Books of Duchesses

Book Owner: Marie of Cleves, duchess of Orleans

b. 1426- d. 1487

Title: Duchess of Orleans

Motto: Rien ne m'est plus

Symbol: Tears, pansies

Arms

BnF fr. 25528, f. 1

Signatures

BnF fr. 966, f. 107v

Family Tree

Grandparents/Up Two Generations

Margaret of Bavaria, duchess of Burgundy, Grandmother

Parents/Up one generation

Adolph I of Cleves, Father

Marie of Burgundy, duchess of Cleves, Mother

Valentina Visconti, duchess of Orleans, Mother-in-law

Margaret of Burgundy, duchess of Guyenne, Aunt

Philip the Good, Uncle

Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, Aunt

Anne of Burgundy, duchess of Bedford, Aunt

Agnes of Burgundy, duchess of Bourbon, Aunt

Same generation

Charles d'Orleans, Spouse

Margaret of Orleans, countess of Vertus, Sister-in-law

Margaret of Rohan, countess of Angouleme, Sister-in-law

Catherine of Cleves, duchess of Guelders, Sister

Children/Down one generation

Louis XII of France, Son

Marie of Cleves's Locations

Tournai (24 December 1440)

Le Quesnoy (31 December 1440-2 January 1441)

Saint-Omer (26 November 1440)

Paris (14 January 1441-19 January 1441)

Marie of Cleves's Library

Book Count: 44

BL Egerton MS 859 and Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Kupferstichkabinett, inv. 8517: Prayers to the Saints (in German). Possible ownership 14??-1487? by Patron Portrait. Possible ownership 14??-1487? by Other.

BnF fr. 1038: Religious compendium. Confirmed ownership 1465?-1487 by Inventory.

BnF fr. 1039: Somme le Roi; Vie de saint Denis. Confirmed ownership 1465?-1487 by Inventory. Confirmed ownership 1465?-1487 by Other.

BnF fr. 1430: Lancelot du lac. Confirmed ownership 1465?-1487 by Inventory.

BnF fr. 1439: Cleriadus et Meliadice. Confirmed ownership 1435?-1487 by Inventory. Confirmed ownership 1435?-1487 by Archival Mention.

BnF fr. 157: Bible historiale complétée (vol. 2). Possible ownership 1465-1487 by Inventory.

BnF fr. 1792: Visions d'Elisabeth de Schoenau (aka Livre des voies de Dieu). Confirmed ownership 1465?-1487 by Inventory. Confirmed ownership 1465?-1487 by Inscription.

BnF fr. 20026: Compendium of love/debate poems. Confirmed ownership 1465?-1487 by Inventory. Confirmed ownership 1465?-1487 by Inscription.

BnF fr. 25528: Roman de Troyle. Confirmed ownership 1455/1456-1487 by Inventory. Confirmed ownership 1455/1456-1487 by Coat of Arms.

BnF fr. 312: Miroir historial (vol. 1). Confirmed ownership 1465-1487 by Inventory.

BnF fr. 313: Mirour historial (vol. 2). Confirmed ownership 1465-1487 by Inventory.

BnF fr. 314: Miroir historial (vol. 4). Confirmed ownership 1465-1487 by Inventory.

BnF fr. 610: Mirouer des dames. Confirmed ownership c. 1440-pre-1487 by Inventory. Confirmed ownership c. 1440-pre-1487 by Instance of borrowing.

BnF fr. 966: La Passion Isabeau; Lamentations. Confirmed ownership c. 1440-1487 by Inscription. Confirmed ownership c. 1440-1487 by Coat of Arms.

Carpentras, BM 375: 685 Poems by Charles d'Orleans, Marie of Cleves, and others. Confirmed ownership c. 1455-1487 by Other.

NE 173: Ung livre. Possible ownership c. November 1440-1487? by Inventory.

NE 245: Ovide le Grant (Métamorphoses?). Confirmed ownership 1465-1487 by Inventory.

NE 431: Légende dorée. Confirmed ownership 1465?-1487 by Inventory.

NE 432: Le Trésor. Confirmed ownership 1465?-1487 by Inventory.

NE 433: Euvangilles. Confirmed ownership 14??-1487 by Inventory.

NE 435: Commandemens vices et vertus. Confirmed ownership 1465?-1487 by Inventory.

NE 436: Chappellet de virginité. Confirmed ownership 14??-1487 by Inventory.

NE 437: Tristan (2 vols). Confirmed ownership 1455-1487 by Inventory.

NE 439: Espitres de Moson (Mofon?). Confirmed ownership 14??-1487 by Inventory.

NE 440: Histoire du petit Jean de Saintré. Confirmed ownership post-1456-1487 by Inventory.

NE 441: Beuve d'Ampton. Confirmed ownership 14??-1487 by Inventory.

NE 443: Livre des filles (Enseignements du chevalier de la Tour Landry?). Confirmed ownership 14??-1487 by Inventory.

NE 444: Epitres sur le Roman de la Rose. Confirmed ownership 1475?-1487 by Inventory. Confirmed ownership 1475?-1487 by Archival Mention.

NE 445: Livre du dé (De l'invention du jeu de dé?). Confirmed ownership 14??-1487 by Inventory.

NE 446: Traité de l'âme et du coeur. Confirmed ownership pre-1464-pre-1487 by Archival Mention.

NE 447: Ballades et rondeaux. Confirmed ownership 1470-pre-1487 by Archival Mention.

NE 448: Signe d'un Quidam. Confirmed ownership pre-1475-pre-1487 by Archival Mention.

NE 449: Livre d'heures. Confirmed ownership 1472-pre-1487 by Archival Mention.

NE 450: Livre d'heures. Confirmed ownership pre-1455-pre-1487 by Archival Mention.

NE 451: Livre des anges. Confirmed ownership 1478-pre-1487 by Archival Mention.

NE 600: Roman de Troyle. Possible ownership c. 1455-14?? by Other.

NE 772: Postilles (3 vols). Confirmed ownership 1465-1474 by Archival Mention.

NE 773: Le Chevalier au Cygne en prose. Possible ownership 1465?-1487? by Patron.

NE 774: Petites heures. Confirmed ownership 1457?-1487? by Inventory.

NE 775: Heures. Confirmed ownership 1464?-1487? by Archival Mention.

NE 881: Débat de la noire et de la tannée. Possible ownership 1457?-14?? by Dedication.

NE 997: Breviaire a l'usaige de Paris. Confirmed ownership post-November 1440-1487? by Inventory.

NE 998: Messel. Confirmed ownership c. November 1440-1487? by Inventory.

New York Public Library Spencer MS 18: Chronique martinienne. Possible ownership c. 1475-pre-1487? by Inscription.