Marie of Cleves | |
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Duchess of Orléans | |
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Born | 19 September 1426 |
Died | 23 August 1487(1487-08-23) (aged 60) Chaunay |
Burial | Couvent des Célestins, Paris |
Spouse | |
Issue | Marie, Viscountess of Narbonne Louis XII of France Anne, Abbess of Fontevraud |
House | La Marck |
Father | Adolph I, Duke of Cleves |
Mother | Mary of Burgundy |
Marie of Cleves (19 September 1426 – 23 August 1487) was the third wife ofCharles, Duke of Orléans. She was born a German princess, the last child ofAdolph I, Duke of Cleves and his second wife,Mary of Burgundy.
Marie was apatron of letters and commissioned many works; she was also an activepoet herself, producing ballads and other verses.[1] After the Duke's death she was secretly remarried in 1480 to one of hergentlemen of the chamber, theArtesian "Sieur de Rabodanges", who was some years her junior.[1][2] She died inChaunay.
At the age of fourteen, Marie was married to 46-year-old Charles of Valois, Duke of Orléans, a man 32 years her senior,[1] on 27 November 1440, inSaint-Omer.[3] She became his third and last wife. Their eldest child was born fully 17 years after the wedding. They had three children together, being:
Marie is a character inHella Haasse's historical novel about Charles, Duke of OrléansIn a Dark Wood Wandering (original Dutch titleHet Woud der Verwachting).
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