Marie, Countess of Harcourt
Marie, Countess of Harcourt | |
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Marie of Alençon |
Marie of Harcourt (9 September 1398 – 19 April 1476) was a ruling
Countess of Aumale and Baroness of Elbeuf
from 1452 to 1476.
Life
Marie was the eldest daughter of
Upon the death of her father in 1452, she attempted to claim the entire Harcourt inheritance, to the exclusion of her younger sister
Countess of Aumale, and Marie as Countess of Harcourt and Baroness of Elbeuf. These lands were to pass to her second son, John, but he predeceased her in 1473, so they went to her grandson Rene.[2]
Issue
- Frederic II of Vaudémont (1428–1470), count of Vaudémont and sire of Joinville, in 1445 married Yolande, Duchess of Lorraineof Anjou. Together Frederic and Yolande had six children.
- Jean of Lorraine, Count of Harcourt(died 1473), comte of Harcourt and of Aumale and baron of Elbeuf
- Metz(1484–1505)
- Marie (died 23 April 1455), in 1450 married Alain IX (died 1462), viscount of Rohan
- Marguerite of Lorraine, Dame d'Aerschot and de Bierbeke (died before 1474), in 1432 married Antoine I de Croy, Seigneur de Croy[1]
References
- ^ a b c Harcourt 1996, p. 134.
- ^ Carroll 1998, p. 17-19.
Sources
- Carroll, Stuart (1998). Noble Power During the French Wars of Religion. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-62404-5. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
- Harcourt (1996). "Index des Noms de Personnes". Annuaire-Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de France. Editions de Boccard: 131–135.