- Marie of Orléans, Viscountess of Narbonne
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Marie of Orléans Countess of Étampes
Viscountess of NarbonneSpouse John of Foix Issue Germaine, Queen of Aragon
Gaston of Foix, Duke of NemoursHouse House of Valois-Orléans Father Charles, Duke of Orléans Mother Marie of Cleves Born 19 December/September 1457 Died 1493 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, she was Countess of Étampes and Viscountess of Narbonne.
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, she married John of Foix on 8 September 1476.
Issue
She had two children by John of Foix:
- Germaine of Foix (1488–1538)
- married Ferdinand II of Aragon, and whose relationship to the Navarrese throne was used as an excuse by Ferdinand to claim the throne of Navarre (see Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre)
- Gaston of Foix (1489–1512)
- served as a general for his uncle Louis XII, dying in battle in Italy
Ancestors
Ancestors of Marie of Orléans, Viscountess of Narbonne 16. John II of France 8. Charles V of France 17. Bonne of Bohemia 4. Louis I de Valois, Duke of Orléans 18. Peter I, Duke of Bourbon 9. Joanna of Bourbon 19. Isabella of Valois 2. Charles, Duke of Orléans 20. Galeazzo II Visconti 10. Gian Galeazzo Visconti 21. Bianca of Savoy 5. Valentina Visconti 22. = 16. John II of France 11. Isabelle of Valois 23. = 17. Bonne of Bohemia 1. Marie of Orléans 24. Adolph II, Count of Mark 12. Adolph III, Count of Mark 25. Margaret of Cleves 6. Adolph I, Duke of Cleves 26. Gerhard VI of Jülich 13. Margaret of Julich 27. Margaret of Ravensberg 3. Marie of Cleves 28. Philip II, Duke of Burgundy 14. John II, Duke of Burgundy 29. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders 7. Mary of Burgundy 30. Albert I, Duke of Bavaria 15. Margaret of Bavaria 31. Margaret of Brieg Categories:- 1457 births
- 1493 deaths
- 15th-century French people
- House of Foix
- House of Valois-Orléans
- French princesses
- Germaine of Foix (1488–1538)
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