Marie d'Alençon

Marie d'Alençon (29 March 1373 1417) was a French noblewoman, a Princess of the Blood, and the wife of John VII of Harcourt, Count of Harcourt and of Aumale, Viscount of Châtellerault, Baron of Elbeuf, of Mézières, of Lillebone, of La Saussaye.

Marie d'Alençon
Princess of the Blood
Countess of Harcourt and of Aumale
Viscountess of Châtellerault
Baroness of Elbeuf, of Mézières, of Lillebone, of La Saussaye
Born29 March 1373
Chateau d'Essay, Orne, France
Died1417 (aged about 44)
Chateau d'Harcourt, Calvados, Normandy, France
Noble familyHouse of Valois
Spouse(s)John VII of Harcourt, Count of Harcourt
IssueJean, Count of Aumale
Marie, Countess of Aumale
Jeanne, Countess of Harcourt
FatherPierre II, Count of Alençon
MotherMarie Chamaillart, Viscountess of Beaumont-au-Maine

Family

Marie was born on 29 March 1373, at the Chateau d'Essay, Orne, France, the daughter of Pierre II, Count of Alençon (1340 20 September 1404), nephew of King Philip VI of France, and Marie Chamaillart, Viscountess of Beaumont-au-Maine.

Marie's father was knighted in 1350. At the Battle of Poitiers in 1356, he was taken hostage in exchange for King John II of France, and he did not return home until 1370. On 20 October 1371, he married Marie Chamaillart (died 18 November 1425 at Chateau d'Argentan), by whom he had eight children. Marie was their eldest child.

List of siblings

Marriage

Marie married John VII, Count of Harcourt and of Aumale (1369 18 December 1452) in Paris on 17 March 1390 shortly before her seventeenth birthday. He was the son of John VI of Harcourt, Count of Harcourt, and Catherine de Bourbon. The marriage produced three children.

Marie died in 1417 about two years after her husband, having distinguished himself at the Battle of Agincourt, was taken prisoner by the victorious English troops, led by King Henry V. John died in 1452.

Issue

  • John VIII of Harcourt, Count of Aumale (9 April 1396 Chateau d'Harcourt, Calvados 17 August 1424 at the Battle of Verneuil). He was the senior French commander at the battle. By mistress Marguerite de Preullay, he had one illegitimate son, Louis II of Harcourt
  • Marie of Harcourt, Countess of Aumale (9 September 1398 Chateau d'Harcourt, Calvados 19 April 1476). She married, on 12 August 1416, Antoine of Vaudémont, Count of Vaudémont, Sire of Joinville (1401 22 March 1458), by whom she had five children including Frederic II of Vaudémont, Count of Vaudemont, Sire of Joinville (May 1428 31 August 1470 Joinville), who in his turn in 1445, married Yolande de Bar of Anjou, elder sister of Margaret of Anjou, Queen-consort of England.
  • Jeanne of Harcourt, Countess of Harcourt (11 September 1399 Chateau d' Harcourt, Calvados -1456). She married firstly in 1414, Jean, Seigneur de Rieux et de Rochfort, Baron d'Ancenis (died 1431). She married secondly in 1434, Bertrand de Dinan, Baron de Chateaubriant, Marshal of Brittany. She had issue.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Marie d'Alençon
Charles, Count of Valois
Charles II, Count of Alençon
Margaret, Countess of Anjou
Peter II, Count of Alençon
Fernando de la Cerda
María de la Cerda
Juana Núñez de Lara
Marie of Alençon
Guillaume I Chamaillard, Lord of Anthenaise
Guillaume II Chamaillard, Lord of Anthenaise
Eramburge
Marie Chamaillard, Viscountess of Beaumont
Jean II de Brienne, Viscount of Beaumont
Marie de Brienne, Viscountess of Beaumont-au-Maine
Isabeau d'Harcourt

References

  1. Pére Anselm "Histoire des Rois de France"
  2. "The Royal Family: A Genealogy" by François Velde
  3. le Maison des Ducs D'Alençon
  4. Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europaischen Staaten, 4 volumes, Marburg, 1953, 1975
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