Marie d'Évreux

Marie

Marie d'Évreux (1303 – October 31, 1335) was the eldest child of Louis d'Évreux and his wife Margaret of Artois. She was a member of the House of Capet and was Duchess of Brabant by her marriage to John III, Duke of Brabant.

Marie was the eldest of five children born to her parents. Marie's younger siblings included: Charles d'Évreux; Lord of Etamples, Philip III of Navarre; husband of Joan II of Navarre, and Jeanne d'Évreux; Queen of France by her marriage to Charles IV of France.

Marriage

In 1311, Marie married John III, Duke of Brabant as his father's gesture of rapprochement with France. They had six children:

• Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322–1406)
• Margaret of Brabant (February 9, 1323 – 1368), married at Saint-Quentin on June 6, 1347 Louis II of Flanders
• Marie of Brabant (1325 – March 1, 1399), Lady of Turnhout, married at Tervuren on July 1, 1347 Reginald III of Guelders
• John (1327–1335/36)
• Henri (d. October 29, 1349)
• Godfrey (d. aft. February 3, 1352)

Marie's daughter, Joanna was the first women to be Duchess of Brabant in her own right. Another daughter, Margaret was great grandmother of John of Bohemia and therefore great great grandmother of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

Marie died October 31, 1335, aged thirty one or thirty two.^[1][2]

Ancestors

Marie's ancestors in three generations'

Marie d'Évreux	Father: Louis d'Évreux	Paternal Grandfather: Philip III of France	Paternal Great-Grandfather: Louis IX of France
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Marguerite of Provence
		Paternal Grandmother: Maria of Brabant	Paternal Great-Grandfather: Henry III, Duke of Brabant
			Paternal Great-Grandmother: Alice of Burgundy
	Mother: Margaret of Artois	Maternal Grandfather: Philip of Artois	Maternal Great-Grandfather: Robert II of Artois
			Maternal Great-Grandmother: Amicie de Courtenay
		Maternal Grandmother: Blanche of Brittany	Maternal Great-grandfather: John II, Duke of Brittany
			Maternal Great-Grandmother: Beatrice of England

References

1. ^ Marie d'Évreux
2. ^ Ancestors of Marie d'Évreux

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Name	Beatrice Of Navarre
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Date of birth	1303
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Date of death	October 31, 1335
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