- Maria of Brabant
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name =Maria of Brabant
title =Queen consort of France
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reign =21 August 1274 -5 October 1285
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spouse =Philip III of France
children =Louis d'Évreux
Marguerite of France
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father =Henry III, Duke of Brabant
mother =Adelaide of Burgundy
date of birth =13 May 1254
place of birth =
date of death =10 January 1321 (aged 67)
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place of burial =Cordeliers convent in Paris |Maria of Brabant (
13 May 1254 ,Leuven –January 10 ,1321 ,Murel ),Queen consort ofFrance .She was a daughter of
Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Adelaide of Burgundy, daughter ofHugh IV, Duke of Burgundy .Maria became the second wife of
Philip III of France on21 August 1274 at Vincennes. She was crowned at Ste-Chapelle on24 June 1275 . She was the mother of Louis d'Evreux, Blanche, wife ofRudolph I of Bohemia , and Marguerite (wife ofEdward I of England ). Due to her influence Philip became involved in the affairs of theAngevin s and in hostilities with theKingdom of Aragon .Their children were:
#Louis (May 1276 –May 19 ,1319 ),Count of Évreux
#Blanche (1278 –March 19 ,1305 ,Vienna ), marriedRudolf III of Austria onMay 25 ,1300
#Marguerite (1282 –February 14 ,1317 ), marriedEdward I of England Following the death of her husband the King in 5 October 1285, she withdrew to a convent near Meulan. She died there 36 years later, and was buried in the Cordeliers convent in Paris.
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