Marie of Orléans, Viscountess of Narbonne

Marie of Orléans (19 December/September 1457 – 1493) was the elder sister of King Louis XII of France. Due to her marriage to John of Foix,[1] she was Countess of Étampes and Viscountess of Narbonne.

Marie of Orléans
Countess of Étampes
Viscountess of Narbonne
Born19 December/September 1457
Died1493
SpouseJohn of Foix
IssueGermaine, Queen of Aragon
Gaston, Duke of Nemours
HouseValois-Orléans
FatherCharles, Duke of Orléans
MotherMarie of Cleves

Marie was the eldest daughter of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and his third wife Marie of Cleves. After a previous betrothal to Peter II, Duke of Bourbon,[2] she married John of Foix on 8 September 1483.[3]

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She had two children by John of Foix:

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  1. ^ André Thevet, Portraits from the French Renaissance and the Wars of Religion, transl. Edward Benson, ed. Roger Schlesinger, (Truman State University Press, 2010), 3.
  2. ^ Frederic J. Baumgartner, Louis XII, (St. Martin's Press, 1996), 8.
  3. ^ Elena Woodacre, The Queens Regnant of Navarre: Succession, Politics, and Partnership, 1274-1512, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), 122.
  4. ^ a b Frederic J. Baumgartner, Louis XII, 146.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Anselm de Gibours (1726). Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France [Genealogical and chronological history of the royal house of France] (in French). Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Paris: La compagnie des libraires. pp. 205–208.
  6. ^ a b Ornato, Monique (1981). Répertoire de personnages apparentés à la couronne de France aux XIVe et XVe siècles [Directory of characters related to the crown of France in the 14th and 15th centuries]. Publications de la Sorbonne. p. 145. ISBN 9782859444426.
  7. ^ a b Backhouse, Janet (1997). The illuminated page: ten centuries of manuscript painting in the British Library. p. 166.