Agnes of Merania
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| Queen consort of France | |
| Tenure | 1196–1200 |
| Born | 1175 |
| Died | July 1201 |
| Spouse | Philip II of France |
| Issue | Marie, Duchess of Brabant Philip I, Count of Boulogne |
| House | Andechs |
| Father | Berthold, Duke of Merania |
| Mother | Agnes of Rochlitz |
| Religion | Catholicism |
Agnes of Merania (1175 – July 1201) was Queen of France by marriage to King Philip II.
She is called Marie by some of the French chroniclers.[1]
Biography
[edit]Agnes Maria was the daughter of Berthold, Duke of Merania[2] and Agnes of Rochlitz.[3]
In June 1196, Agnes married Philip II of France, who had repudiated his second wife Ingeborg of Denmark in 1193.[4] Pope Innocent III espoused the cause of Ingeborg; but Philip did not submit until 1200, when, nine months after interdict had been added to excommunication, he consented to a separation from Agnes.[5]
Agnes died, possibly in childbirth, in July of the next year, at the castle of Poissy, and was buried in the Convent of St Corentin, near Nantes.[5]
Family
[edit]Agnes and Philip had two children:
- Mary, b. 1198[5]
- Philip I, Count of Boulogne, b 1200[5]
Both were legitimized by the Pope in 1201.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ McAuliffe 2012, p. 197.
- ^ Powell 2004, p. 66.
- ^ Peters 1971, p. 52.
- ^ Bradbury 1997, p. 183.
- ^ a b c d McDougall 2017, p. 223.
- ^ Hallam 1980, p. 196.
Sources
[edit]- Bradbury, Jim (1997). Philip Augustus: King of France 1180–1223. The Medieval World (1st ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-0-582-06059-3.
- Hallam, Elizabeth (1980). Capetian France, 987-1328. Longman.
- McAuliffe, Mary (2012). Clash of Crowns: William the Conqueror, Richard Lionheart, and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
- McDougall, Sara (2017). Royal Bastards: The Birth of Illegitimacy, 800-1230. Oxford University Press.
- Peters, Edward, ed. (1971). Christian Society and the Crusades, 1198-1229. University of Pennsylvania Press.
- Powell, James M., ed. (2004). The Deeds of Pope Innocent III. The Catholic University of America Press.
External links
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