Marriage and Issue
In November 1384, she married Henry of Bar, Marquis de Pont-à-Mousson (1362 – October 1397 Treviso, Italy), son of Robert I, Duke of Bar and Marie of Valois, sister of King Charles V of France. The marriage produced two sons:
- Enguerrand (1387 – c. 1400)
- Robert of Bar (1390 – 25 October 1415 at the Battle of Agincourt).
Through her son Robert who married Jeanne de Béthune, and had one daughter, Jeanne de Bar (1415 – 14 May 1462), Marie was the direct ancestress of Mary, Queen of Scots, King Henry IV of France, and the Bourbon kings of France.
Read more about this topic: Marie I De Coucy, Countess Of Soissons
Famous quotes containing the words marriage and/or issue:
“Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart.
But the saying is true: “The empty vessel makes the greatest
sound.””
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)