Marie de Blois

Also known as Marie de Champagne.

Events

Date of Birth: 1128.

The date is given by Cawley.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 11 March or 7 August, about 1190.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Place of Burial: Abbaye de Fontevraud.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Thibaut IV “le Grand”, count of Blois

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:840), by Petit (2:89), and by Thompson (p. 95).

Mother: Mathilde von Sponheim

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:840) and by Thompson (p. 95).

Spouse: Eudes II, duke of Burgundy

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:540; 2:840), by Petit (2:89), and by Thompson (p. 95).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Alix (about 1146 - 1192) married (1) Archambaud “le Jeune” de Bourbon; married (2) Eudes de Deols.

Hugues III (about 1148 - August 1192), duke of Burgundy, married (1) Alice of Lorraine; married (2) Beatrix of Viennois, countess of Albon.

Mathilde (died 22 July 1220) married Robert IV, count of Auvergne.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Cawley, Charles. “Marie de Blois” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Petit, Ernest. Histoire des Ducs de Bourgogne de la Race Capétienne avec des Documents Inédits et des Pièces Justificatives (Dijon, 1885-1905).

Thompson, Kathleen. Power and Border Lordship in Medieval France: The County of the Perche, 1000-1226,(The Boydell Press, 2002).

van Eicklels, Klaus. Blois-Champagne genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.