Marie of Luxembourg (1304 – 26 March 1324) was

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and

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as the second wife of King Charles IV and I. She was the daughter of

Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII (German: ''Heinrich''; Vulgar Latin: ''Arrigo''; 1273 – 24 August 1313),Kleinhenz, pg. 494 also known as Henry of Luxembourg, was Count of Luxembourg, King of Germany ('' Rex Romanorum'') from 1308 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1312 ...

and Margaret of Brabant. Her two siblings were John of Luxembourg and Beatrice of Luxembourg, Queen of Hungary.

Life

Marie was betrothed in 1308 to Louis of Bavaria, son and heir to

Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria Rudolf I of Bavaria, called "the Stammerer" (; 4 October 1274 – 12 August 1319), a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1294 until 1317. Life Rudolf was born in Basel, the son o ...

. The engagement was agreed on soon after Marie's father Henry became

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; Rudolf had been a supporter of her father during the struggle for power. It ended due to the death of Louis around 1311. During the same year, Marie's mother Queen Margaret died whilst travelling with Henry in Genoa. On 21 September 1322 in either

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Marie married to

Charles IV of France Charles IV (18/19 June 1294 – 1 February 1328), called the Fair (''le Bel'') in France and the Bald (''el Calvo'') in Navarre, was the last king of the direct line of the House of Capet, List of French monarchs, King of France and List of Nav ...

following the annulment of his first marriage to the adulterous

Blanche of Burgundy Blanche of Burgundy ( 1296 – 1326) was Queen of France and queen consort of Navarre, Navarre for a few months in 1322 through her marriage to Charles IV of France, King Charles IV the Fair. The daughter of Otto IV, Count of Burgundy, Cou ...

. Blanche had given birth to two children, Philip and Joan, but both of them died young and Charles needed a son and heir to carry on the

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. On 15 May 1323 Marie was consecrated Queen of France at

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by Guillaume de Melum, Archbishop of Sens. In the same year she became pregnant, but she later miscarried a girl. Whilst pregnant again in March 1324, Marie was travelling to

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with King Charles to visit the pope when she fell out of the bottom of the coach.RHGF XXI, E floribus chronicorum auctore Bernardo Guidonis, p. 733. As a result, she went into labour and her child, a boy (Louis), was born prematurely, and died several hours later; Queen Marie died on 26 March 1324 and was buried at Montargis in the Dominican church. Following her death Charles married Jeanne d'Évreux, but failed to father a son, so the direct House of Capet was succeeded by its branch, the

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