Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans facts for kids
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Marie of Cleves (or Anne of Cyprus)
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| Born | 19 September 1426 |
| Died | 23 August 1487 (aged 60) Chaunay |
| Burial | Couvent des Célestins |
| Spouse | Charles, Duke of Orléans |
| Issue | Marie, Viscountess of Narbonne Louis XII Anne of Orléans, Abbess of Fontevraud |
| House | La Marck |
| Father | Adolph I, Duke of Cleves |
| Mother | Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves |
Marie of Cleves (19 September 1426 – 23 August 1487) was the third wife of Charles, Duke of Orléans. She was born a German princess, the last child of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and his second wife, Mary of Burgundy.
Marie was a patron of letters and commissioned many works; she was also an active poet herself, producing ballads and other verses. After the Duke's death she was secretly remarried in 1480 to one of her gentlemen of the chamber, the Artesian "Sieur de Rabodanges", who was some years her junior. She died in Chaunay.
Marriage and issue
At age fourteen, Marie married Charles of Valois, Duke of Orléans, a man 32 years her senior, on 27 November 1440 in Saint-Omer. They had three children:
- Marie of Orléans, Viscountess of Narbonne (19 December 1457 – 1493); married John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne in 1483.
- King Louis XII of France (1462–1515)
- Anne of Orléans, Abbess of Fontevraud and Poitiers (1464–1491).
In literature
Marie is a character in Hella Haasse's historical novel about Charles, Duke of Orléans In a Dark Wood Wandering (original Dutch title Het Woud der Verwachting).
See also
In Spanish: María de Clèves (1426-1487) para niños
