Marie of Luxembourg, Queen of France
Marie of Luxembourg | |
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Navarre | |
Tenure | 21 September 1322 – 26 March 1324 |
Coronation | 15 May 1323 |
Born | 1304 |
Died | 26 March 1324 (aged 19–20) |
Burial | |
Spouse | Charles IV of France |
House | Luxembourg |
Father | Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor |
Mother | Margaret of Brabant |
Marie of Luxembourg (1304 – 26 March 1324) was
She was the daughter of
Life
Marie was betrothed in 1308 to Louis of Bavaria, son and heir to Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria. The engagement was agreed on soon after Marie's father Henry became King of the Romans; Rudolf had been a supporter of her father during the struggle for power. It ended due to the death of Louis around 1311. During the same year, Marie's mother Queen Margaret died whilst travelling with Henry in Genoa.
On 21 September 1322 in either Paris[2] or Provins[3] Marie married to Charles IV of France following the annulment of his first marriage to the adulterous Blanche of Burgundy.[1] Blanche had given birth to two children, Philip and Joan, but both of them died young and Charles needed a son and heir to carry on the House of Capet.
On 15 May 1323 Marie was consecrated Queen of France at
Ancestors
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References
- ^ a b Gades 1951, p. 119.
- ^ Jean-Marc Cazilhac: Jeanne d'Evreux, Blanche de Navarre : Deux reines de France, deux douairières durant la Guerre de Cent ans, Editions L'Harmattan, 2010, 178 p., p. 20.
- ^ Christian Bouyer: Dictionnaire des Reines de France, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1992, p. 201.
- ^ Alexandre Le Noble: Histoire du Sacre et du Couronnement des Rois et Reines de France, Paris, Imprimerie Gaultier-Laguionie, 1825, p. 208 [retrieved 9 January 2015].
- ^ RHGF XXI, E floribus chronicorum auctore Bernardo Guidonis, p. 733.
Sources
- Gades, John A. (1951). Luxemburg in the Middle Ages. Brill.