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Marie of Hainaut (1280 – 1354) was the daughter of
John II, Count of Holland and
Philippa of Luxembourg, and her brother was
William I, Count of Hainaut.
Family
Her nieces by her brother
William were
Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut who married
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor; and
Philippa of Hainault, Queen of England, who married
Edward III and was the mother of nine surviving children including
Edward, the Black, Prince of Wales, father of
Richard II, and
John of Gaunt, father of
Henry IV, and founder of the
House of Lancaster.
Life
In 1310 Mary married
Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, son of
Robert, Count of Clermont and
Beatrix of Bourbon. They had eight children,
-
Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (1311–1356), killed at the
Battle of Poitiers
- Jeanne (1312–1402), married in 1324 Guigues VII, Count of Forez
- Marguerite (1313–1362), married on July 6, 1320 Jean II de Sully, married in 1346 Hutin de Vermeilles
-
Marie of Bourbon (1315–1387,
Naples), married first in
Nicosia in January 1330 Guy of Lusignan (d. 1343), titular
Prince of Galilee, married second on September 9, 1347
Robert of Taranto, the titular
Latin Emperor. Only her first marriage produced surviving children.
- Philip (1316 – aft. 1327)
- James (1318)
-
James I, Count of La Marche (1319 – 1362), killed at the
Battle of Brignais
-
Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia
[2] (1320 – December 23, 1383,
Danvillers), married first at
Vincennes in 1334
John of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia as his second wife, married herself second c. 1347 Eudes II of Grancey (d. 1389)
Ancestry
Ancestors of Mary of Avesnes |
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Sources
Sources
- Griffiths, Quentin (1993). "The Nesles of Picardy in the Service of the Last Capetians". Francia. 20 No. 1: 69–78.