Mary, Countess of Blois
Mary | |
|---|---|
Avesnes | |
| Spouse(s) |
Hugh I of Châtillon (m. 1226) |
| Issue | |
| Father | Walter II of Avesnes |
| Mother | Margaret of Blois |
Mary, Countess of Blois, also known as Marie of Avesnes, (1200–1241) was
countess of Blois
from 1230 to 1241.
She was the daughter of
Walter of Avesnes and Margaret of Blois.[1]
In 1226, Mary married
Elisabeth of Saint-Pol.[2]
They had five children:
- Count of Blois[3]
- Count of Saint Pol[3]
- Hugh (died 1255)[3]
- Basile (died 1280), became Abbess of Notre Dame du Val in 1248.
Her eldest son,
References
- ^ (FR)Henri Platelle, Présence de l'au-delà: une vision médiévale du monde, (Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2004), 284.
- ^ Theodore Evergates, The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007), 223.
- ^ a b c d e Theodore Evergates, The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300, 254.
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