Peter II (St. Pol and Brienne)

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Peter II of Luxembourg in the register of arms and statutes of the Order of the Golden Fleece (The Hague, KB, 76 E 10, fol.79r)

Peter II of Luxembourg (French: Pierre de Luxembourg , * around 1440; † October 25, 1482 in Enghien ) from the House of Luxemburg-Ligny was Count of Saint-Pol , Brienne , Marle and Soissons , Lord of Enghien .

Life

In order not to like his father Ludwig I of Luxembourg, Gf. of Saint-Pol , who was executed in Paris for high treason in 1475, between the fronts of Charles the Bold , Duke of Burgundy, and King Louis XI. To get from France, he stayed chiefly in his possession in Enghien. Only after he inherited the counties of Marle and Soissons from his brother Johann , who died childless in the Battle of Murten in 1476 , did he approach the House of Burgundy . In August 1477 he belonged to the court of Duchess Mary of Burgundy and in 1478 he was accepted into the Order of the Golden Fleece . It was thanks to the intervention of the Duchess of Mary that he got back the counties of Saint-Pol and Brienne, which had been expropriated when his father was executed.

family

Peter's parents were Ludwig I of Luxembourg, Gf. von Saint-Pol († 1475) and Johanna von Bar . He married Margarete von Savoyen (* 1439, † March 9, 1484), daughter of Count Ludwig von Savoyen and Anne de Lusignan . The following children were born from this marriage:

  1. Louis, † small
  2. Claude, † small
  3. Antoine, † small
  4. Marie († 1547), 1482 Countess of Saint-Pol, Ligny, Marle and Soissons; ⚭ 1) Jacob of Savoy , Count of Romont († 1486); ⚭ 2) François de Bourbon , Count of Vendôme († 1495).
  5. Françoise, Dame d'Enghien († 1523) ⚭ Philipp von Kleve-Ravenstein , Lord of Ravenstein († 1528).

See also

Commons : Peter II of Luxembourg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

bibliography

  • Raphael de Smedt (ed.): Les chevaliers de l'ordre de la Toison d'or au XVe siècle. Notices bio-bibliographiques. 2nd improved edition. Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2000, ISBN 3-631-36017-7 , pp. 200f. ( Kiel work pieces. D 3).
predecessor Office successor
Ludwig Count of Saint Pol
1477–1482 		Marie de Luxembourg
Ludwig Count of Brienne
1475–1482 		Antoine I.
Jean de Luxembourg Count of Marle
1476–1482 		Marie de Luxembourg
Jean de Luxembourg Count of Soissons
1476–1482 		Marie de Luxembourg
personal data
SURNAME Peter II
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pierre de Luxembourg; Pierre de Luxembourg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Saint-Pol, Brienne, Marle and Soissons
DATE OF BIRTH around 1440
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1482
Place of death Enghien