Marie of Armagnac (c. 1420–1473) was a French noblewoman, daughter of John IV of Armagnac and his second wife, Isabella of Navarre.[1]

Marie of Armagnac
Duchess of Alençon
Born1420
Died25 July 1473 (aged 52–53)
Cloister Mortagne-au-Perche
Spouse
(m. 1437)
IssueCatherine of Alençon
René of Alençon
HouseArmagnac
FatherJohn IV of Armagnac
MotherIsabella of Navarre

Marriage and children

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On 30 April 1437, Marie became the second wife of John II of Alençon.[2] Their marriage was at the Chateau L'Isle-Jourdain. They had two surviving children:

Marie died on 25 July 1473 at Cloister Mortagne-au-Perche. Her husband died three years later, on 8 September 1476 in Paris.

References

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  1. ^ des Noes 2004, p. 71.
  2. ^ a b Potter 1995, p. 375.
  3. ^ Pernoud & Clin 1998, p. 173.

Sources

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  • des Noes, François Bouvier (2004). Procédures politiques du règne de Louis XI: le procès de René d'Alençon, comte du Perche, 1481-1483 (in French). Vol. 1. Atelier national de reproduction des thèses.
  • Pernoud, Regine; Clin, Narue-Veronique (1998). Wheeler, Bonnie (ed.). Joan of Arc: Her Story. Translated by Adams, Jeremy duQuesnay. St. Martin's Press.
  • Potter, David (1995). Keen, Maurice (ed.). A History of France, 1460–1560: The Emergence of a Nation State. Macmillan.
Marie of Armagnac
Born: 1420 1473
Preceded by Duchess of Alençon
1437–1473
Succeeded by
Marguerite of Tancarville