Marie was the eldest of five children born to her parents.

Marie's younger siblings included: Charles d'Évreux; Lord of Étampes, Philip III of Navarre; husband of Joan II of Navarre, and Jeanne d'Évreux; Queen of France by her marriage to Charles IV of France.

In 1311, Marie married John III, Duke of Brabant[1] as his father's gesture of rapprochement with France.

They had six children: Marie's daughter Joanna was the first woman to be Duchess of Brabant in her own right.

Marie died October 31, 1335, aged thirty-one or thirty-two.