Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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French noble
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About Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans
- Marie of Cleves (19 September 1426 – 23 August 1487) was the third wife of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and the mother of his only son, King Louis XII of France.
- She was born a German princess, the last child of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and his second wife, Marie of Burgundy. Marie was a patron of letters and commissioned many works; she was also an active poet herself, producing ballads and other verses.
- After the Duke's death she was secretly remarried in 1480 to one of her gentlemen of the chamber, the Artesian "Sieur de Rabodanges", who was some years her junior.
- She died in Chaunay.
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