Mahaut, Countess of Artois

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Mahaut of Artois
Countess of Artois
Reign	11 July 1302 – 27 November 1329
Predecessor	Robert II
Successor	Joan II
Born	c. 1268 Prob. Artois, France
Died	27 November 1329(1329-11-27) (aged 60–61) Paris, Île-de-France, France
Burial	Maubuisson Abbey, near Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
Spouse	Otto IV, Count of Burgundy ​ ​ (m. 1285; died 1303)​
Issue	Joan, Queen of France Blanche, Queen of France Robert of Burgundy
Amicie of Courtenay

Mahaut of Artois also known as Mathilda (1268 – 27 November 1329), ruled as

In 1291, Mahaut married Otto IV, Count of Burgundy.^[2] She became the mother of three children, including two girls who married kings of France.

Rule in Artois

Because of the premature death of her brother

Upon the death of her spouse in 1303, he was succeeded by their daughter Joan II, Countess of Burgundy in the County of Burgundy. Since Joan II was under age, she acted as her regent during her minority. When Joan II married the future Philip V of France in 1307, Mahaut continued to rule the domains of her absent daughter until 1315.

Death

Upon the death of Mahaut in 1329, the county of Artois was inherited by her daughter Joan.

Issue

• Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (c.1291–1330), married Philip V of France^[6]
• Blanche of Burgundy (c.1296–1326), married Charles IV of France^[6]
• Robert of Burgundy (c.1300–1317).

Mahaut's daughters Joan II and Blanche, along with their cousin

In fiction

Mahaut is a major character in

Family tree

Family tree of Mahaut, Countess of Artois
Amicie de Montfort

References

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1. ^ ^{a b c} Dunbabin 2011, p. xiii.
2. ^ Cox 1999, p. 364.
3. ^ Wood 1966, p. 59-60.
4. ^ Sample 2008, p. 264.
5. ^ Small 1990, p. 163–175.
6. ^ ^{a b} Blanche of Artois and Burgundy, Chateau-Gaillard, and the Baron de Joursanvault, Elizabeth A.R. Brown, Negotiating Community and Difference in Medieval Europe, ed. Katherine Allen Smith and Scott Wells, (Brill, 2009), 223.
7. ^ Massie, Allan (27 March 2015). "The Original Game of Thrones". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
8. ISBN 9780786476664
   . Retrieved 24 June 2015.
9. ^ "Official website: Les Rois maudits (2005 miniseries)" (in French). 2005. Archived from the original on 15 August 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
10. ^ "Les Rois maudits: Casting de la saison 1" (in French). AlloCiné. 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

Bibliography

• Cox, Eugene (1999). "The kingdoms of Burgundy, the lands of the house of Savoy and adjacent territories". In Abulafia, David (ed.). The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 5, C.1198-c.1300. Cambridge University Press.
• Dunbabin, Jean (2011). The French in the Kingdom of Sicily, 1266–1305. Cambridge University Press.
• Sample, Dana L. (2008). Villalon, L.J. Andrew; Kagay, Donald J. (eds.). Philip VI's Mortal Enemy: Robert of Artois and the Beginning of the Hundred Years War', The Hundred Years War (Part II): Different Vistas. Brill.
• Small, Carola M. (1990). "Messengers in the County of Artois, 1295-1329". Canadian Journal of History. 25 (2): 163–175.
  doi:10.3138/cjh.25.2.163. Archived from the original
  on 29 July 2013.
• Wood, Charles T. (1966). The French Apanages and the Capetian Monarchy, 1224-1328. Harvard University Press.

Mahaut, Countess of Artois House of Artois Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty Born: 1268 Died: 28 October 1329
French nobility
Preceded by Robert II	Countess of Artois 1302–1329	Succeeded by Joan II