Marie of Évreux

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Marie d'Évreux
Marie d'Évreux
Born1303
Died(1335-10-31)31 October 1335
Noble familyCapet
Spouse(s)John III, Duke of Brabant
IssueJoanna, Duchess of Brabant
Margaret of Brabant
Marie of Brabant
John
Henry
Godfrey
FatherLouis d'Évreux
MotherMargaret of Artois

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.

She was Duchess of Brabant by her marriage to John III, Duke of Brabant. Her paternal grandmother being Marie of Brabant, she was a great-granddaughter of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and so, her husband's second cousin.

Marie was the eldest of five children born to her parents. Marie's younger siblings included: Charles d'Évreux; Lord of Étampes, 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[edit]

In 1311, Marie married John III, Duke of Brabant[1] as his father's gesture of rapprochement with France. They had six children:

Marie's daughter Joanna was the first woman to be Duchess of Brabant in her own right.

Marie died October 31, 1335, aged thirty-one or thirty-two.

Genealogy[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Boffa 2004, p. xvii.

Sources[edit]

  • Boffa, Sergio (2004). Warfare in Medieval Brabant, 1356-1406. The Boydell Press.