List of Famous people named Marie
Marie Yamaguchi
Marie Yamaguchi is a Japanese rugby sevens player. She plays as a Winger.
Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt
Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt was a landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen.
Marie Amalie of Brandenburg
Maria Amalia of Brandenburg-Schwedt was a princess from the Brandenburg-Schwedt line of the House of Hohenzollern and by marriage a Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz.
Marie of Burgundy
Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves was the second child of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria, and an elder sister of Philip the Good. Born in Dijon, she became the second wife of Adolph, Count of Mark in May 1406. He was made the 1st Duke of Cleves in 1417. They were the grandparents of King Louis XII of France and the great-grandparents of John III, Duke of Cleves, father of Anne of Cleves, who was fourth Queen consort of Henry VIII of England. By their daughter, Catherine, they were ancestors of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Marie Louise Mignot
Marie Louise Mignot (1712–1790) was a French literary figure. She was the daughter of Voltaire's sister, Catherine Arouet (1686–1726) and her husband Pierre-François Mignot. After the death of her widowed father in 1737, Voltaire provided her with a dowry Madame Denis. After her husband's premature death in 1744, she was taken in by Voltaire and became his housekeeper, hostess and companion. She also adopted his protégée Reine Philiberte de Varicourt when the latter's marriage to the marquis de Villette foundered on his homosexuality.
Marie of Valois, Duchess of Calabria
Marie of Valois, was the eldest daughter of Charles of Valois by his third wife Mahaut of Châtillon. She was a member of the House of Valois. One of her five children was Queen Joanna I of Naples.
Marie Anne de Bourbon
Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France was the eldest legitimised daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Louise de La Vallière. She was the King's favourite daughter. At the age of thirteen, Marie Anne was married to her cousin Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti. The Princess of Conti was widowed in 1685 aged 19. She never married again and had no children. Following her mother's retirement to a convent, Marie Anne continued to reside at her father's court. When her mother died, she became the Duchess of La Vallière and inherited a considerable fortune.
Marie of Dampierre
Marie Luise von Degenfeld
Luise von Degenfeld was the morganatic second wife of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine.
Marie de Valois
Marie Marguerite de Valois (1444–1473) was the Illegitimate daughter of King Charles VII of France and his mistress Agnès Sorel.