Reign 1424 – 7 August 1437 Name Marie Countess Died 7 August 1437 | Successor Bertrand V de La Tour Predecessor Joan II of Auvergne | |
Spouse Bertrand IV de La Tour, Seigneur de La Tour Issue Bertrand V de La Tour, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne
Jeanne de La Tour
Isabelle de La Tour
Louise de La Tour | ||
Marie I of Auvergne (September 1376 – 7 August 1437) was suo jure Countess of Auvergne and Countess of Boulogne (as Marie II) from 1424 to her death in 1437, having inherited the titles from her cousin Joan II, Countess of Auvergne. She was also styled Dame of Montgascon.
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She was the wife of Bertrand IV de La Tour, and the mother of Bertrand V de La Tour who succeeded her as Count of Auvergne and Boulogne.
Family
Marie was born in France in September 1376, the only child of Godfroy of Auvergne, Seigneur de Montgascon, Seigneur de Roche-Savine, and his second wife Jeanne de Ventadour. Her mother died shortly after Marie's birth on 19 September 1376. Her father married thirdly Blanche de Bouteiller de Senlis, which produced two half-siblings, Antoine and Marguerite. Her father died in 1385, when Marie was nine years of age.
Marie's paternal grandparents were Robert VII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne, and Marie of Flanders, and her maternal grandparents were Bernard I de Ventadour, Count of Ventadour and Marguerite de Beaumont-au-Maine.
She succeeded her cousin Joan II as Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne upon the latter's death in 1424, as Joan's marriages to John, Duke of Berry, and Georges de la Trémoille had been childless.
Marriage and issue
Sometime after 11 January 1389, Marie married Bertrand IV, Seigneur de La Tour, the son of Guy de La Tour and Marthe Rogier de Beaufort. Together Bertrand and Marie had four children:
Her husband Bertrand died in 1423, sometime after 23 September. She inherited her titles the following year. She would reign as sovereign countess until her own death, which occurred on 7 August 1437. Her only son, Bertrand succeeded her as Count of Auvergne and Boulogne.