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Marie of France, Duchess of Bar

French noblewoman (1344 – 1404)

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Marie of France (18 September 1344 – 15 October 1404) was the sixth child and second daughter of John II of France and Bonne of Bohemia.

In 1364, Marie married Robert I, Duke of Bar. Marie had an extensive library and obtained works about a variety of topics. She read romances and poetry, but also works about history and theology. Jean d'Arras dedicated his Roman de Mélusine to Marie.

Henry of Bar (d. October 1397) in Treviso, Italy, of the plague; married Marie de Coucy, Countess of Soissons

Philip of Bar (d. 25 September 1396), killed at the Battle of Nicopolis

Edward III, Duke of Bar (d. 25 October 1415), killed at the Battle of Agincourt

John of Bar (d. 25 October 1415), killed at the Battle of Agincourt

Louis, Duke of Bar (d. 1431). Bishop of Verdun and bishop of Chalon, later a Cardinal.

Marie of Bar, married William II, Marquis of Namur in 1384

Yolande of Bar (c. 1365 - 1431), married John I of Aragon in 1384

Bonne of Bar, married Waleran III of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny in 1393

Joanna of Bar (d. 15 January 1402, married Theodore II, Marquis of Montferrat in 1393

Yolande the Younger of Bar, named after older sister for uncertain reasons, married Adolf, Duke of Jülich-Berg

d'Arras, Jean (2012). Melusine; or, The Noble History of Lusignan. Translated by Maddox, Donald. The Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271059907.

Péporté, Pit (2011). Constructing the Middle Ages: Historiography, Collective Memory and Nation-Building in Luxembourg. Brill. ISBN 9789004210660.

Rohr, Zita Eva (2016). Yolande of Aragon (1381-1442) Family and Power: The Reverse of the Tapestry. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137499134.

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