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Abt 1161 - 1216 (55 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
3. | Marie Of BLOIS was born about 1136 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France (daughter of Stephen of BLOIS and Matilda Of BOULOGNE); died between 1181 and 1182 in St Austrebert, Eure-Et-Loir, France; was buried in Nunnery of St Austrebert, Eure-Et-Loir, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Fact: Countess of Boulogne
- Fact: Princess of England, Countess of Mortain
- Fact: A Nun at Stratford
- Fact: Romsey; Prioress at Lillechurch, abbess of Rumsey
- Birth: 1131
- Death: 1180
Notes:
DeBrett's Kings and Queens of Britain by Williamson states "the marriage was annulled in 1169. In "Lives of the Princesses of England", Vol. I,pgs 196-212, Green writes how Mary was used as the political tool of Henry II of England to help secure his continental possessions: Mary's only brother William died, leaving her countess of Boulogne and Mortagne. The king, despite her vows, "then considered so sacred, which bound her to a life of perpetual virginity," had her taken from the monastery and married against her will to Matthew of Alsace. The nun found herself "the innocent object of execration to the whole Catholic world" and her marriage described as "execrable nuptials." Matthew was excommunicated; his bride was not indicating she was held faultless in the matter. Bologne was placed under an interdict, which was followed by "an interdict of fire and water, by which any one who assisted the earl in procuring even the ordinary necessaries of life was subjected to the same penalties as he himself had incurred." Eventually, her husband allowed Mary to return to the cloister, and in 1169 she entered the Benedictine nunnery of St. Austrebert near Montreuil, where she remained until her death 13 years later.
Children:
- 1. Ida Of BOLOGNE was born about 1161 in Boulogne, Pas-De-Calais, France; died in 1216.
- Maud Of BOULOGNE was born about 1160 in Boulogne, Pas-De-Calais, France; died in 1210.
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