Marie of Valois (1309 – 23 October 1331), was the eldest daughter of

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by his third wife

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. She was a member of the

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. One of her five children was Queen

Joanna I of Naples Joanna I, also known as Johanna I ( it, Giovanna I; December 1325 – 27 July 1382), was Queen of Naples, and Countess of Provence and Forcalquier from 1343 to 1382; she was also Princess of Achaea from 1373 to 1381. Joanna was the eldest daug ...

Life

Marie married

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, in 1323 when she was only fourteen years of age. Charles married her after the death of his first wife, Catherine of Habsburg, who had died without bearing Charles any children. Marie earned the gratitude of the genteel women in

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when she persuaded her husband to allow them to wear what they could afford. Charles and Marie had five children: * Eloisa (b. January or February 1325 – d. December 27, 1325). * Maria (b. April 1326 – d. 1328). *

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(b. Florence, April 13, 1327 – d. Florence, April 21, 1327). *

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(b. Naples, March 1328 – d. castello di San Fele, May 22, 1382), Queen of Naples after succeeding her grandfather. *

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(b. Naples, May 1329 – d. Naples, May 20, 1366), Countess of Alba. Her eldest surviving daughter, Joanna, became Queen of Naples. Her youngest daughter, Maria, born six months after Charles' death, became the Countess of Alba. Marie's husband died in 1328 and she never remarried. She died in 1331 at the age of 22, during a pilgrimage to

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.Émile-G. Léonard: ''Histoire de Jeanne Ire, reine de Naples, comtesse de Provence (1343-1382) : La jeunesse de la reine Jeanne'', t. I, Paris et Monaco, Auguste Picard, coll. « Mémoires et documents historiques », 1932, 730 p., p. 142 Her mother and two sisters outlived her.

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* {{Authority control 1309 births 1332 deaths House of Valois French princesses Duchesses of Calabria 14th-century French people 14th-century French women Joanna I of Naples