Pierre deLuxembourg, 18th Great-Grandfather

January 22, 2014 — ancestors, history, Luxembourg, Pierre deLuxembourg

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My 18th great grandfather died of the black death at the age of 43.  This line shows my relation to Margaret Woodville, but I am also a descendant of her sister, Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort. It is complicated.

Peter of Luxembourg (1390-31 August 1433) was a son of John, Lord of Beauvoir and his wife Marguerite of Enghien. His inheritance included the counties of Brienne, Conversano and Saint-Pol.

Family

Peter had succeeded his father John, Lord of Beauvoir and mother Marguerite of Enghien. They had co-reigned as Count and Countess of Brienne from 1394 to her death in 1397.

John was a fourth-generation descendant of Waleran I of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny, second son of Henry V of Luxembourg and Margaret of Bar. This cadet line of the House of Luxembourg reigned in Ligny-en-Barrois. This made Peter a distant cousin to John of Luxembourg, father of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Bonne, Duchess of Normany and Aquitaine.

Peter was a sixth-generation descendant of John II, Duke of Brittany and his wife Beatrice of England, through their daughter, Mary.[1]

Beatrice was a daughter of Henry III of England and his wife Eleanor of Provence.

Henry was son of John of England and his second wife Isabella of Angoulême.

Life

Peter succeeded his aunt Jeanne of Luxembourg, Countess of Saint-Pol and Ligny, as Count of Saint-Pol in 1430. His younger brother John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny, an ally of the English during the Hundred Years War, received Joan of Arc as his prisoner, and subsequently sold her to the English, for 10,000 livres.

On 8 May 1405, Peter married Margaret de Baux, daughter of Francesco del Balzo’s third wife Sueva Orsini, a relation of Clarice Orsini (wife of Lorenzo de’ Medici). Peter and Margaret had nine children , of these are:
L ouis of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, de Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano, Constable of France (1418- 19 December 1475), married firstly, in 1435, Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons (1415 – 14 May 1462), by whom he had issue, and from whom descended King Henry IV of France and Mary, Queen of Scots. He married secondly, Marie of Savoy (20 March 1448- 1475), by whom he had further issue. He was beheaded in Paris in 1475 for treason against King Louis XI.
Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415/1 416- 30 May 1472), married firstly in 1433, John, Duke of Bedford, moursand secondly, in secret, c.1436, Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, by whom she had sixteen children, including Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of King Edward IV of England. Every English monarch after 1509 descended from her.
Thibaud of Luxembourg, Seigneur de Fiennes, Count of Brienne, Bishop of Le Mans, (died 1 September 1477), married Philippa de Melun, by whom he had issue.
Jacques of Luxembourg, Seigneur de Richebourg (died 1487), married Isabelle de Roubaix, by whom he had issue.
Valeran of Luxembourg, died young.
Jean of Luxembourg, died in Africa.
Catherine of Luxembourg (died 1492), married Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (24 August 1393- 26 December 1438).
Isabelle of Luxembourg, Countess of Guise (died 1472), married in 1443, Charles, Count of Maine (1414- 1472), by whom she had a daughter, Louise (1445- 1477), who in her own turn married Jacques d’Armagnac, Duke of Nemours, by whom she had six children.
The 14th and 15th centuries were well known for the Black Death, a deadly form of bubonic plague spread across the known world. Europe was badly hit by the pestilence, as a result of trading with countries with the plague; it grew to epidemic proportions, killing swiftly without discrimination. The plague hit Luxembourg, France, England and Spain causing the deaths of millions of people. Peter was among the dead. He died in 1433, aged 43 years. His wife died 36 years later.
One of Peter’s daughters, Jacquetta was the mother of Elizabeth Woodville, queen of Edward IV of England.

Elizabeth Woodville was mother of Edward V of England,
Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York
Elizabeth of York.
Elizabeth Woodville’s sons are known as the princes of the tower. This comes from when they were locked up by their uncle, Richard III of England and were supposedly murdered.
Elizabeth of York married Henry VII of England, overthrowing Richard II and putting an end to the Wars of the Roses. Elizabeth and Henry were parents to:

Arthur, Prince of Wales,
Margaret, Queen of Scotland,
Mary, Queen of France
and the most famous, Henry VIII of England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_of_Luxembourg,_Count_of_Saint-Pol