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  1. Marie of Valois, Duchess of Calabria. Tomb of Maria of Valois in Santa Chiara (Naples). Marie of Valois (1309 – 23 October 1331), was the eldest daughter of Charles of Valois by his third wife Mahaut of Châtillon. She was a member of the House of Valois. One of her five children was Queen Joanna I of Naples .

  2. Jan 19, 2017 · Marie of Valois was born in 1309 as the daughter of Charles of Valois by his third wife Mahaut of Châtillon. She was a half-sister of Philip VI of France. At the age of just 14, she married the heir to the Kingdom of Naples, Charles, Duke of Calabria. Her husband was nine years older and had already been married once before.

  3. Duchess of Calabria. Duchess of Calabria was the traditional title of the wife of the heir apparent of the Kingdom of Naples after the accession of Robert of Naples. It was also adopted by the heads of certain Houses that had once claimed the Kingdom of Naples in lieu of the royal title. There are at present two claimants to the title of ...

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    Maria was the fifth and posthumous child of Charles, Duke of Calabria (eldest son of King Robert the Wise of Naples) and Marie of Valois (half-sister of King Philip VI of France). She was born approximately six months following her father's death, on 9 November 1328. At the time of her birth, from her older three sisters and one brother, only her s...

    However, shortly after the death of her grandfather King Robert, Maria was abducted by Agnes of Périgord, widow of John, Duke of Durazzo who arranged the marriage of Maria to her son, Charles, Duke of Durazzo. The marriage took place on 21 April 1343, the bride being almost fourteen years old and the groom twenty.[citation needed]They had five chil...

    With Charles dead, Maria fled Naples for Avignon. She sought refuge at the court of Pope Clement VI. In 1348, the Black Death reached the Italian Peninsula, forcing the King of Hungary and the majority of his army to retreat back to their homeland in hope of escaping the spreading epidemic. Maria returned to Naples and settled at the Castel dell'Ov...

    Shortly after her second husband's death, Maria was again imprisoned, this time by her brother-in-law himself, Louis of Taranto, and was released only after her marriage in April 1355 to Philip II of Taranto, the younger brother of Louis. Maria and Philip had three sons who died young: Philip (1356), Charles (1358), and Philip (1360). They also had...

  5. Marie of Valois, Duchess of Calabria explained. Marie of Valois (1309 – 23 October 1331), was the eldest daughter of Charles of Valois by his third wife Mahaut of Châtillon. She was a member of the House of Valois. One of her five children was Queen Joanna I of Naples. Life. Marie married Charles, Duke of Calabria, in 1323 when she was only ...

  6. Jan 19, 2017 · Marie of ValoisDuchess of Calabria and mother of the Queen Thursday, 19 January 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0 Marie of Valois was born in 1309 as the daughter of Charles of Valois by his third wife Mahaut of Châtillon.

  7. Apr 24, 2021 · Biography. Marie of Valois, Duchess of Calabria, was born about 1309 to Charles of Valois and his wife Mahaut of Châtillon. [1] Marie was the second wife of Charles of Sicily, marriage contract on 4 October 1323 (Paris), confirmed 22 January 1324 [2] She died 23 OCT 1331 during a pilgrimage to Bari, Italy. [3] Research Notes.

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