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.

Marie d'Évreux
Marie d'Évreux
Born	1303
Died	(1335-10-31)31 October 1335
Noble family	Capet
Spouse(s)	John III, Duke of Brabant
Issue Joanna, Duchess of Brabant Margaret of Brabant Marie of Brabant John Henry Godfrey
Father	Louis d'Évreux
Mother	Margaret of Artois

She was Duchess of Brabant by her marriage to John III, Duke of Brabant. Her paternal grandmother being Marie of Brabant, she was a great-granddaughter of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and so, her husband's second cousin.

Marie was the eldest of five children born to her parents. Marie's younger siblings included: Charles d'Évreux; Lord of Étampes, 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.

Marriage

In 1311, Marie married John III, Duke of Brabant[1] as his father's gesture of rapprochement with France. They had six children:

• Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322–1406)[1]
• Margaret of Brabant (February 9, 1323 – 1368), married at Saint-Quentin on June 6, 1347 Louis II of Flanders[1]
• Marie of Brabant (1325 – March 1, 1399), Lady of Turnhout, married at Tervuren on July 1, 1347 Reginald III of Guelders[1]
• John (1327–1335/36)
• Henri (d. October 29, 1349)
• Godfrey (d. aft. February 3, 1352)

Marie's daughter Joanna was the first woman to be Duchess of Brabant in her own right.

Marie died October 31, 1335, aged thirty-one or thirty-two.

Genealogy

Ancestors of Marie of Évreux

16. Louis VIII of France 8. Louis IX of France 17. Blanche of Castile 4. Philip III of France 18. Ramon Berenguer IV of Provence 9. Marguerite of Provence 19. Beatrice of Savoy 2. Louis d'Évreux 20. Henry II, Duke of Brabant 10. Henry III, Duke of Brabant 21. Marie of Swabia 5. Marie of Brabant 22. Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy 11. Adelaide of Burgundy 23. Yolande of Dreux 1. Marie d'Évreux 24. Robert I, Count of Artois 12. Robert II, Count of Artois 25. Matilda of Brabant 6. Philip of Artois 26. Pierre de Courtenay 13. Amicie de Courtenay 27. Perenelle de Joigny 3. Margaret of Artois 28. John I, Duke of Brittany 14. John II, Duke of Brittany 29. Blanche of Navarre 7. Blanche of Brittany 30. Henry III of England 15. Beatrice of England 31. Eleanor of Provence

References

1. Boffa 2004, p. xvii.

Sources

• Boffa, Sergio (2004). Warfare in Medieval Brabant, 1356-1406. The Boydell Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)