Marguerite, Bâtarde De France
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Marguerite de Valois, ''la demoiselle de Belleville'', also known as Marguerite, bâtarde de France (1407 – January 1458), was the
illegitimate Legitimacy, in traditional Western common law, is the status of a child born to parents who are legally married to each other, and of a child conceived before the parents obtain a legal divorce. Conversely, ''illegitimacy'', also known as ''b ...
daughter of
Charles VI of France Charles VI (3 December 136821 October 1422), nicknamed the Beloved () and in the 19th century, the Mad ( or ''le Fou''), was King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422. He is known for his mental illness and psychosis, psychotic episodes t ...
and his mistress
Odette de Champdivers Odette de Champdivers (; also known as ''Oudine'' or ''Odinette''; – ) was the chief mistress of Charles VI of France (the Mad). She was called ''la petite reine'' ("the little queen") by Charles and contemporaries. According to Georges Bor ...
. Marguerite was legitimated in January 1428 by
Charles VII of France Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461), called the Victorious () or the Well-Served (), was King of France from 1422 to his death in 1461. His reign saw the end of the Hundred Years' War and a ''de facto'' end of the English claims to ...
, her half-brother. He gave her a very ample
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and married her June/July 1443 in
Poitou Poitou ( , , ; ; Poitevin: ''Poetou'') was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers. Both Poitou and Poitiers are named after the Pictones Gallic tribe. Geography The main historical cities are Poitiers (historical ...
to Jean III de Harpedenne (also spelled ''Harpedanne'', ''Harpedane'', ''Harpedène'', etc.), Seigneur of Belleville and Montaigu, son of Jean II de Harpedenne and his wife Jeanne de Mussidan. Some sources claim that she was married under the name of ''Marguerite de Falots''.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marguerite Batarde De France 1407 births 1458 deaths Valois, Marguerite de House of Valois 15th-century French nobility 15th-century French women Daughters of kings