Mary of Burgundy (French: Marie de Bourgogne; 1386–1428) was a Duchess of Savoy by her marriage to

Amadeus VIII of Savoy Amadeus VIII (4 September 1383 – 7 January 1451), nicknamed the Peaceful, was Count of Savoy from 1391 to 1416 and Duke of Savoy from 1416 to 1440. He was the son of Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy and Bonne of Berry. He was a claimant to the papa ...

, who was later known as Antipope Felix V.

Life

Mary was born in 1386, most likely in September, in Dijon, France. She was the eighth of the nine children of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and his wife

Margaret III, Countess of Flanders Margaret III (13 April 1350 – 16/21 March 1405) was a ruling Countess of Flanders, Countess of Artois, and Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne between 1384 and 1405. She was the last Countess of Flanders of the House of Dampierre. She was al ...

. From her birth, Mary's father intended her to marry

, son of

Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy Amadeus VII (24 February 1360 – 1 November 1391), known as the Red Count, was Count of Savoy from 1383 to 1391. Biography Amadeus was born in Chambéry on 24 February 1360, the son of Count Amadeus VI of Savoy and Bonne of Bourbon. Althou ...

and

Bonne of Berry Bonne of Berry (1367 – 30 December 1435) was a French countess. She was Countess of Savoy by marriage to Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy. When she was widowed, she unsuccesfully claimed the regency during her son's minority against her mother-in-l ...

. Their marriage was contracted in the year of her birth, on 11 November 1386 in Sluis,

Zeeland , nl, Ik worstel en kom boven("I struggle and emerge") , anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem") , image_map = Zeeland in the Netherlands.svg , map_alt = , m ...

; they married by proxy 30 October 1393 in Chalon-sur-Saône and in person at Arras in May 1401, when Mary was around 15 years old. However, she did not arrive in Savoy until she was 17, in September 1403. In 1416, Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor elevated Amadeus from Count to Duke of Savoy. Mary duly became Duchess. From then onwards Dukes ruled over Savoy. The couple were married for thirty-six years before Mary died in the beginning of October 1428 at Chateau of Thonon-les-Bains. She is buried in the Abbey of Hautecombe.

Issue

Mary and Amadeus had nine children, only four of whom lived to mature adulthood. Only Louis and Margaret had further descendants: # Margaret of Savoy (13 May 1405 – 1418). # Anthony of Savoy (September 1407 – bef. 12 December 1407). # Anthony of Savoy (1408 – aft. 10 October 1408). # Marie of Savoy (end January 1411 – 22 February 1469), married Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan. # Amadeus of Savoy (26 Mar 1412 – 17 August 1431), Prince of Piemonte, Amadeus' heir apparent until his premature death. # Louis of Savoy (24 February 1413 – 29 January 1465), Duke of Savoy, he married Anne of Cyprus in 1432 and had issue. # Bonne of Savoy (September 1415 – 25 September 1430), betrothed at the age of 11 to

Francis I, Duke of Brittany Francis I (in Breton Fransez I, in French François I) (11 May 1414 – 17 July 1450), was Duke of Brittany, Count of Montfort and titular Earl of Richmond, from 29 August 1442 to his death. He was born in Vannes, the son of John V, Duke of ...

, she died at 15 before the marriage could take place. # Margaret of Savoy (7 August 1420 – 30 September 1479), married firstly

Louis III of Anjou Louis III (25 September 1403 – 12 November 1434) was a claimant to the Kingdom of Naples from 1417 to 1426, as well as count of Provence, Forcalquier, Piedmont, and Maine and duke of Anjou from 1417 to 1434. As the heir designate to the throne of ...

, titular king of Naples, and had no issue; secondly

Louis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine Louis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1 January 1424, Heidelberg – 13 August 1449, Worms) was an Elector Palatine of the Rhine from the House of Wittelsbach in 1436 - 1449. Biography Louis IV was the son of Louis III, Elector Palatine and ...

and had issue; and thirdly

Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg Ulrich V of Württemberg called ''"der Vielgeliebte"'' (the much loved) (1413Detlev Schwennicke: ''Europaische Stammtafeln'', New Series, Vol. I/2, Tafel 256. – 1 September 1480, in Leonberg), Count of Württemberg. He was the younger son of Cou ...

and had issue. # Philip of Savoy (1422 – 3 March 1444), Count of Genève.

Ancestry

References

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