may 1, 1348 - Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans
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Marie of Cleves was the third wife of Charles, Duke of Orléans. She was born a German princess, the last child of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and his second wife, Mary 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.
Born: 19 September 1426
Died: 23 August 1487 (aged 60), Chaunay
Burial: Couvent des Célestins, Paris
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may 1, 1348
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~ 678 years ago