Maria of Courtenay

Maria of Courtenay
Empress consort of Nicaea
Tenure1219–1221
Bornc. 1204
DiedSeptember 1228 (age about 24)
SpouseTheodore I Laskaris
HouseCapetian House of Courtenay
FatherPeter II of Courtenay
MotherYolanda, Latin Empress

Marie de Courtenay (c. 1204 – September 1228) was Empress consort of Nicaea from 1219 until 1221. She was a daughter of Peter II of Courtenay and Yolanda of Flanders. She married Emperor Theodore I Laskaris of Nicaea.[1] Marie served as regent for her younger brother, Baldwin II, Latin Emperor, in 1228, and styled herself "Empress of Constantinople."

  1. ^ Lock 2013, p. 291.