Maria de Blois (1345–1404) is the daughter of Carl de Blois-Chatillon and Jeanne de Pentevre . Thanks to her marriage to Louis I of Anjou, she became the Duchess of Anjou, the Countess of Maine, the Countess of Tours, the Countess of Provence, and the Queen of Naples and Jerusalem.
| Maria de Blois-Chatillon | |
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| Birth | |
| Death | |
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| Mother | |
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| Children | Mary of Anjou Louis II of Anjou Carl of Anjou |
Biography
Mary married Louis I in 1360. [4] Throughout their marriage, he received new titles, but never ruled the Neapolitan Kingdom. After his death in 1384, most cities in Provence rebelled against his son, Louis II. Maria pawned her jewels and raised an army.
She, her little son and the army went to the city to get support. In 1387, Louis II was officially recognized as a count in Aix-en-Provence . She then appealed to Charles VI of France to support her in Naples. In 1390, Louis II, supported by the Pope and the French, went to Naples. Maria arranged a marriage between her son and Yolanda of Aragon [5] to prevent her rule from resisting. They were married in the year 1400. [6] Marie was a bookkeeper, and on her deathbed she told Louis that she was able to postpone 200,000 kroner. She did this in case he was captured and required to pay a ransom.
Children
Maria and Louis had three children:
- Mary of Anjou (1370 - ca. 1383) [7] ;
- Louis II of Anjou (1377-1417) [4] ;
- Carl of Anjou (c. 1380-1404) [7] .
Pedigree
Notes
- ↑ FemBio
- ↑ The Peerage
- Aw Cawley C. Medieval Lands : European fabled royal families - P. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANJOU,%20MAINE.htm .
- ↑ 1 2 Rohr, 2016 , p. thirty.
- ↑ Rohr, 2016 , p. 17
- ↑ Rohr, 2016 , p. 20.
- ↑ 1 2 Potter, 1995 , p. 374.
Literature
- Potter, David. A History of France, 1460-1560: The Emergence of a Nation State. - St. Martin's Press, 1995.
- Rohr, Zita Eva. Yolande of Aragon (1381-1442) Family and Power: The Reverse of the Tapestry. - Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.