Maria of Luxembourg

Maria of Luxembourg was born in 1305 in the family of Count of Luxembourg Henry VII and his wife Margaret of Brabant . She had an older brother John , and after a while the younger sister Beatrice appeared . Their father, Henry VII , was proclaimed king of Germany in 1308 . He owed this to Philip IV the Beautiful and the Avignon Curia . Dutch by birth, Heinrich was brought up in France ; Philip IV knighted him , and Henry, as vassal of him, promised to serve him in the fight against the British.

In 1310, the brother of Mary John married Elizabeth of Bohemia and became king of Bohemia, and his father went on an Italian campaign to restore the importance of the German Empire in Italy. December 14, 1311 in Genoa, the mother of Maria Margarita Brabant died. Six months later, Henry was crowned in the Lateran Cathedral of Rome and became emperor of the Holy Roman Empire .

In 1318, the marriage of the Hungarian king Karl Robert and Beatrice of Luxembourg was concluded. Beatrice died a year later in childbirth.

Carl 's first wife was imprisoned in 1314 in the castle of Chateau-Gaillard for treason. The marriage was annulled in May 1322 . Their son Philip died before that. Charles IV needed an heir and married a second time.

Wedding

The wedding took place in Provence castle on the day of St. Matthew, that is, September 21, 1322 . From there, the royal couple on September 30 made a short trip to Saint-Denis, where they were met with great solemnity. Many Parisians arrived there on foot, on horseback or in carriages, wearing the best outfits to catch a glimpse of the new queen. To enter the capital, Countess Valois lent her carriage to Mary. The author of Chronography of the Kings of the Franks describes the ring that Charles IV gave to his wife at the time of marriage — a ruby ​​inserted in a golden ring; she received many other jewelry. There was a crown with precious stones on the king during the ceremony, and according to the custom, Charles IV made gifts to everyone who was present at his wedding. ^[one]

Heirs and Death

In 1323, Mary gave birth to a daughter Margarita, who died at an early age. Soon, Mary became pregnant again. But participating in the royal family’s trip to Toulouse , on the way to Issouden , the floor fell in her carriage, and the queen fell on the road. She was taken to the city where she prematurely gave birth to a son who lived only three days, but who was christened. The queen herself died on March 26 . Two days later, Mary was buried in the abbey of Montargis in the presence of her brother, John the Blind . They talked about poisoning, pronounced some names, but openly did not blame anyone. Death was probably natural. ^[2]

• Gerd Treffer: Die französischen Königinnen. Von Bertrada bis Marie Antoinette (8.-18. Jahrhundert). Pustet, Regensburg 1996, ISBN 3-7917-1530-5 , S. 176-177.
• Bernhard Töpfer: Karl IV. In: Joachim Ehlers (Hrsg.): Die französischen Könige des Mittelalters. Von Odo bis Karl VIII. 888-1498 . 1. Auflage. Beck, München 1996, ISBN 978-3-406-54739-3 , S. 231, 245-246.

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