Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy

Mary of Burgundy
Duchess consort of Savoy
Born	1386 Dijon, Burgundy
Died	1428 Chateau of Thonon les Bains
Spouse	Amadeus VIII of Savoy
Issue	Margaret of Savoy Anthony of Savoy Anthony of Savoy Margaret, Countess Palatine of the Rhine Marie, Duchess of Milan Amadeus of Savoy, Prince of Piemonte Louis of Savoy Bonne of Savoy Philip of Savoy, Count of Genève
House	House of Valois-Burgundy House of Savoy
Father	Philip the Bold
Mother	Margaret III, Countess of Flanders

Mary of Burgundy (French: Marie de Bourgogne; 1386–1428) was eighth of the nine children of Philip the Bold and his wife Margaret III, Countess of Flanders. She was Duchess of Savoy by her marriage to Amadeus VIII of Savoy, later known as Antipope Felix V.^[1]

Marriage

Philip had made alliances with low county Bavarians, by marrying John to Margaret of Bavaria. Philip also made links with the Dukes of Austria and of Savoy, by marrying Catherine to Leopold IV of Austria, and Mary to Amadeus VIII Savoy, son of Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy and Bonne of Berry. Their marriage was contracted 11 November 1386 in Sluis, Zeeland; married by proxy 30 October 1393 in Chalon-sur-Saône; in person at Arras May 1401.

Mary and Amadeus had nine children, with further descendants:

1. Margaret of Savoy (13 May 1405 – 1418).
2. Anthony of Savoy (September 1407 – bef. 12 December 1407).
3. Anthony of Savoy (1408 – aft. 10 October 1408).
4. Marie of Savoy (end January 1411 – 22 February 1469), married Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan.
5. Amadeus of Savoy (26 Mar 1412 – 17 August 1431), Prince of Piemonte.
6. Louis of Savoy (24 February 1413 – 29 January 1465), his successor.
7. Bonne of Savoy (September 1415 – 25 September 1430).
8. Philip of Savoy (1417 – 3 March 1444), Count of Genève.
9. Margaret of Savoy (7 August 1420 – 30 September 1479), married firstly Louis III, titular king of Naples, secondly Louis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine and thirdly Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg.

In 1416, Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor elevated Amadeus from Count to Duke of Savoy. Mary duly became Duchess. From then onwards Dukes ruled over Savoy.

The couple were married for thirty-six years before Mary died in 1428 at Chateau of Thonon les Bains.^[2] She is buried in the Abbey of Hautecombe.^[3]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy

16. Charles, Count of Valois               8. Philip VI of France                       17. Margaret, Countess of Anjou               4. John II of France                             18. Robert II, Duke of Burgundy               9. Joan the Lame                       19. Agnes of France               2. Philip the Bold                                   20. Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor               10. John of Bohemia                       21. Margaret of Brabant               5. Bonne of Bohemia                             22. Wenceslaus II of Bohemia               11. Elizabeth of Bohemia                       23. Judith of Habsburg               1. Mary of Burgundy                                         24. Louis I, Count of Nevers               12. Louis I, Count of Flanders                       25. Joan, Countess of Rethel               6. Louis II, Count of Flanders                             26. Philip V of France               13. Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy                       27. Joan II, Countess of Burgundy               3. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders                                   28. Margaret of England               14. John III, Duke of Brabant                       29. John II, Duke of Brabant               7. Margaret of Brabant                             30. Louis, Count of Évreux               15. Marie of Évreux                       31. Margaret of Artois

References

1. Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold: The Formation of the Burgundian State, (The Boydell Press, 2005), 53.
2. Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold: The Formation of the Burgundian State, 82.
3. BURGUNDY, Medieval Lands