Marie of Artois | |
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.jpg) Seal of Marie of Artois (12 October 1331). | |
| Born | 1291 |
| Died | 22 January 1365 (aged 73–74) Wijnendaele, Flanders |
| Noble family | Artois |
| Spouse(s) | John I, Marquis of Namur |
| Father | Philip of Artois |
| Mother | Blanche of Brittany |
Marie of Artois (French: Marie d'Artois, Dutch: Maria van Artesië.) Born in 1291, was the Margravine consort of Namur in 1310-1330 by marriage to John I, Marquis of Namur. She was the regent of Namur during the minority of her son William I in 1337-1340.[1]
She became the Lady of Méraude (Merode) when she purchased it from John the Blind, King of Bohemia, in 1342, until she left it to her son William I in 1353.
- ^ E. Bernays , Marie d'Artois, comtesse de Namur, dame de l'Écluse et de Poilvache, i Annales de la Société archéologique de Namur 37 (1925)