Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy

Mary of Burgundy
Duchess consort of Savoy
Spouse	Amadeus VIII of Savoy
Issue
Margaret of Savoy Anthony of Savoy Anthony of Savoy Margaret of Savoy, Countess Palatine of the Rhine Mary of Savoy Amadeus of Savoy, Prince of Piemonte Louis of Savoy Bonne of Savoy Philip of Savoy, Count of Genève
House	House of Valois-Burgundy House of Savoy
Father	Philip the Bold
Mother	Margaret III, Countess of Flanders
Born	1380 Dijon, Burgundy
Died	1422 Chateau of Thonon les Bains

Mary of Burgundy (French: Marie de Bourgogne; 1380–1422) was the eight of the nine children of Philip the Bold and his wife Margaret III, Countess of Flanders. She was Duchess of Savoy by her marriage to Amadeus VIII of Savoy, later known as Antipope Felix V.

Marriage

Philip had made alliances with low county Bavarians, by marrying John to Margaret of Bavaria. Philip also made links with the Dukes of Austria and of Savoy, by marrying Catherine to Leopold IV of Austria, and Mary to Amadeus VIII Savoy, son of Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy and Bonne of Berry. Their marriage was contracted 11 November 1386 in Sluis, Zeeland; married by proxy 30 October 1393 in Chalon-sur-Saône; in person at Arras May 1401.

Mary and Amadeus had nine children, with further descendants:

1. Margaret of Savoy (1405–1418)
2. Anthony of Savoy (1407)
3. Anthony of Savoy (1408)
4. Margaret of Savoy (1410–1479) married to:
   1. Louis III, titular king of Naples;
   2. Louis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine;
   3. Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg.
5. Mary of Savoy (1411–1469), married Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan.
6. Amadeus of Savoy, Prince of Piemonte (1412–1431)
7. Louis of Savoy (1413–1465), his successor
8. Bonne of Savoy (1415–1430)
9. Philip of Savoy, Count of Genève (1417–1444) unmarried

In 1416, Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor elevated Amadeus from Count to Duke of Savoy. Mary duly became Duchess. From then onwards Dukes ruled over Savoy.

The couple were married for thirty-six years before Mary died in 1422 at Chateau of Thonon les Bains.^[1] She is buried in the Abbey of Hautecombe.^[2]

Ancestors

Marie's ancestors in three generations

									Philip VI of France
						John II of France
									Joan the Lame
			Philip the Bold
									John of Luxembourg
						Bonne of Bohemia
									Elisabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330)
Mary of Burgundy
									Louis I of Flanders
						Louis II of Flanders
									Marguerite of France
			Margaret III, Countess of Flanders
									John III, Duke of Brabant
						Margaret of Brabant
									Marie d'Évreux

References

1. ^ Marie de Bourgogne
2. ^ BURGUNDY, Medieval Lands

Preceded by Bonne of Berry

Duchess of Savoy 1386–1422

Succeeded by Anne of Cyprus

Persondata
Name	Mary Of Burgundy
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1380
Place of birth	Dijon, Burgundy
Date of death	1422
Place of death	Chateau of Thonon les Bains