Marie d’Artois

John I, Marquis of Namur

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John's second wife was Marie of Artois (1291 – January 22, 1365, Wijnendaele), Lady of Merode, daughter of Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany. They were married by contract in Paris on 6 March 1310, confirmed Poissy, January 1313. John granted her as dower the castle of Wijnendale in Flanders, ratified by the Count of Flanders (his half-brother, Robert III) in 1313.

Issue

John of Namur

Marquis of Namur

1310/12 -

2 April 1335

Succeeded his father in 1330 as John II, Marquis of Namur. Buried at Kloster Spaltheim.

Guy of Namur

Marquis of Namur

1311/13 -

12 March 1336

Succeeded his brother in 1335 as Guy II, Marquis of Namur.

Henry of Namur

1312/13 –

8 October 1333

Canon at Chartres Cathedral; canon at Cambrai Cathedral, 1324; canon at Chalons-sur-Marne and Reims, 1325.

Blanche of Namur

Queen consort of Sweden and Norway

? -

autumn 1363

She was accused by the noblewoman Birgitta Birgersdatter (Saint Bridget of Sweden) of having poisoned the latter's son, her innocence of the crime only being proved at the end of the 18th century. She lived at Tønsberghus castle in Norway from 1358, because of the political situation in Sweden, and administered the fiefs of Vestfold and Skienssysla. Married 5 November 1335 at Bohus Castle Magnus IV of Sweden. He was deposed in 1344 as King of Norway, and in 1363 as King of Sweden.

Philip of Namur

Marquis of Namur

1319 -

September 1337

Succeeded his brother in 1336 as Philip III, Marquis of Namur. Murdered at Famagusta.

Marie of Namur

Gräfin von Vianden

Dame de Pierrepont

1322 -

before 29 October 1357

Married firstly, in 1335/36, Henry II, Graf of Vianden, son of Philip II, Graf of Vianden and his first wife Lucia von der Neuerburg. Her first husband was murdered at Famagusta in September 1337. Married secondly (1340, dispensation 9 September 1342) her father's second cousin, Theobald of Bar, Seigneur de Pierrepont, son of Erard of Bar, Seigneur de Pierrepont et d'Ancerville (himself son of Theobald II of Bar), and his wife Isabelle of Lorraine

Margaret of Namur

1323 -13 September 1383

A nun at Peteghem.

William of Namur

Marquis of Namur

1324 -1 October 1391

Succeeded his brother in 1337 as William I "the Rich", Marquis of Namur. Buried at the Franciscan convent in Namur. Father of William II, Marquis of Namur, and John III, Marquis of Namur, who sold Namur to Philip the Good.

Robert of Namur

Seigneur de Beaufort-sur-Meuse et de Renaix

1325 -1/29 April 1391

Seigneur de Beaufort-sur-Meuse et de Renaix; Marshal of Brabant. Married firstly (dispensation 18 October 1354) Isabelle of Hainault, sister of Philippa of Hainault, daughter of William III, Count of Hainault and his wife Joan of Valois. Married secondly (4 February 1380) as her first husband, Isabeau de Melun, heiress of Viane, daughter of Hugues de Melun, Seigneur d'Antoing (-1409). Robert had two illegitimate children by unknown mistresses.

Louis of Namur

Seigneur de Peteghem et de Bailleul

1325 -1378/86

Seigneur de Peteghem et de Bailleul. Flemish counsellor. Governor of Namur 1351. Married on 17 May 1365 Isabelle de Roucy, Dame de Roucy, daughter and heiress of Robert II, Count of Roucy and his wife Marie d'Enghien (-after 1396).

Elizabeth of Namur

Electress Palatine

1329 -29 March 1382

Married Rupert I, Elector Palatine, in autumn 1350 or summer 1358. Died without children in Heidelberg.

Blanche was married in Paris sometime after November 1281 to Philip of Artois, who was the son of Robert II of Artois and Amice de Courtenay. The couple had seven children, they were:

Margaret (1285–1311), married in 1301 Louis, Count of Évreux

Robert III of Artois (1287–1342), married in 1318 Joan of Valois

Isabella (1288–1344), a nun at Poissy

Joan (1289 – aft. 1350), married in 1301 in Senlis, Gaston I, Count of Foix

Othon (died 2 November 1291)

Marie (1291 – January 22, 1365, Wijnendaele), Lady of Merode, married in 1309 in Paris John I, Marquis of Namur. She was the mother of Blanche of Namur.

Catherine (1296–1368, Normandy), married John II of Ponthieu, Count of Aumale

Marie av Artois tillhörde den mäktiga kapetingiska ätten Artois, nära släkt med det franska kungahuset.