Marie d'Évreux was the eldest child of Louis d'Évreux

Louis d'Évreux

Louis of France, Count of Évreux was the third son of King Philip III the Bold and his second wife Maria of Brabant, and half-brother of King Philip IV the Fair....

 and his wife Margaret of Artois

Margaret of Artois

Margaret of Artois was the eldest child of Philip of Artois and his wife, Blanche of Brittany. She was a member of the House of Artois. She was married to Louis d'Évreux, her daughters all made good political marriages...

. She was a member of the House of Capet

House of Capet

The House of Capet, or The Direct Capetian Dynasty, , also called The House of France , or simply the Capets, which ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328, was the most senior line of the Capetian dynasty – itself a derivative dynasty from the Robertians. As rulers of France, the dynasty...

 and was Duchess of Brabant

Duchess of Brabant

The Duchess of Brabant is the woman married to the heir to the Belgian throne, the Duke of Brabant. But this was only as of 1840 when it was revived as an honorific title for the Crown Prince of the newly created Kingdom of Belgium...

 by her marriage to John III, Duke of Brabant

John III, Duke of Brabant

Jan III van Brabant , also called John III, the Triumphant , was Duke of Brabant, Lothier, and Limburg...

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Marie was the eldest of five children born to her parents. Marie's younger siblings included: Charles d'Évreux

Charles d'Évreux

Charles d'Évreux was the son of Louis d'Évreux and Marguerite d'Artois.From his father, he inherited the lordship of Étampes, which was made a county in 1327....

; Lord of Etamples, Philip III of Navarre

Philip III of Navarre

Philip III , called the Noble or the Wise, Count of Évreux and King of Navarre , was the second son of Louis of Évreux and Margaret of Artois and therefore a grandson of King Philip III of France...

; husband of Joan II of Navarre

Joan II of Navarre

Joan II was Queen of Navarre from 1328 until her death. She was the only daughter of Margaret of Burgundy, first wife of King Louis X of France...

, and Jeanne d'Évreux

Jeanne d'Evreux

Jeanne d'Évreux was the third wife of King Charles IV of France, daughter of his uncle Louis d'Évreux and Margaret of Artois. She bore no male heir, thus "causing" the end of the direct line of the Capetian dynasty. Because she was his first cousin, the couple required papal permission to marry...

; Queen of France by her marriage to Charles IV of France

Charles IV of France

Charles IV, known as the Fair , was the King of France and of Navarre and Count of Champagne from 1322 to his death: he was the last French king of the senior Capetian lineage....

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Marriage

In 1311, Marie married John III, Duke of Brabant

John III, Duke of Brabant

Jan III van Brabant , also called John III, the Triumphant , was Duke of Brabant, Lothier, and Limburg...

 as his father's gesture of rapprochement with France

France

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They had six children:

• Joanna, Duchess of Brabant
  Joanna, Duchess of Brabant
  Joanna, Duchess of Brabant , also known as Jeanne, was the heiress of Duke John III, who died in Brussels, December 5, 1355. Her mother was Marie d'Évreux.- Family :...
  
   (1322–1406)
• Margaret of Brabant (February 9, 1323 – 1368), married at Saint-Quentin
  Saint-Quentin, Aisne
  Saint-Quentin is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France. It has been identified as the Augusta Veromanduorum of antiquity. It is named after Saint Quentin, who is said to have been martyred here in the 3rd century....
  
   on June 6, 1347 Louis II of Flanders
  Louis II of Flanders
  Louis II of Flanders , also Louis III of Artois and Louis I of Palatine Burgundy, known as Louis of Male, was the son of Louis I of Flanders and Margaret I of Burgundy, and Count of Flanders.On his father's death at the Battle of Crécy in 1346, he inherited the counties of Flanders, Nevers, and...
  
  
• Marie of Brabant (1325 – March 1, 1399), Lady of Turnhout, married at Tervuren
  Tervuren
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   on July 1, 1347 Reginald III of Guelders
  Reginald III of Guelders
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• John (1327–1335/36)
• Henri (d. October 29, 1349)
• Godfrey (d. aft. February 3, 1352)

Marie's daughter, Joanna was the first women to be Duchess of Brabant

Duke of Brabant

The Duchy of Brabant was formally erected in 1183/1184. The title "Duke of Brabant" was created by the German Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in favor of Henry I, son of Godfrey III of Leuven . The Duchy of Brabant was a feudal elevation of the since 1085/1086 existing title of Landgrave of Brabant...

 in her own right. Another daughter, Margaret was great grandmother of John of Bohemia and therefore great great grandmother of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....

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Marie died October 31, 1335, aged thirty one or thirty two.

Ancestors

Marie's ancestors in three generations

Marie d'Évreux	Father: Louis d'Évreux Louis d'Évreux Louis of France, Count of Évreux was the third son of King Philip III the Bold and his second wife Maria of Brabant, and half-brother of King Philip IV the Fair....	Paternal Grandfather: Philip III of France Philip III of France Philip III , called the Bold , was the King of France, succeeding his father, Louis IX, and reigning from 1270 to 1285. He was a member of the House of Capet.-Biography:...	Paternal Great-Grandfather: Louis IX of France Louis IX of France Louis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death. He was also styled Louis II, Count of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was an eighth-generation descendant of Hugh Capet, and thus a member of the House of Capet, and the son of Louis VIII and...
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Marguerite of Provence Marguerite of Provence Margaret of Provence was Queen of France as the consort of King Louis IX of France.She was the eldest daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence and Beatrice of Savoy.-Family:...
		Paternal Grandmother: Maria of Brabant	Paternal Great-Grandfather: Henry III, Duke of Brabant Henry III, Duke of Brabant Henry III of Brabant was Duke of Brabant between 1248 and his death. He was the son of Henry II of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen....
			Paternal Great-Grandmother: Alice of Burgundy Adelaide of Burgundy (1233–1273) Adelaide of Burgundy was a daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, by his first wife Yolande of Dreux. She was a member of the House of Burgundy.- Family :...
	Mother: Margaret of Artois Margaret of Artois Margaret of Artois was the eldest child of Philip of Artois and his wife, Blanche of Brittany. She was a member of the House of Artois. She was married to Louis d'Évreux, her daughters all made good political marriages...	Maternal Grandfather: Philip of Artois Philip of Artois Philip of Artois was the son of Robert II of Artois, Count of Artois and Amicie de Courtenay. He was the Lord of Conches, Nonancourt, and Domfront....	Maternal Great-Grandfather: Robert II of Artois Robert II of Artois Robert II was the Count of Artois, the posthumous son and heir of Robert I and Matilda of Brabant.An experienced soldier, he took part in the Aragonese Crusade and attempted an invasion of Sicily in 1287. He defeated the Flemings in 1297 at the Battle of Furnes...
			Maternal Great-Grandmother: Amicie de Courtenay
		Maternal Grandmother: Blanche of Brittany Blanche of Brittany Blanche of Brittany was a daughter of John II, Duke of Brittany and his wife Beatrice of England. She is also known as Blanche de Dreux...	Maternal Great-grandfather: John II, Duke of Brittany John II, Duke of Brittany John II was Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond, from 1286 to his death. He was son of Duke John I and Blanche of Navarre...
			Maternal Great-Grandmother: Beatrice of England Beatrice of England Beatrice of England , also known as Beatrice de Dreux, was a Princess of England as the daughter of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence...