Marie d'Alençon

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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
Born	29 March 1373 Chateau d'Essay, Pierre II, Count of Alençon
Mother	Marie Chamaillart, Viscountess of Beaumont-au-Maine

Marie d'Alençon (29 March 1373 – 1417) was a French noblewoman, a

and of Aumale, Viscount of Châtellerault, Baron of Elbeuf, of Mézières, of Lillebone, of La Saussaye.

Family

Marie was born on 29 March 1373, at the Chateau d'Essay,

, and Marie Chamaillart, Viscountess of Beaumont-au-Maine.

Marie's father was knighted in 1350. At the

, 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

• Pierre d'Alençon (1374 – 1375)
• Jean d'Alençon (1375 – 1376)
• Marie d'Alençon (1377 – 1377)
• Jeanne d'Alençon (1378 – 6 August 1403)
• Count of Mortain, and secondly on 1 October 1413, Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria–Ingolstadt
  . By her last marriage she had a son Johann (Born 6 February 1415) and an unnamed daughter. Both children died young.
• Marguerite d'Alençon (1383- after 1400). Nun at Argentan.
• Jean II, Duke of Alençon
  .

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

. 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
• Yolande de Bar of Anjou, elder sister of Margaret of Anjou
  , Queen-consort of England.
• 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