Marie de Luxembourg
| Marie of Luxembourg | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) |
Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont François, Count of Vendôme |
| Noble family | Luxembourg |
| Father | Pierre II de Luxembourg |
| Mother | Marguerite of Savoy |
| Born | c. 1472 |
| Died | 1 April 1547 La Fère |
Marie of Luxembourg (died 1 April 1547) was a French princess, the elder daughter and principal heiress of Pierre II de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, by Margaret, a daughter of Louis, Duke of Savoy. She belonged to the French, cadet branch of a dynasty which had reigned as Dukes of Luxembourg and whose senior line provided several Holy Roman Emperors before becoming extinct in 1437.
Her paternal grandparents were Louis of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, and Conversano, Constable of France, and Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons. Her maternal grandparents were Louis, Duke of Savoy, and Anne de Lusignan of Cyprus.
She was first married as a child to her maternal uncle, Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont. A commander in the army of Charles the Bold, he was deprived of his appanage, the Vaud, by Swiss armies sent by Berne and Fribourg shortly before Marie's prospects as heiress were greatly diminished following the execution for treason of her grandfather, the French constable Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol in 1475, which entailed the sequestration of his property.
Her status and part of her inheritance in France were restored upon her remarriage to François, Count of Vendôme, a prince du sang, in 1487. Although she had a younger sister, Françoise d'Enghien, who wed Philip of Cleves-Ravenstein, and her father left several younger brothers, she brought vast estates and revenues to the Bourbons, including the counties of Saint-Pol and Soissons in Picardy, Ligny, Marles, and others.
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