Mary of Avesnes

Mary of Avesnes
File:MarieAvesnes.jpg Mary of Avesnes
Born	1280
Died	1354
Spouse	Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
Father	John II, Count of Holland
Mother	Philippa of Luxembourg

Marie of Hainaut (1280–1354) was the daughter of John II, Count of Holland and Philippa of Luxembourg, her brother was William I, Count of Hainaut.

Family

Her nieces by her brother William were Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut who married Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor; and Philippa of Hainault, Queen of England, who married Edward III and was the mother of nine surviving children including Edward, the Black, Prince of Wales, father of Richard II, and John of Gaunt, father of Henry IV, and founder of the House of Lancaster.

Life

In 1310 Mary married Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, son of Robert, Count of Clermont and Beatrix of Bourbon. They had eight children,

1. Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (1311–1356), killed at the Battle of Poitiers
2. Jeanne (1312–1402), married in 1324 Guigues VII, Count of Forez
3. Marguerite (1313–1362), married on July 6, 1320 Jean II de Sully, married in 1346 Hutin de Vermeilles
4. Marie of Bourbon (1315–1387, Naples), married first in Nicosia in January 1330 Guy of Lusignan (d. 1343), titular Prince of Galilee, married second on September 9, 1347 Robert of Taranto, the titular Latin Emperor. Only her first marriage produced surviving children.
5. Philip (1316 – aft. 1327)
6. James (1318)
7. James I, Count of La Marche (1319 – 1362), killed at the Battle of Brignais, from whom the later royal Bourbons descend.
8. Beatrice of Bourbon (1320 – December 23, 1383, Danvillers), married first at Vincennes in 1334 John of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia as his second wife, married herself second c. 1347 Eudes II of Grancey (d. 1389)

Ancestry

Family of Mary of Avesnes

16. James of Avesnes               8. Bouchard IV of Avesnes                       17. Adela of Guise               4. John I of Avesnes                             18. Baldwin I of Constantinople               9. Margaret II, Countess of Flanders                       19. Marie of Champagne               2. John II, Count of Holland                                   20. William I of Holland               10. Floris IV, Count of Holland                       21. Adelaide of Guelders               5. Adelaide of Holland                             22. Henry I, Duke of Brabant               11. Matilde of Brabant                       23. Mathilde of Flanders               1. Mary of Avesnes                                         24. Henry III of Limburg               12. Waleran III of Limburg                       25. Sophia of Saarbrücken               6. Henry V of Luxembourg                             26. Henry IV of Luxembourg               13. Ermesinda of Luxembourg                       27. Agnes of Guelders               3. Philippa of Luxembourg                                   28. Theobald I, Count of Bar               14. Henry II, Count of Bar                       29. Ermesinde of Bar-sur-Seine               7. Margaret of Bar                             30. Robert II, Count of Dreux               15. Philippa of Dreux                       31. Youlande de Coucy