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Biography of Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France 1304-1324

Paternal Family Tree: Luxemburg

On 9th July 1292 [her father] Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 17) and [her mother] Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur were married at Tervuren. He the son of [her grandfather] Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg and [her grandmother] Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxemburg.

In 1304 Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France was born to Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 29) and Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur.

In 1307 [her future husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 12) and Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 10) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Otto Ivrea IV Count Burgundy and Mahaut Artois Countess Burgundy (age 39). He the son of King Philip IV of France (age 38) and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 24th August 1313 [her father] Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 38) died. He was buried at Pisa Duomo. His half fourth cousin Louis (age 31) succeeded IV Holy Roman Emperor.

On 19th May 1322 [her future husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 27) and Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 25) marriage annulled as a consequence of her adultery. In 1313 [her future sister-in-law] Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 27) gave gifts of coin-purses to her sisters-in-law Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France and Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France. The coin-purses were subsequently seen by Isabella to be in the possession of the Norman knights Gautier and Philippe d'Aunay. When Isabella visited her father King Philip IV of France again in 1314 she informed him she suspected the two sisters to be having affairs with the two knights. The two knights were arrested, confessed to adultery under torture, and were executed. The two women were sentenced to life imprisonment at Château Gaillard [Map]. Margaret's husband Louis X King France I Navarre became King in Nov 1314 whilst she was in prison; she became Queen of France by marriage. Somewhat conveniently she died five months later. Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France remained in prison until her husband Charles IV King France I King Navarre became King in 1322 at which time he had their marriage annulled.

After 19th May 1322 Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 27) and Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur. He the son of King Philip IV of France and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In March 1324 [her daughter] Louis Capet was born to [her husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 29) and Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 20).

In March 1324 [her daughter] Louis Capet died.

On 26th March 1324 Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 20) died at Issoudun [Map].

On 5th July 1324 [her former husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 30) and Joan Évreux Queen Consort France (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Louis I Count Évreux and Margaret Artois Countess Évreux. He the son of King Philip IV of France and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were half first cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

Death of Charles IV of France Sucession of Philip VI

On 1st February 1328 [her former husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 33) died. On 1st April 1328 His first cousin Philip (age 34) succeeded VI King France: Capet Valois. The succession somewhat complicated by Charles' wife Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France being pregnant. The child Blanche Capet was born two months later on 1st April 1328. A girl child therefore excluded from the succession confirming Philip's as King. Charles the last of the House of Capet. Philip the first of the House of Valois. His niece Joan (age 16) succeeded II Queen Navarre. Her husband Philip "Noble" III King Navarre (age 21) by marriage III King Navarre.

Royal Ancestors of Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France 1304-1324

Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Kings Franks: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France 1304-1324

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg

Great x 2 Grandfather: Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur

Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur

Great x 2 Grandmother: Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry I Count Guelders

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Arnstein Countess Guelders

GrandFather: Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Renauld of Bar II Count of Bar

Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Blois Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry of Bar II Count of Bar 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Erminsende of Bar Sur Seine Countess Bar

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux

Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa Capet Countess of Bar

Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Flanders

Father: Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Avesnes

Great x 1 Grandfather: Bouchard Avesnes

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bouchard Guise

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adela Guise

GrandMother: Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxemburg 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainault

Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainault

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Namur Countess Hainault

Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainault

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thierry Count Flanders

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainault and Flanders

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Blois I Count Champagne Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Blois Countess Flanders 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Capet Countess Champagne

Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

GrandFather: John I Brabant

Mother: Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur