The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 01 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countriesMonstrelet, Enguerrand de
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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 01 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries
Monstrelet, Enguerrand de
Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Sources; France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
Mary of France, daughter of king John, married Robert duke of Bar, by
whom she had issue Edward duke of Bar and Louis cardinal, hereafter
mentioned, besides other children.
Footnote 68:
Rather aunt. John III. duke of Brabant, dying in the year 1335,
without male issue, left his dominions to his eldest daughter Joan,
who married Wenceslaus duke of Luxembourg, and survived her husband
many years, dying, at a very advanced age, in the year 1406. She is
the princess here mentioned. Margaret, youngest daughter of John III.
married Louis de Male, earl of Flanders; and her only daughter
Margaret (consequently niece of Joan duchess of Brabant) brought the
inheritance of Flanders to Philip duke of Burgundy.
Footnote 69:
The heiress of Flanders, mentioned in the preceding page.
Footnote 70:
Catherine, married to Leopold the proud, duke of Austria.
Footnote 71:
Margaret, married to William of Bavaria, (VI. of the name), count of
Holland and Hainault.
Footnote 72:
Mary, married to Amadeus VIII. first _duke_ of Savoy, afterwards pope
by the name of Felix V.
Footnote 73:
Limbourg, on the death of its last duke, Henry, about 1300, was
purchased, by John duke of Brabant, of Adolph count of Mons. Reginald
duke of Gueldres claimed the succession; and his pretensions gave rise
to the bloody war detailed by Froissart, which ended with the battle
of Wareng.
Footnote 74:
John, son of Louis the good, duke of Bourbon, so celebrated in the
Chronicle of Froissart. The family was descended from Robert count of
Clermont, son of St Louis who married the heiress of the ancient lords
of the Bourbonnois. Louis, son of Robert, had two sons, Peter, the
eldest (father of duke Louis the good) through whom descended the
first line of Bourbon and that of Montpensier, both of which became
extinct in the persons of Susannah, duchess of Bourbon, and Charles
count of Montpensier her husband, the famous constable of France
killed at the siege of Rome. James, the younger son of Louis I. was
founder of the second line of Bourbon. John, count of la Marche, his
son, became count of Vendôme in right of his wife, the heiress of that
county. Anthony, fifth in lineal descent, became king of Navarre, in
right also of his wife, and is well known as father of king Henry IV.
Footnote 75:
Matthew count of Foix, the unsuccessful competitor for the crown of
Arragon, was succeeded by his sister Isabel, the wife of Archambaud de
Greilly, son of the famous captal de Buche, who became count of Foix
in her right. His son John, here called viscount de Châteaubon, was
his successor.
Footnote 76:
Charles d’Albret, count of Dreux and viscount of Tartas, constable,
lineal ancestor of John king of Navarre.
Footnote 77:
Carlefin. Q. Carlat?
Footnote 78:
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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 01 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries — John Shaqi
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