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In the year 1474, aged 17, Mary of Burgundy, the only child of Charles the Bold of Burgundy, married Charles de Valois, Duke de Berry. The union, to the dismay of the King of France, the resulted immediately with children. In 1475 the Princess Margaret of Burgundy was born, shortly followed by Charles of Burgundy in 1477, Philip of Burgundy in 1478 and Isabelle of Burgundy 1480. Unfortunately, in 1481, Mary was left a widow after her husband finally succumbed to his untreated venereal disease, which Mary did suffer from but would not die from for many years. Her eldest son did not take the title of Duke of Berry, instead Mary pushed and succeeded in having it be given to her second son, ensuring his future. She briefly considered an Austrian rematch, but instead chose in 1485 to marry the Duke of Lorraine and Bar, with whom she would have 4 more children: Francis, Duke of Lorraine (b.1487), Nicholas, Duke of Guise (b.1492), Anne of Lorraine (b.1493) and finally John, Duke of Bar (b.1500). Mary pushed for all of her sons to receive titles and spoke of the need for a stronger spread and majority for her children. In 1510, aged 53, she died of her long festering venereal disease, which had killed her husband in 1506.

Mary I of Burgundy (b.1457: d.1510) m. Charles de Valois, Duke de Berry (b.1446: d.1481) (a), René II, Duke of Lorraine (b.1451:d.1506) (b)

1a) Margaret of Burgundy (b.1475: d.1543) m. Juan, Prince of Asturias (b.1475: d.1497) (a), Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (b.1480: d.1504) (b)

1a) Philibert III, Duke of Savoy (b.1501)​

2a) Charles II, Duke of Burgundy (b.1477: d.1540) m. Louise de Bourbon (b.1482: d.1561) (a)

1a) Christine of Burgundy (b.1506)

2a) Philip IV, Duke of Burgundy (b.1509)

3a) Andre, Duke of Montpensier (b.1512)​

3a) Philip, Duke of Berry (b.1478: d.1516) m. Sabina of Bavaria (b.1492: d.1564) (a)

1a) Miscarriage (c.1510)

2a) Stillborn Boy (c.1512)

3a) Marguerite de Berry (b.1515: d.1518)​

4a) Isabelle of Burgundy (b.1480) m. Charles II, Duke of Guelders (b.1467: d.1538) (a)

1a) Mary of Guelders (b.1502)

2a) Catherine of Guelders (b.1503: d.1506)

3a) Charles of Guelders (b.1507: d.1509)​

5b) Francis, Duke of Lorraine (b.1487: d.1522) m. Anne of Navarre (b.1492: d.1536) (a)

1a) Marguerite of Lorraine (b.1511)

2a) Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b.1512)

3a) John, Archbishop of Lorraine (b.1514)

4a) Isabelle of Lorraine (b.1515)

5a) Francis of Lorraine (b.1517: d.1518)

6a) Christine of Lorraine (b.1518)

7a) Louis of Lorraine (b.1520: d.1522)​

6b) Nicholas, Duke of Guise (b.1492: d.1530) m. Philiberta of Savoy (b.1498: d.1524) (a)

1a) Nicholas II, Duke of Guise (b.1518)​

7b) Anne of Lorraine (b.1493: d.1507) m. Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b.1492: d.1519) (a)

1a) Francesco de Medici (b.1507)​

8b) John, Duke of Bar (b.1500: d.1556) m. Anne de La Tour d'Auvergne (b.1496: d.1524) (a), Livia Gonzaga (b.1508: d.1569) (b)

1a) Francis, Duke of Bar (b.1521)

2a) Marguerite of Bar (b.1523)

3b) Marie Christine of Bar (b.1526)

4a) Madeline of Bar (b.1528)

5a) Cecile of Bar (b.1532)

6a) Suzanne of Bar (b.1537)​
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