Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy

For other people named Mary of Burgundy, see Mary of Burgundy (disambiguation).

Mary of Burgundy (French: Marie de Bourgogne; 1386–1428) was a Duchess of Savoy by her marriage to Amadeus VIII of Savoy, who was later known as Antipope Felix V.

Mary of Burgundy
Duchess consort of Savoy
Born	1386 Dijon, Burgundy
Died	1428 (aged 41–42) 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

Life

Mary was born in 1386, most likely in September, in Dijon, France.^[1] She was the eighth of the nine children of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and his wife Margaret III, Countess of Flanders.^[2]

From her birth, Mary's father intended her to marry Amadeus VIII of Savoy, son of Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy and Bonne of Berry. Their marriage was contracted in the year of her birth, on 11 November 1386 in Sluis, Zeeland; they married by proxy 30 October 1393 in Chalon-sur-Saône and in person at Arras in May 1401, when Mary was around 15 years old.^[3] However, she did not arrive in Savoy until she was 17, in September 1403.^[4]

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 the beginning of October 1428^{[lower-alpha 1]} at Chateau of Thonon-les-Bains.^[2] She is buried in the Abbey of Hautecombe.

Issue

Mary and Amadeus had nine children, only four of whom lived to mature adulthood.

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, Amadeus' heir apparent until his premature death.
6. Louis of Savoy (24 February 1413 – 29 January 1465), Duke of Savoy, he married Anne of Cyprus in 1432 and had issue.^[5]
7. Bonne of Savoy (September 1415 – 25 September 1430), betrothed at the age of 11 to Francis I, Duke of Brittany, she died at 15 before the marriage could take place.^[6]
8. Margaret of Savoy (7 August 1420 – 30 September 1479), married firstly Louis III of Anjou, titular king of Naples, and had no issue; secondly Louis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine and had issue; and thirdly Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg and had issue.
9. Philip of Savoy (1422 – 3 March 1444), Count of Genève.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy
8. Philip VI of France 4. John II of France 9. Joan the Lame 2. Philip the Bold 10. John of Bohemia 5. Bonne of Bohemia 11. Elizabeth of Bohemia 1. Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy 12. Louis I, Count of Flanders 6. Louis II, Count of Flanders 13. Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy 3. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders 14. John III, Duke of Brabant 7. Margaret of Brabant 15. Marie of Évreux

Notes

1. Max Bruchet states Mary died in the early days of October 1422.^[5]

References

1. Galland 1998, p. 340.
2. Vaughan 2005, p. 82.
3. Vaughan 2005, p. 53.
4. Bruchet 1907, p. 72.
5. Bruchet 1907, p. 86.
6. Chaubet 1984, p. 93-125.

Sources

• Bruchet, Max (1907). Le château de Ripaille (in French). C. Delagrave (Paris). p. 86.
• Chaubet, Daniel (1984). "Une enquête historique en Savoie au XVe siècle". Journal des Savants. 1 (122): 93–125. doi:10.3406/jds.1984.1477 – via French.
• Galland, Bruno (1998). Les papes d'Avignon et la Maison de Savoie : 1309-1409 (in French). Rome: Publications de l'École Française de Rome. p. 340. ISBN 978-2-7283-0539-1.
• Vaughan, Richard (2005). Philip the Bold: The Formation of the Burgundian State. The Boydell Press.

Preceded by Bonne of Berry as countess	Duchess of Savoy 1403–1422	Succeeded by Anne of Cyprus