Maria of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans

Maria of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans German: Von Frankreich
Birthdate:	September 19, 1426
Birthplace:	DE La Marck: Of Kleve-Marck, Rheinland, Prussia
Death:	August 23, 1487 (60) Picardie, Chauny, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France
Place of Burial:	Eglise St Celestin, Paris, France
Immediate Family:	Daughter of Adolf IV, duke of Cleves and Mary of Burgundy Wife of Charles de Valois, I, Duc d'Orléans and Sieur de Rabodanges Mother of Marie d'Orléans; Louis XII, King of France and Anne d'Orleans Sister of Margaret von Kleve, Herzogin zu Bayern Gräfin zu Württemberg; Katharina von Kleve, Duchess of Guelders; Johann I, Duke of Cleves; Elizabeth von Kleve, Princess; Agnes von Kleve and 3 others Half sister of Anne 'von Kleve' de Ravestein
Occupation:	Born a German princess, Duchess Consort of Orléans

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Marie of Cleves (19 September 1426 - 23 August 1487) was born in Prussia to Adolph I of Cleves and Marie of Burgundy.

On 27 November 1440 at the age of fourteen she married Charles of Valois, Duke of Orléans[1] they had three children:

Marie d' Orléans (19 December 1457 – 1493). She married Jean of Foix, Count of Étampes in 1476.

Louis XII of France (1462–1515)

Anne d' Orléans (1464–1491), Abbess of Fontevrault and Poitiers.

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^ Mary-Jo Arn (2000). Charles d'Orleans in England 1415-1440. Boydell & Brewer, p.41.

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1426	September 19, 1426	Birth of Maria of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans DE La Marck: Of Kleve-Marck, Rheinland, Prussia
1457	1457	Birth of Marie d'Orléans Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
1462	June 27, 1462	Birth of Louis XII, King of France Château de Blois, Blois, Touraine, Loir-et-Cher, France
1464	1464	Birth of Anne d'Orleans Poitiers, Poitou, France
1487	August 23, 1487 Age 60	Death of Maria of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans at Pica... Picardie, Chauny, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France
????		Burial of Maria of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans Eglise St Celestin, Paris, France

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