Marie of France | |
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Countess consort of Champagne | |
Tenure | 1164 – 17 March 1181 |
Born | 1145 Kingdom of France |
Died | 11 March 1198 County of Champagne | (aged 52–53)
Burial | |
Spouse | Henry I, Count of Champagne |
Issue | Henry II, Count of Champagne Marie, Latin Empress Theobald III, Count of Champagne Scholastique, Countess of Mâcon |
House | Capet |
Father | Louis VII of France |
Mother | Eleanor of Aquitaine |
Marie of France (1145 – 11 March 1198) was a Capetian princess who became Countess of Champagne by her marriage to Henry I of Champagne. She served as regent of the County of Champagne three times: during Henry I's absence from 1179-1181; during the minority of their son Henry II from 1181–1187; and during Henry II's absence from 1190-1197. The daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France, she was the sister of Alice of France and the half-sister of: William Count of Poitiers, Henry the Young King, Richard I, Geoffrey of Brittany, Matilda of England, Eleanor of England, Joan of England, John of England; Margaret of France, Alys of France, Agnes of France, Philip II of France; and the stepdaughter of Henry II of England, and Constance of Castile, and Adela of Champagne.