Mariette d'Enghien
Mariette d'Enghien | |
|---|---|
 Duke of Orléans showing his Lover (Mariette d'Enghien) by Eugène Delacroix | |
| Born | Yolande d'Enghien |
| Died | Claix, Isère, France |
| Nationality | French |
Mariette d'Enghien, née Yolande d'Enghien (fl. 1402), was a French noble, mistress of the French prince Louis d'Orleans, brother of King Charles VI.
Life
Mariette (born Yolande) d'Enghien was the daughter of Jacques d'Enghien, Castellan of Mons by either his first wife, Marie de Roucy de Pierrepont. She was known as the Lady of Wiège and Fagnoles, lands she violently seized from her uncle and grandfather. In 1389, she was married to Aubert Le Flamenc, Lord of Cany and Chamberlain to the king, Charles VI of France.
Mariette d'Enghien became the mistress of Louis I, Duke of Orléans, brother of King Charles VI.[1] Their son, Jean de Dunois, was born in 1402[2] and became the comrade in arms of Joan of Arc.
She died at Claix, Isère.
Mariette d'Enghien in fiction
She is a character in the novel In a Dark Wood Wandering by Hella S. Haasse.
Notes
- ^ Emery 2016, p. 246 fn3.
- ^ Sowerby & Hennings 2017, p. 86.
References
- Emery, Anthony (2016). Seats of Power in Europe during the Hundred Years War. Oxbow Books.
- Sowerby, Tracey A.; Hennings, Jan, eds. (2017). Practices of Diplomacy in the Early Modern World C.1410-1800. Routledge.
Further reading
- Étienne Pattou, "Généalogie des seigneurs d'Enghien" (PDF). (Genealogy of the Lords of Enghien)
- Biography from Oriflamme - French Medieval history page
- Brief Biography
