Marie of Brittany, Viscountess of Rohan

Marie with her mother and sister.

Marie of Brittany (1444–1506) was the younger daughter of Francis I, Duke of Brittany, by Isabella, daughter of King James I of Scotland. She was married to John II, Viscount of Rohan and Count of Porhoët.^[1]

Biography

Marie of Brittany married John II of Rohan, Viscount of Rohan, Count of Leon and Porhoët in 1462. John II was the son of Alain IX of Rohan († 1462) and Marie de Lorraine-Vaudémont († 1455).

Marie was the sister-in-law of Francis II, Duke of Brittany through the marriage of her older sister, Margaret, to Francis in 1455. Margaret and Francis has a son who died at a young age. Margaret died in 1469 and from that date, John II of Rohan becomes heir to the throne after the daughters of Francis II .

Issue

Marie and John II of Rohan had seven children.

• François (10 Jul 1469-killed in action 1488)
• Jean (2 Oct 1476-2 Jun 1505)
• Jacques, Viscount of Rohan and Leon, Count de Porhoet, (1478-16 Oct 1527); married first Françoise de Rohan; married second Françoise, daughter of Jean de Daillon (and later wife of Joachim de Goyon de Matignon, Count de Thorigny)
• Georges (1479-1502)
• Claude, (1480-15 Jul 1540) Bishop of Leon and after the death of his brother Jacques,Viscount of Rohan from 1527 until 1540.^[1]
• Anne, Viscountess of Rohan 1485-(5 April 1529). m.27 Sep 1515 Pierre de Rohan, Lord of Frontenay (k.a.1525) ^[1] Her son René I, Viscount of Rohan would later become the 18th Viscount of Rohan.
• Marie, d.9 Jun 1542; m.17 Nov 1511 Louis IV de Rohan, Lord of Guémené (d.1527)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Marie of Brittany, Viscountess of Rohan

16. John of Montfort               8. John IV, Duke of Brittany                       17. Joanna of Flanders               4. John V, Duke of Brittany                             18. Charles II of Navarre               9. Joan of Navarre                       19. Joan of France               2. Francis I, Duke of Brittany                                   20. Charles V of France               10. Charles VI of France                       21. Joanna of Bourbon               5. Joan of France                             22. Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria               11. Isabeau of Bavaria                       23. Taddea Visconti               1. Marie of Brittany                                         24. Robert II of Scotland               12. Robert III of Scotland                       25. Elizabeth Mure               6. James I of Scotland                             26. Sir John Drummond, 11th of Lennox               13. Anabella Drummond                       27. Mary Montifex               3. Isabella of Scotland                                   28. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster               14. John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset                       29. Katherine Roet               7. Joan Beaufort                             30. Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent               15. Margaret Holland                       31. Alice FitzAlan

References

1. Walsby, Malcolm (2007). The Counts of Laval. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Company. pp. 180–190. ISBN 9780754658115