Marie de Breuillet
Marie de Breuillet | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1080 near Longpont, Aisne |
| Died | 1119 (aged 38–39) |
| Spouse | Thévin d'Orsay |
| Partner | Louis VI of France |
| Children |
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| Father | Renaud de Breuillet de Dourdan |
Marie de Breuillet de Dourdan[a] (c. 1080 – c. 1119) was a French noblewoman and the royal mistress of Prince Louis of France (later King Louis VI of France) until 1104.
Biography
[edit]Birth and background
[edit]
Marie was born around 1080, perhaps near Longpont, she was the daughter of a knight, Renaud de Breuillet de Dourdan (died before 1115)[1][2] and a woman named Florie.[3] She had three brothers, two of whom, Renaud II de Brueillet and Godefroy de Breuillet became monks of the Longpont Abbey.[3]
At court
[edit]Marie met Louis VI of France[b] during his stay in his castle located in Dourdan, cradle of the Capetians.[3]
She became a mistress of Louis until 1104, when she left for a Parisian convent.[3][4] In 1105, Marie gave birth to a daughter, Isabelle de France (1105–1175); married William of Vermandois, seigneur of Chaumont in 1117.[5]
Marriage and children
[edit]Marie married Thévin d'Orsay, the son of Galeran Payen dit Châtel and Béatrix, they had two sons, Aimon and Nantier d'Orsay.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ (French: [maʁi də bʁøjɛ də duʁdɑ̃])
- ^ Marie was the mistress of Louis before his accession as King of the Franks on 29 July 1108.
References
[edit]- ^ Dufour 1986, p. 46.
- ^ Pontoise (France). Saint-Martin (Benedictine abbey), Depoin & Blottière 1904, p. 371.
- ^ a b c d e "Le prieuré Notre-Dame de Longpont: XXIX. La fille naturelle de Louis VI le Gros" (in French). Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ Adams & Adams 2020, p. 21.
- ^ Fawtier 1960, p. 19.
Bibliography
[edit]- Dufour, Jean (1986). "Un Faux de Louis VI Relatif a Liancourt (Oise)" [A forgery of Louis VI relating to Liancourt (Oise)]. Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes (in French). 144 (1): 39–67. doi:10.3406/bec.1986.450405.
- Pontoise (France). Saint-Martin (Benedictine abbey); Depoin, Joseph; Blottière, Jean Ernest (1904) [1895]. Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Martin de Pontoise [Cartulary of the Abbey of Saint-Martin de Pontoise] (in French). Vol. 4. Société historique du Vexin.
- Naus, James (2014). Bull, Marcus; Kempf, Damen (eds.). Writing the Early Crusades: Text, Transmission and Memory. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. ISBN 9781843839200.
- Adams, Tracy; Adams, Christine (16 March 2020). The Creation of the French Royal Mistress: From Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry. Penn State University Press. ISBN 9780271086446.
- Fawtier, Robert (1960). The Capetian Kings of France: Monarchy & Nation, 987-1328. Macmillan. ISBN 9780333087213.