Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel
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)Marie d'Albret | |
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| suo jure Countess of Rethel Countess of Nevers Duchess of Nevers | |
Francis I of Cleves, 1st Duke of Nevers, Count of Rethel (2 September 1516- 13 February 1561) | |
| Father | Jean d'Albret, Sire of Orval |
| Mother | Charlotte of Nevers, Countess of Rethel |
Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel, Countess of Nevers (25 March 1491 – 27 October 1549) was the
Nevers, Sovereign Countess of Rethel, on 23 August 1500. She was the wife of Charles II of Cleves, Count of Nevers
.
Family
Marie was born in the Chateau de
Foix
, Count of Comminges; and Hélène d'Albret (16 July 1495- 28 October 1519). She had two illegitimate half-siblings, Jacques d'Albret, Bishop of Nevers, and Françoise d'Albret, Abbess of Notre Dame de Nevers.
Her paternal grandparents were Arnaud Amanieu d'Albret, Sire d'Orval (died 1463) and Isabelle de
Charles d'Albret, Constable of France, who was killed while commanding the French troops at the Battle of Agincourt
in 1415.
Marie became the sovereign Countess of Rethel at the age of nine upon the death of her mother, Charlotte, at the Chateau de Meillan-en-Berry, who had herself held the suo jure title.
Marriage
On 25 January 1504, Marie married Charles II of
Cleves, Count of Nevers (died 17 August 1521), the son of Engelbert, Count of Nevers and Charlotte of Bourbon-Vendôme.[2]
Upon her marriage she became the Countess of Nevers. Together Charles and Marie had:
- Louis I Gonzaga of Mantua.
Marie became a widow in 1521. In 1539, she took the title of
Duchess of Nevers
, although in point of fact, her son Francis was the suo jure duke.
On 27 October 1549 Marie died at the Hotel de Nevers in Paris at the age of fifty-eight. Her son Francis succeeded her as Count of Rethel.
References
- ^ Boltanski 2006, p. 27.
- ^ a b Boltanski 2006, p. 501.
Sources
- Boltanski, Ariane (2006). Les ducs de Nevers et l'État royal: genèse d'un compromis (ca 1550 - ca 1600) (in French). Librairie Droz.
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