Marie Of BLOIS

Abt 1136 - 1182  (45 years)

• Name	Marie Of BLOIS  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1131  [4]
  Birth	Abt 1136	Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France   [1, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1180  [4]
  Fact	Countess of Boulogne   [1]
  Fact	Princess of England, Countess of Mortain   [2]
  Fact	A Nun at Stratford   [1]
  Fact	Romsey   [1]
  	Prioress at Lillechurch, abbess of Rumsey
  Death	Between 1181 and 1182	St Austrebert, Eure-Et-Loir, France   [1, 3]
  Burial	Nunnery of St Austrebert, Eure-Et-Loir, France   [1]
  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.
  Person ID	I06628	Main Tree
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Stephen of BLOIS,   b. Abt 1095, Blois, England d. 25 Oct 1154, St Martins Prior, Dover, England (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Matilda Of BOULOGNE,   b. Abt 1105, Boulogne, Pas-De-Calais, France d. 03 May 1152, Hedingham Castle, Essex, England (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Abt 1120  [1, 2, 3, 5]
  Family ID	F04055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matthew I Of ALSACE,   b. Abt 1137, Flanders, Belgium d. 25 Jul 1173, Seige of Driencourt (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	1160  [1, 2]
  Annulled	1169  [1]
  Children	1. Ida Of BOLOGNE,   b. Abt 1161, Boulogne, Pas-De-Calais, France d. 1216 (Age 55 years)  [Natural]   2. Maud Of BOULOGNE,   b. Abt 1160, Boulogne, Pas-De-Calais, France d. 1210 (Age 50 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F03826	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2016

  
  

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• Sources

  [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese. [S03311] Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty For Commoners - Fourth Edition, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc;;). [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700. [S03483] The Spear and the Spindle: Ancestors of Sir Francis Bryan (d. 1550), Kt. [S5452] Alan J. Koman, A Who's Who of Your Ancestral Saints, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. - Baltimore).