Marie of France (1198–1224) was a daughter of Philip II of France and his disputed third wife Agnes of Merania. She was a member of the House of Capet. Marie was Duchess of Brabant by her marriage to Henry I, Duke of Brabant.

Contents 1 Family troubles 2 Marriages 3 Ancestry 4 References

[edit] Family troubles

In order to marry Agnes, Marie's father Philip had to get a divorce from his neglected second wife Ingeborg of Denmark. Pope Innocent III (1198–1216) refused to grant Philip a divorce. Philip still did remarry though. His first choice was Marguerite of Geneva, they did not marry because Thomas I of Savoy captured her on her way to Paris, claiming that Philip was already married to Ingeborg. Philip then married Agnes in 1196. Agnes gave birth to Marie and then to a brother, Philip of France.

Pope Innocent III declared Philip's marriage to Agnes null and void, as he was still married to Ingeborg. He ordered the King to part from Agnès; when he did not, the Pope placed France under an interdict in 1199. This continued until 7 September 1200. Due to pressure from the Pope and from Ingeborg's brother, King Valdemar II of Denmark (1202–41), Philip finally took Ingeborg back as his Queen in 1213. Marie and her brother became bastards. However Marie and Philip were legitimized by the pope in 1201 at the request of the king. ^{[1] [2]}

Marie's mother, Agnes died in 1201, heartbroken.

[edit] Marriages

During a war with France, Philip I of Namur was imprisoned and only bought his freedom by marrying Marie and sending his nieces as envoys to the royal court of France. This insulted the barons of Flanders and Hainault and they revolted and forced him to give up the regency.

The marriage did not produced children, Philip had designated his nephew Philip of Courtenay as heir. Philip died in 1212.

With the death of her first husband, Marie was able to remarry. She married April 22, 1213 in Soissons to Henry I, Duke of Brabant. This was a second marriage for them both, Henry had been widowed three years earlier by his first wife Mathilde of Flanders.

The couple had two daughters:

1. Elizabeth (d. October 23, 1272), married in Leuven March 19, 1233 Count Dietrich of Cleves, Lord of Dinslaken (c. 1214–1244), married 1246 Gerhard II, Count of Wassenberg (d. 1255)
2. Marie, died young

Marie died aged twenty six in 1224. Her husband died eleven years later and was suceeded by his son, Henry II, Duke of Brabant. ^[3]

[edit] Ancestry

v • d • e Ancestors of Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant

16. Philip I of France               8. Louis VI of France                       17. Bertha of Holland               4. Louis VII of France                             18. Humbert II of Savoy               9. Adelaide of Savoy                       19. Gisela of Burgundy               2. Philip II of France                                   20. Stephen II, Count of Blois               10. Theobald II, Count of Champagne                       21. Adela of Normandy               5. Adèle of Champagne                             22. Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia               11. Matilda of Carinthia                       23. Uta of Passau               1. Marie of France                                         24. Berthold III, Count of Diessen, Plassenberg and Stein               12. Berthold I of Istria                       25. Sophie of Istria               6. Berthold IV, Duke of Merania                             26. Otto IV, Count of Wittelsbach               13. Hedwig of Wittelsbach                       27. Heilika of Lengenfeld-Pettendorf               3. Agnes of Merania                                   14. Dedi V, Count of Wettin                       7. Agnes of Rochlitz                             15. Matilda of Heinsburg

[edit] References

1. ^ Marie (Capétiens)
2. ^ "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley , CAPET
3. ^ Ancestors of Marie (Capétiens)