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Marie de Luxembourg (1304-26 March1324), Queen Consort of France, second wife of King Charles IV of France. She was the daughter of Henry of Luxembourg and Margaret of Brabant. She was married in Paris to Charles IV of France following his divorce from his adulterous first wife, Blanche de Bourgogne, on 21 September 1322. Whilst pregnant again in March 1324, Marie was involved in a carriage accident, and seriously injured. Her child, a boy (Louis), was born prematurely, and died several hours later; Marie died on 26 March 1324, aged only 19, and was buried at Montargis in the Dominican church. March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (86th in leap years). ... Events Publication of Defensor pacis by Marsilius of Padua Mansa Kankan Musa I, ruler of the Mali Empire arrives in Cairo on his hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca. ... Charles IV the Fair (French: Charles IV le Bel) (1294 – February 1, 1328), a member of the Capetian Dynasty, reigned as King of France from 1322 to 1328. ... Henry VII, (In German: Heinrich), ca. ... Margaret of Brabant (4 October 1276–14 December 1311, Genoa), daughter of John I, Duke of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders. ...
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