Peter I of Luxembourg

Pierre I de Luxembourg ( * 1390, † 1433 in Rambures ) out of the house Luxembourg - Ligny was Count of Brienne and Conversano 1397-1433 and Count of Saint-Pol from 1430.

Duke Philip III. the Good of Burgundy made ​​Peter 1430 founding member of the Order of the Golden Fleece. John of Lancaster, who had married in 1433 his daughter Jacqueline ( Jacquetta ), gave him the command of an army corps, with which he besieged Saint- Valéry. He died in 1433 in Rambures of the plague. He was buried in a magnificent tomb in the abbey Cercamp.

Family

He was the son of Jean de Luxembourg (* 1370 † 1397 ), Seigneur de Beauvoir, and Marguerite d' Enghien, Countess of Brienne and Conversano, thus the grandson of Guy de Luxembourg, Count of Ligny and Mahaut de Châtillon, Countess of Saint- Pol. His brothers were the Chancellor Ludwig ( † 1443 ) and the Count Johann II of Ligny († 1441 ).

1405 he married Marguerite des Baux (* 1394 † 1469 ), daughter of François des Baux (Francesco del Balzo ), Duke of Andria, and Sueva Orsini. Their children were:

  • Jacquetta († 1472 ); ∞ I John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, † 1435; ∞ II Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, Knight of the Garter, † 1469 - Jacquetta and Richard Woodville are the laws of King Edward IV of England and Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford
  • Louis ( * 1418 † 1475 ), Comte de Saint-Pol, de Brienne, de Ligny, de Guise et de Conversano, Constable of France; ∞ I 1435 Jeanne de Bar (* 1415 † 1462 ), Comtesse de Marle et de Soissons; ∞ II 1466 Maria of Savoy (* 1448 ), daughter of Duke Louis ( House of Savoy )
  • Catherine ( † 1492); ∞ 1445 Arthur de Richemont († 1458 ), Constable of France, Duke of Brittany in 1457 (House France Dreux )
  • Philippe, Abbess of Saint- Maixent
  • Isabelle ( † 1472 ); ∞ 1443 Charles IV d' Anjou (* 1414 † 1472 ), Duc du Maine ( Junior House of Anjou )
  • Thibaut († 1477 ), Seigneur de Fiennes et Comte de Brienne, 1465 Bishop of Le Mans; ∞ Philippote de Melun, † 1450, daughter of Jean IV de Melun, Viscount of Ghent - Offspring: the lords of Fiennes and Dukes of Etampes and Penthièvre ( 1560 or 1569-1624 )
  • Jacques ( † 1487 ), Seigneur de Richebourg, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece; ∞ Isabelle de Roubaix, daughter of Pierre.
  • Valeran, † small
  • Jean, † in Africa
John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir Guy I, Count of Ligny Lewis of Luxembourg John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny Jacquetta of Luxembourg Count of Soissons Catherine of Luxembourg-Saint-Pol Arthur III, Duke of Brittany Charles, Count of Maine Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Mans Richebourg (Pas-de-Calais)
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