Peter I, Count of Saint-Pol

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

Peter of Luxembourg
Count of Brienne, Conversano and Saint-Pol
Born1390
Naples, Kingdom of Naples[1][2]
Died31 August 1433 (aged 42–43)
Rambures, Picardy, France
BuriedCercamp abbey
Noble familyHouse of Luxembourg
SpouseMargaret de Baux
FatherJohn of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir
MotherMarguerite of Enghien

Family

Peter had succeeded his father, John of Luxembourg, 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.

Life

Peter succeeded his aunt Jeanne of Luxembourg, Countess of Saint-Pol and Ligny, as Count of Saint-Pol in 1430.

On 8 May 1405, Peter married Margaret de Baux (a descendant of the Baron of Lisarea Gilbert d'Escors[3][4][5]), daughter of Francesco del Balzo's third wife Sueva Orsini, a relation of Clarice Orsini (wife of Lorenzo de' Medici). Peter and Margaret had:

Death

The Black Death had hit Luxembourg, France, England and Spain in the 1340s when it caused the deaths of millions of people; and it continued to re-appear at intervals over the succeeding centuries. Peter was among its victims. He died at Rambures on 31 August 1433, aged 43 years, and was buried in the abbey at Cercamp, near Frévent.[6] His wife died 36 years later.

References

  1. Richardson, D. (2011). Kimball G. Everingham (ed.). Plantagenet Ancestry. 3 (2nd ed.). p. 538.
  2. Richardson, D. (2013). Kimball G. Everingham (ed.). Royal Ancestry. 5. p. 422–423.
  3. L'Achaïe féodale: étude sur le moyen âge en Grèce (1205-1456). Diane de Guldencrone, Diane Gabrielle Victoire Marie Clémence Gobineau Guldencrone. Published in 1886 by E. Leroux. Book Collection from the University of Michigan. Free download: https://archive.org/details/lachaefodaletud00guldgoog/
  4. Libro de los fechos et conquistas del principado de la Morea. 1885. Juan Fernández de Heredia, Alfred Morel -Fatio. Imprimerie Jules -Guillaume Fick.
  5. The Chronicle of Morea. A History in political verse, relating the establishment of feudalism in Greece by the Franks in the thirteenth century. 1904. John Schmitt, PhD. Methuen & CO. 36 Essex Street, W.C. London.
  6. Anselme de Sainte-Marie, Honoré Caille du Fourny, Ange de Sainte-Rosalie, Simplicien (1728), Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, 3rd ed. Vol. 3, p. 726 (in French)
French nobility
Preceded by
Joan
Count of Saint Pol
1430–1433
Succeeded by
Louis
Preceded by
Margaret
Count of Brienne
aft. 1394–1433
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