Maria de Luxembourg Ligny

Abt 1465 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Maria de Luxembourg Ligny  [1]
  Relationship	with Joanna Willems
  Birth	Abt 1465
  Gender	Female
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I96048	savenije
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	Pierre van Luxemburg Ligny           b. Abt 1435             d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Margarethe de Savoye           b. Abt 1439             d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1465
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 30 years - She : ~ 26 years.
  Family ID	F39861	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Stepfather	Giovanni Giacobbe di Monferrato           b. 1395             d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Margarethe de Savoye           b. Abt 1439             d. Yes, date unknown
  Half siblings	1 half sister
  > 1. Margherita di Monferrato           b. Abt 1460             d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Victor Podiebrad,  m. 04 Feb 1480
  Family ID	F38563	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Stepfather	Giovanni Giacobbe di Monferrato           b. 1395             d. Yes, date unknown
  Other Spouse	Johanna de Savoye           b. Abt 1392             d. Yes, date unknown
  Step siblings	2 stepbrothers
  > 1. Guglielmo di Monferrato           b. Abt 1425             d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Maria van Foix Grailly   2. Giovanni di Monferrato           b. Abt 1425             d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F38562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jacques de Savoye           b. 12 Nov 1450             d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1485
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 20 years - He : ~ 34 years and 1 month.
  Children	> 1. I96044 Louise Francisca de Savoye           b. Abt 1485             d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F39268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family 2	François de Bourbon Vendome           b. Abt 1470             d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	08 Sep 1487
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 22 years and 9 months - He : ~ 17 years and 9 months.
  Family ID	F39258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Voetnoot Footnote. Marie de Luxembourg (died April 1, 1547) was a French noblewoman, the elder daughter and principal heiress of Pierre II de Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol, Brienne, de Ligny, Marle and Soissons, by Margaret, a daughter of Louis, Duke of Savoy. She belonged to the French, cadet branch of a dynasty whose senior line had reigned as Dukes of Luxembourg and provided several Holy Roman Emperors before becoming extinct in 1437. Her paternal grandparents were Louis of Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol, of Brienne, and Conversano, Constable of France, and Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons. Her maternal grandparents were Louis, Duke of Savoy and Anne de Lusignan of Cyprus. She was first married as a child to her maternal uncle, Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont. A commander in the army of Charles the Bold, he was deprived of his appanage, the Vaud, by Berne and Fribourg shortly before her prospects as heiress were greatly diminished following the execution for treason of her grandfather, the French constable Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol in 1475, which entailed the sequestration of his property. Her status and inheritance in France were restored upon her re-marriage to Franà§ois, Count of Vendà´me in 1487. Although she had a younger sister, Franà§oise d'Enghien, who wed Philip of Cleves-Ravenstein, and her father left several younger brothers, she brought the Bourbons vast estates, including the counties of Saint-Pol and Soissons in Picardy. At Franà§ois's death in 1495, she became guardian of their minor son Charles de Bourbon, and managed the lands he inherited from his father as well as her own. She enlarged the Collégiale Saint Georges, rebuilt the Church of Saint Martin, and donated the Porte Saint Georges-aux-Bourgeois-de-Vendà´me to become the mairie. Her daughter by her first marriage, Princess Franà§oise of Savoy (d. 1511), died childless of her marriage to Count Henry III of Nassau-Breda. By her second husband, Marie had six children, including: * Charles (1490-1527), Duke of Vendà´me * Franà§ois (1491-1545), Count of Saint Pol and of Chaumont, Duke of Estouteville * Louis (1493-1557), Cardinal de Bourbon, Archbishop of Sens * Antoinette (1493-1583), married Claude, Duke of Guise * Louise (1495-1575), Abbess of Fontevrault She lived to see her sons and son-in-law, and her Bourbon and Guise grandchildren become mortal enemies, leading the Huguenot and Catholic factions, respectively, vying for power in France as the Valois dynasty approached extinction. She was still living when her great-granddaughter was crowned Mary, Queen of Scots in 1542. She died in the chà¢teau de Fère-en-Tardenois in Picardy at the age of 75, but was buried with her second husband in Vendà´me.