marie of cleves Archives - History of Royal Women

Château de Blois – A favourite royal residence

Saturday, 28 October 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The royal château de Blois was built from the 13th century to the 17th century around a courtyard and consists of several buildings in different styles. It was purchased in 1391 by Louis I, Duke of Orléans, the brother of King Charles VI and after his assassination, his widow Valentina Visconti retired to the château. [read more]

Marie of Cleves’ second secret marriage

Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Marie of Cleves was born on 19 September 1426 to Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and Marie of Burgundy. Not much is known of her early youth, but she married Charles of Valois, Duke of Orléans at the age of 14 while he was 49. Despite this massive and awkward age difference they had three [read more]