Marie of France, Duchess of Bar
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Marie of France (18 September 1344 – 15 October 1404) was the sixth child and second daughter of
Bonne of Bohemia.[1]
Marriage and issue
In 1364, Marie married
Robert I, Duke of Bar.[1] Marie had an extensive library and obtained works about a variety of topics. She read romances and poetry, but also works about history and theology.[citation needed] Jean d'Arras dedicated his Roman de Mélusine to Marie.[2]
Marie and Robert I were parents to eleven children:
- Charles of Bar (d. 1392)
- Marie de Coucy, Countess of Soissons
- Philip of Bar (d. 25 September 1396), killed at the Battle of Nicopolis
- Edward III, Duke of Bar (d. 25 October 1415), killed at the Battle of Agincourt
- John of Bar (d. 25 October 1415), killed at the Battle of Agincourt
- René I of Naples.
- Marie of Bar, married William II, Marquis of Namur in 1384
- Yolande of Bar (c. 1365 - 1431), married John I of Aragonin 1384
- Bonne of Bar, married Waleran III of Luxembourg, Count of Lignyin 1393
- Joanna of Bar (d. 15 January 1402, married Theodore II, Marquis of Montferrat in 1393
- Yolande the Younger of Bar, named after older sister for uncertain reasons, married Adolf, Duke of Jülich-Berg