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Maria of Cleves

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Maria of Cleves (19 September 1426 ? 23 August 1487) was the third wife of Charles, Duke of Orl?ans, 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.At age fourteen, Maria married Charles of Valois, Duke of Orl?ans, a man 35 years her senior, on 27 November 1440 in Saint-Omer. They had three children: Marie of Orl?ans (19 December 1457 ? 1493) who married John of Foix, Count of ?tampes in 1476; Louis XII of France (1462?1515); and Anne of Orl?ans (1464?1491) who became the Abbess of Fontevrault and Poitiers.Maria 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.

Birth date 1426-09-19

Birth year 1426

Death date 1487-08-23

Death year 1487

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