Marie of France (18 September 1344 – 15 October 1404) was the sixth child and second daughter of

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 kille ...

and Bonne of Bohemia.Jean d'Arras, ''Melusine; or, The Noble History of Lusignan'', transl. Donald Maddox, (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012), 234.

Marriage and issue

In 1364, Marie married

Robert I, Duke of Bar Robert I of Bar (8 November 1344 – 12 April 1411) was Marquis of Pont-à-Mousson and Count and then Duke of Bar. He succeeded his elder brother Edward II of Bar as count in 1352. His parents were Henry IV of Bar and Yolande of Flanders. When R ...

. Marie had an extensive library and obtained works about a variety of topics. She read romances and poetry, but also works about history and theology. Jean d'Arras dedicated his ''Roman de Mélusine'' to Marie. Pit Péporté, ''Constructing the Middle Ages: Historiography, Collective Memory and Nation-Building in Luxembourg'', (Brill, 2011), 77. Marie and Robert I were parents to eleven children: *Charles of Bar (d. 1392) * Henry of Bar (d. October 1397) in

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, of the plague; married

Marie de Coucy, Countess of Soissons Marie I de Coucy (April 1366 – after 3 March 1405) was Dame de Coucy and d'Oisy, and Countess of Soissons from 1397. She succeeded suo jure to the title of Countess of Soissons upon the death of her father, Enguerrand VII de Coucy, on 18 Febru ...

*Philip of Bar (d. 25 September 1396), killed at the Battle of Nicopolis *

Edward III, Duke of Bar Edward III of Bar (late June 1377 – 25 October 1415) was made Marquis of Pont-à-Mousson by his father Robert I, Duke of Bar in 1399 (his mother was Mary of France, daughter of John II of France) and held it until his death. He then became he ...

(d. 25 October 1415), killed at the

Battle of Agincourt The Battle of Agincourt ( ; french: Azincourt ) was an English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It took place on 25 October 1415 ( Saint Crispin's Day) near Azincourt, in northern France. The unexpected English victory against the numeric ...

John of Bar John of Bar (1380 – 21 October 1415, Agincourt) was lord of Puisaye. He was the son of Robert I of Bar and Marie de France. He was killed at the battle of Agincourt alongside his brother Edward III and his nephew Robert The name Rob ...

(d. 25 October 1415), killed at the

Louis, Duke of Bar Louis I of Bar (between 1370 and 1375 – 23 June 1430) was a French bishop of the 15th century and the ''de jure'' Duke of Bar from 1415 to 1430, ruling from the 1420s alongside his grand-nephew René of Anjou. Life He was a son of Robert I of ...

(d. 1431). Bishop of Verdun and bishop of Chalon, later a Cardinal. He was childless and his designated heir and eventual successor was

René I of Naples René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminine ...

. *Marie of Bar, married William II, Marquis of Namur in 1384 * Yolande of Bar (c. 1365 - 1431), married John I of Aragon in 1384 *Bonne of Bar, married Waleran III of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny in 1393 *Joanna of Bar (d. 15 January 1402, married

Theodore II, Marquess of Montferrat Theodore II Palaeologus (died 16 April 1418) was the Margrave of Montferrat from 1381. Life He was the thirdborn son of John II of Montferrat and Isabel of Majorca. Theodore was named governor of the margraviate after the death of his brother ...

in 1393 *Yolande the Younger of Bar, named after older sister for uncertain reasons, married Adolf, Duke of Jülich-Berg

Notes

External links

A pedigree of the Dukes of Bar
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