Marie of Brittany, Countess of Saint-Pol

Marie of Brittany, Countess of Saint-Pol
Marie of Brittany, Countess of Saint-Pol
Born	1268
Died	1339
Noble family	House of Dreux
Spouse(s)	Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol
	Detail Issue John of Châtillon; Mahaut of Châtillon; Marie of Châtillon;
Father	John II, Duke of Brittany
Mother	Beatrice of England

Marie of Brittany (1268–1339) was the daughter of John II, Duke of Brittany, and Beatrice of England.[1] She is also known as Marie de Dreux.

Family

Her maternal grandparents were Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence, Henry was a son of King John of England. John was son of Henry II of England and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Her sister was Blanche of Brittany, wife to Philip of Artois and mother of Margaret of Artois, Robert III of Artois and Joan of Artois, Countess of Foix. Margaret was mother of Jeanne d'Évreux, Queen of France.

Marriage

She married Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol, in 1292, their children were as follows:

John of Châtillon (d. 1344), Count of Saint Pol
James of Châtillon (d.s.p. 1365), Lord of Ancre
Mahaut of Châtillon (1293–1358), married Charles of Valois
Beatrix of Châtillon, married in 1315 Jean de Dampierre, Lord of Crèvecœur
Isabeau of Châtillon (d. May 19, 1360), married in May 1311 Guillaume I de Coucy, Lord of Coucy
Marie of Châtillon, married Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Eleanor of Châtillon, married Jean III Malet, Lord of Granville
Joan of Châtillon, married Miles de Noyers, Lord of Maisy

Descendants

Through her daughter Mahaut, Marie was the maternal grandmother of Marie of Valois, Isabella of Valois, who became Duchess of Bourbon and was the mother of Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, and Joanna of Bourbon, who became Queen of France. Mahaut's other daughter was Blanche of Valois, who married Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and was the mother of Katharine of Bohemia.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Marie of Brittany, Countess of Saint-Pol

16. Robert II of Dreux

8. Peter I, Duke of Brittany

17. Yolande de Coucy

4. John I, Duke of Brittany

18. Guy of Thouars, Duke of Brittany

9. Alix of Thouars

19. Constance, Duchess of Brittany

2. John II, Duke of Brittany

20. Theobald III, Count of Champagne

10. Theobald I of Navarre

21. Blanche of Navarre

5. Blanche of Navarre

22. Guichard IV, Sire of Beaujeu

11. Agnes of Beaujeu

23. Sybille of Flanders

1. Marie of Brittany

24. Henry II of England

12. John of England

25. Eleanor of Aquitaine

6. Henry III of England

26. Aymer, Count of Angoulême

13. Isabella of Angoulême

27. Alice of Courtenay

3. Beatrice of England

28. Alfonso II, Count of Provence

14. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence

29. Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier

7. Eleanor of Provence

30. Thomas I, Count of Savoy

15. Beatrice of Savoy

31. Marguerite of Geneva

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References

Instructional Images and the Life of St. Eustace, Judith K. Golden, Insights and Interpretations, Ed. Colum Hourihane, (Princeton University Press, 2002), 73.

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[1] Instructional Images and the Life of St. Eustace, Judith K. Golden, Insights and Interpretations, Ed. Colum Hourihane, (Princeton University Press, 2002), 73.