Mary of Burgundy | |
Duchess consort of Savoy | |
Spouse: | Amadeus VIII of Savoy |
Issue: | Margaret of Savoy Anthony of Savoy Anthony of Savoy Margaret, Countess Palatine of the Rhine Marie, Duchess of Milan Amadeus of Savoy, Prince of Piemonte Louis of Savoy Bonne of Savoy Philip of Savoy, Count of Genève |
Father: | Philip the Bold |
Mother: | Margaret III, Countess of Flanders |
Birth Date: | 1386 |
Birth Place: | Dijon, Burgundy |
Death Place: | Chateau of Thonon les Bains |
House: | House of Valois-Burgundy House of Savoy |
Mary of Burgundy (French: Marie de Bourgogne; 1386–1428) was a Duchess of Savoy by her marriage to Amadeus VIII of Savoy, who was later known as Antipope Felix V.
Mary was born in 1386, most likely in September, in Dijon, France. She was the eighth of the nine children of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and his wife Margaret III, Countess of Flanders.
From her birth, Mary's father intended her to marry Amadeus VIII of Savoy, son of Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy and Bonne of Berry. Their marriage was contracted in the year of her birth, on 11 November 1386 in Sluis, Zeeland; they married by proxy 30 October 1393 in Chalon-sur-Saône and in person at Arras in May 1401, when Mary was around 15 years old. However, she did not arrive in Savoy until she was 17, in September 1403.
In 1416, Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor elevated Amadeus from Count to Duke of Savoy. Mary duly became Duchess. From then onwards Dukes ruled over Savoy.
The couple were married for thirty-six years before Mary died in the beginning of October 1428 at Chateau of Thonon-les-Bains. She is buried in the Abbey of Hautecombe.
Mary and Amadeus had nine children, only four of whom lived to mature adulthood.