Marie of Artois


Marie of Artois Born in 1291, was the fourth daughter of Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany. She became the Lady of Méraude when she purchased it from John the Blind, King of Bohemia, in 1342.

Marriage

Marie married John I, Marquis of Namur, son of Guy of Dampierre, Count of Flanders and Marquis of Namur, and his second wife Isabelle of Luxembourg. They were married by contract in Paris on 6 March 1310, confirmed in Poissy, January 1313. John granted her as dower the castle of Wijnendale in Flanders, ratified by the Count of Flanders in 1313.

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