Marie of France, Duchess of Bar

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 Valois

Born| (1344-09-18)18 September 1344
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Died| 15 October 1404(1404-10-15) (aged 60)
Spouse| Robert I, Duke of Bar
Issue
among others...| Henry of Bar
Edward III, Duke of Bar
John of Bar
Louis, Duke of Bar
Yolande, Queen of Aragon
House| Valois
Father| John II of France
Mother| Bonne of Bohemia

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]

## Marriage and issue

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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:

* Charles of Bar (d. 1392)
* Henry of Bar (d. October 1397) in Treviso, Italy, of the plague; married Marie de Coucy, Countess of Soissons
* Philip of Bar (d. 25 September 1396), killed at the Battle of Nicopolis
* Edward III, Duke of Bar (d. 25 October 1415), killed at the Battle of Agincourt
* John of Bar (d. 25 October 1415), killed at the Battle of Agincourt
* Louis, Duke of Bar (d. 1431). Bishop of Verdun and bishop of Chalon, later a Cardinal. He was childless and his designated heir and eventual successor was René I of Naples.
* Marie of Bar, married William II, Marquis of Namur in 1384
* Yolande of Bar (c. 1365 - 1431), married John I of Aragon in 1384
* Bonne of Bar, married Waleran III of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny in 1393
* Joanna of Bar (d. 15 January 1402, married Theodore II, Marquis of Montferrat in 1393
* Yolande the Younger of Bar, named after older sister for uncertain reasons, married Adolf, Duke of Jülich-Berg

## Notes

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

## External links

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* A pedigree of the Dukes of Bar