Marie of Orléans, Viscountess of Narbonne

Marie of Orléans (19 December/September 1457 – 1493) was the elder sister of King Louis XII of France. Due to her marriage to John of Foix,[1] she was Countess of Étampes and Viscountess of Narbonne.

Marie of Orléans
Countess of Étampes Viscountess of Narbonne
Born	19 December/September 1457
Died	1493
Spouse	John of Foix
Issue	Germaine, Queen of Aragon Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours
House	Valois-Orléans
Father	Charles, Duke of Orléans
Mother	Marie of Cleves

Marie was the eldest daughter of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and his third wife Marie of Cleves. After a previous betrothal to Peter II, Duke of Bourbon,[2] she married John of Foix on 8 September 1476.[3]

Issue

She had two children by John of Foix:

• Germaine of Foix (1488–1538)[4]
  • married Ferdinand II of Aragon, and whose relationship to the Navarrese throne was used as an excuse by Ferdinand to claim the throne of Navarre (see Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre)
• Gaston of Foix (1489–1512)[4]
  • served as a general for his uncle Louis XII, killed at the battle of Ravenna in 1512.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Marie of Orléans, Viscountess of Narbonne

16. John II of France[5] (= 22) 8. Charles V of France[6] 17. Bonne of Bohemia[5] (= 23) 4. Louis I, Duke of Orléans[6] 18. Peter I, Duke of Bourbon[7] 9. Joanna of Bourbon[6] 19. Isabella of Valois[7] (≠ 11) 2. Charles, Duke of Orléans 20. Galeazzo II Visconti[8] 10. Gian Galeazzo Visconti[6] 21. Bianca of Savoy[8] 5. Valentina Visconti[6] 22. John II of France[5] (= 16) 11. Isabella of Valois[6] (≠ 9) 23. Bonne of Bohemia[5] (= 17) 1. Marie of Orléans 24. Adolph II, Count of the Marck[9] 12. Adolph III, Count of the Mark[10] 25. Margaret of Cleves[9] 6. Adolph I, Duke of Cleves[6] 26. Gerhard VI of Jülich[11] 13. Margaret of Jülich[10] 27. Margaret of Ravensberg[11] 3. Marie of Cleves 28. Philip II, Duke of Burgundy[12] 14. John II, Duke of Burgundy[13] 29. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders[12] 7. Mary of Burgundy[6] 30. Albert I, Duke of Bavaria[14] 15. Margaret of Bavaria[13] 31. Margaret of Brieg[14]

References

1. André Thevet, Portraits from the French Renaissance and the Wars of Religion, transl. Edward Benson, ed. Roger Schlesinger, (Truman State University Press, 2010), 3.
2. Frederic J. Baumgartner, Louis XII, (St. Martin's Press, 1996), 8.
3. Elena Woodacre, The Queens Regnant of Navarre: Succession, Politics, and Partnership, 1274-1512, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), 122.
4. Frederic J. Baumgartner, Louis XII, 146.
5. Anselm de Gibours, Histoire généalogique, pp. 105–106
6. Anselm de Gibours (1726). Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France [Genealogical and chronological history of the royal house of France] (in French). 1 (3rd ed.). Paris: La compagnie des libraires. pp. 205–208.
7. Anselm de Gibours, Histoire généalogique, pp. 109–110
8. Bueno de Mesquita, Daniel Meredith (1941). Giangaleazzo Visconti: Duke of Milan : 1351-1402. Cambridge University Press. pp. 7–9.
9. Dahm, Helmut (1953), "Adolf I.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German), 1, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 80–81; (full text online)
10. Ornato, Monique (1981). Répertoire de personnages apparentés à la couronne de France aux XIVe et XVe siècles [Directory of characters related to the crown of France in the 14th and 15th centuries]. Publications de la Sorbonne. p. 145. ISBN 9782859444426.
11. Walther Möller, Stammtafeln westdeutscher Adelsgeschlechter im Mittelalter (Darmstadt, 1922, reprint Verlag Degener & Co., 1995), Vol. 1, page 14.
12. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "John, Duke of Burgundy" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 445.
13. Backhouse, Janet (1997). The illuminated page: ten centuries of manuscript painting in the British Library. p. 166.
14. von Oefele, Edmund (1875), "Albrecht I. (Herzog von Niederbayern-Straubing)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 1, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 230–231