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3 unusual facts about Marie de Bourbon


Mademoiselle de Montpensier

Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier (1605-1627) daughter of Henri, Duke of Montpensier and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse, wife of Gaston, Duke of Orléans.

Marie de Bourbon

Mary of Bourbon (d. 1538), daughter of Charles, Duke of Vendôme,

Marie de Bourbon, Princess of Achaea

On 31 January 1330, Marie and Guy were married in person at Santa Sophia, Nicosia.


Château de Bagnolet, Paris

The original château was constructed in the 17th century by Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons and Princess of Carignano after her marriage to Prince Thomas Francis of Savoy.

Louis, Count of Soissons

The county of Soissons was passed onto his only surviving sister Marie de Bourbon, Princess of Carignano and wife of Thomas Francis of Savoy, a famous general.


see also

Mademoiselle de Chartres

Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans (1698–1743) second daughter of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and Françoise-Marie de Bourbon

Louise Diane d'Orléans (1716–1736) youngest daughter of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and Françoise-Marie de Bourbon

Mademoiselle de Montpensier

Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1709-1742) daughter of Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France and Françoise Marie de Bourbon, wife of Louis I of Spain.

Mademoiselle de Valois

Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (1700–1761) daughter of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and Françoise Marie de Bourbon

Yolande of Dreux, Queen of Scotland

Her father was a patrilineal descendant of King Louis VI of France, her paternal grandmother Marie de Bourbon was a cousin of Guy of Dampierre, Count of Flanders, while her mother Beatrice was the only child of Count John I of Montfort-l'Amaury and his wife Jeanne, Dame de Chateaudun.