Marie of Évreux
Marie d'Évreux (1303 – October 31, 1335) was the eldest child of Louis d'Évreux and his wife Margaret of Artois. She was a member of the House of Capet and was Duchess of Brabant by her marriage to John III, Duke of Brabant.
Family
Marie was the eldest of five children born to her parents. Marie's younger siblings included: Charles d'Évreux; Lord of Etamples, Philip III of Navarre; husband of Joan II of Navarre, and Jeanne d'Évreux; Queen of France by her marriage to Charles IV of France.
Marie's maternal grandparents were Philip of Artois and his wife Blanche of Brittany. Blanche was daughter of John II, Duke of Brittany and Beatrice of England. Beatrice was daughter of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence.
Marie's paternal grandparents were Philip III of France and his second wife Maria of Brabant. Philip was son of Louis IX of France and Marguerite of Provence.[1]
Marriage
In 1311, Marie married John III, Duke of Brabant as his father's gesture of rapprochement with France. They had six children:
- Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322–1406)
- Margaret of Brabant (February 9 1323 – 1368), married at Saint-Quentin on June 6, 1347 Louis II of Flanders
- Marie of Brabant (1325 – March 1 1399), Lady of Turnhout, married at Tervuren on July 1 1347 Reginald III of Guelders
- John (1327–1335/36)
- Henri (d. October 29 1349)
- Godfrey (d. aft. February 3 1352)
Marie's daughter, Joanna was the first women to be Duchess of Brabant in her own right. Another daughter, Margaret was great grandmother of John of Bohemia and therefore great great grandmother of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
Marie died October 31, 1335, aged thirty one or thirty two. [2] [3]
Ancestors
| Marie d'Évreux | Father: Louis d'Évreux |
Paternal Grandfather: Philip III of France |
Paternal Great-Grandfather: Louis IX of France |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Marguerite of Provence | |||
| Paternal Grandmother: Maria of Brabant |
Paternal Great-Grandfather: Henry III, Duke of Brabant | ||
| Paternal Great-Grandmother: Alice of Burgundy | |||
| Mother: Margaret of Artois |
Maternal Grandfather: Philip of Artois |
Maternal Great-Grandfather: Robert II of Artois | |
| Maternal Great-Grandmother: Amicie de Courtenay | |||
| Maternal Grandmother: Blanche of Brittany |
Maternal Great-grandfather: John II, Duke of Brabant | ||
| Maternal Great-Grandmother: Beatrice of England |