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Marie of France, Duchess of Bar

Marie of France, Duchess of Bar

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This article is about the daughter of John II of France. For other people named Marie of France, see Mary of France (disambiguation). For other people named Marie of Valois, see Marie of Valois (disambiguation).

Marie of France (18 September 1344 – 15 October 1404) was the sixth child and second daughter of John II of France and Bonne of Bohemia.[1]

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Marriage and issue

In 1364, Marie married Robert I, Duke of Bar.[1] Marie had an extensive library and obtained works about a variety of topics. She read romances and poetry, but also works about history and theology.[citation needed] Jean d'Arras dedicated his Roman de Mélusine to Marie.[2]

Marie and Robert I were parents to eleven children:

Notes

  1. [1]
    Jean d'Arras, Melusine; or, The Noble History of Lusignan, transl. Donald Maddox, (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012), 234.
  2. [2]
    Pit Péporté, Constructing the Middle Ages: Historiography, Collective Memory and Nation-Building in Luxembourg, (Brill, 2011), 77.
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