Maria of Cleves
Princess Maria von Kleve (born September 19, 1426 , † August 23, 1486 in Picardy ) was by marriage Duchess of Orléans (Duchesse d'Orléans).
Life
Maria was the youngest daughter of Duke Adolf II of Kleve (1373–1448) and his wife Maria von Burgund (1393–1463), daughter of Duke Johann Ohnefurcht and Margarete von Straubing-Holland .
On November 6, 1440, 14-year-old Maria von Kleve married the almost 46-year-old Charles de Valois, duc d'Orléans , eldest son of Duke Ludwig von Orléans and Valentina Visconti , daughter of Duke Gian Galeazzo Visconti of Milan in Saint-Omer . The marriage, which all reports said was a happy one, had three children after sixteen years of childlessness:
- Marie (1457–1493) ⚭ 1476 Johann von Foix (1450–1500), Count of Étampes
- Louis XII. (1462–1515), Duke of Orléans and later King of France
- ⚭ 1476–1498 (cancellation) Princess Joan of France (1464–1505), abbess of Bourges
- ⚭ 1499–1514 Duchess Anna of Brittany (1477–1514)
- ⚭ 1514 Princess Mary Tudor (1496–1533)
- Anna (1464–1491), Abbess of Fontevrault (1477–1491)
literature
- Jiří Louda, Michael MacLagan: Lines of Succession. Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe. Little, Brown and Company, London 1999, ISBN 0-316-84820-4 .
Web links
- Mittelalter-Genealogie.de - Maria von Kleve
- Maria von der Mark-Kleve on thepeerage.com , accessed on September 10, 2016.
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| SURNAME | Maria of Cleves |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marie, Duchess d'Orléans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duchess of Orléans |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1426 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 23, 1486 |
| Place of death | Picardy |