Marie,_Countess_of_Ponthieu
Marie of Ponthieu (17 April 1199 – 21 September 1250) was suo jure Countess of Ponthieu and Countess of Montreuil, ruling from 1221 to 1250.
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Marie, Countess of Ponthieu | |
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| Born | (1199-04-17)17 April 1199 |
| Died | 21 September 1250 (1250-09-22) (aged 51) |
| Spouse(s) | Simon of Dammartin Mathieu de Montmorency, Seigneur d'Attichy |
| Issue | Joan of Dammartin Mathilda of Dammartin Philippe of Dammartin Maria of Dammartin |
| Father | William IV of Ponthieu |
| Mother | Alys, Countess of the Vexin |
Marie was the daughter of William IV of Ponthieu and Alys, Countess of the Vexin, and granddaughter of King Louis VII of France by his second wife Constance of Castile.[1] As her father's only surviving child, Marie succeeded him, ruling as Countess of Ponthieu and Montreuil from 1221 to 1250.
Marriages and children
Marie married Simon of Dammartin before September 1208.[2] He was the son of Alberic II of Dammartin and Maud de Clermont, daughter of Renaud de Clermont, Count de Clermont-en-Beauvaisis.[3]
Marie and Simon had:
- Joan, Countess of Ponthieu (1220–1278), married 1) Ferdinand III of Castile.[4][5] Mother of Eleanor of Castile, the wife of Edward I of England. Married 2) Jean de Nesle, Seigneur de Falvy et de La Hérelle.[5]
- Mathilda of Dammartin (-1279), married John of Châtellerault
- Philippe of Dammartin (-1280), married 1) Raoul II of Lusignan,[6] 2) Raoul II, Lord of Coucy,[6] 3) Otto II, Count of Guelders.[7]
- Maria of Dammartin, married John II, Count of Roucy[8]
Marie secondly married at some time between September 1240 and 15 December 1241, Mathieu de Montmorency, Seigneur d'Attichy, who was killed in battle at Mansurrah on 8 February 1250 during the Seventh Crusade, led by King Louis IX of France.
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- Baldwin 2002, p. 59.
- Grant 2005, p. 239.
- Shadis 2009, p. 108.
- Johnstone 1914, p. 436.
- Pollock 2015, p. 146.
- Pollock 2015, p. xv.
- Rosenberg & Pippenger 2022, p. 13.
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- Pollock, M. A. (2015). Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296: "Auld Amitie". The Boydell Press.
- Rosenberg, Samuel N.; Pippenger, Randall T., eds. (2022). Tales of a Minstrel of Reims in the Thirteenth Century. The Catholic University of America Press.
- Shadis, Miriam (2009). Berenguela of Castile (1180-1246) and Political Women in the High Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan.
| Preceded by | Countess of Ponthieu 1221–1250 |
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