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.
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