was annulled, and he married instead his cousin, Costanza Sforza. In 1466, she married Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, de Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano, Constable of France (1418–19 December 1475). The marriage contract was dated 1 August 1466. She was his second wife, his first wife,

Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons Jeanne de Bar, suo jure Countess of Marle and Soissons, Dame d'Oisy, Viscountess of Meaux, and Countess of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano (1415 – 14 May 1462) was a noble French heiress and Sovereign Countess. She was the only c ...

having died in 1462. Together Louis and Marie had three children: * Louis of Luxembourg, Duke of Andria, and of Venosa, Prince of Altamura (died 31 December 1503), married Eleanor of Guevara and Beaux, Princess of Altamura. He was Governor of

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and a Lieutenant General in the French Army. * Jeanne of Luxembourg, a nun in Ghent * Marguerite of Luxembourg, died 9/19/1553 Soissons-sur-Nacey, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte Francais. Marie died 9 March 1483.

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* *{{cite book , title=The Women of the Cousins' War: The Real White Queen And Her Rivals , first1=Philippa , last1=Gregory , first2=David , last2=Baldwin , first3=Michael , last3=Jones , publisher=Simon & Schuster , year=2011 French countesses 1448 births 1475 deaths House of Savoy House of Luxembourg 15th-century French women 15th-century French people