Marie of Ponthieu, Countess of Ponthieu and Montreuil

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• General Information: She was also known as Jeanne of Ponthieu.
• Heir or Heiress: 1225; She was the heiress of Ponthieu and Montreuil.

Marie married Simon II de Dammartin, Count of Aumale in Sep 1208. Simon (son of Alberic III de Dammartin, Count of Dammartin and Île-de-France and Mathilda of Ponthieu) was born about 1180; died on 21 Sep 1239 in Abbeville, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Valloire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jeanne de Dammartin, Countess of Ponthieu was born between 1208 and 1220; died on 16 Mar 1279 in Abbeville, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Valloires Abbey, Argoules, Hauts-de-France, France.

Family/Spouse: Matthew de Montgomery, Seigneur de Montmorency. Matthew died in Feb 1250. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: He was William III, Count of Ponthieu, ruler of a small province in northern France that fell under the suzerainty of the dukes of Normandy (later also kings of England) since at least the mid 11th century.
• Military: From 1202 to 1214; William was an important army commander in the Anglo-French War which lasted from 1202 to 1214.
• Military: 27 Jul 1214; As part of the Albigensian Crusade, he commanded the right wing for the French at the Battle of Bouvines on 27 July 1214.
• Last Full Review: 16 Mar 2021

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William married Alys of France, Countess of Vexin on 20 Aug 1195 in Meudon, Île-de-France, France. Alys (daughter of Louis VII "the Young", King of France and Constance of Castile) was born on 4 Oct 1160 in France; died about 1220. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Contract of Marriage: Jan 1169; Louis and King Henry II of England signed a contract for the marriage between Alys and Henry's son Richard the Lionheart in January 1169. The 8-year-old Alys was then sent to England as Henry's ward. She was said by some to have been seduced by King Henry II. Richard sent her back to her brother, King Philip II of France, refusing to marry his father's mistress. In 1177, Cardinal Peter of Saint Chrysogonus, on behalf of Pope Alexander III, threatened to place England's continental possessions under an interdict if Henry did not proceed with the marriage. There were widespread rumors that Henry had not only made Alys his mistress,[5] but that she had a child with him. Henry died in 1189. King Richard married Berengaria of Navarre on 12 May 1191, while still officially engaged to Alys. Philip had offered Alys to Prince John, but Eleanor prevented the match.
• Contract of Marriage: Mar 1190; Richard I voided his marriage contract with Alice of France in March 1190. She was then 30 years old.
• Last Full Review: 16 Mar 2021

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• Military: say 1185; Jean fought against the English and was later a Crusader.

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Jean married Beatrice of Saint Pol in by 1177. Beatrice (daughter of Anselme Candavene, Count of St. Pol and Eustachie de Champagne) was born about 1160. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Living: 1204; She was living in 1204.

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• Reign: From 1137 to 1180; King of France (House of Capet)
• Crowned: 25 Dec 1137; He was crowned the King of France on 25 December 1137.

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Louis VII was buried in Barbeau Abbey, Fontaine-le-Port, France. His bones were transferred to St. Denis' Abbey in 1817.

Louis married Constance of Castile in 1153/54. Constance (daughter of Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Léon and Berengaria of Barcelona) died on 4 Oct 1160; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military: 1127; He went on the second Crusade.

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He died while on the Second Crusade.

Gui married Ida about 1139 in France. Ida died about 1180. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anselme married Eustachie de Champagne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Crowned: 1108; He was crowned the King of France in 1108.
• Reign: From 1108 to 1137; King of France (House of Capet)
• Military: say 1120; He was a crusader.

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Birth: Stuart (2002) gives his birth as 1081 in Herbst, France.

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Louis married Adelaide of Maurienne in 1115. Adelaide (daughter of Humbert II "il Gross", Count of Maurienne and Savoy and Gisela de Bourgogne) was born in 1092; died on 18 Nov 1154. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was also known as Adelaide of Savoy.

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Marriage Date: von Redlich (1941) gives their marriage date as about 1120.

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• General Information: He was also the King of Galicia, Toledo, Zaragoza, and the Asturisas.
• Reign: From 1126 to 1157; King of Castile and Léon

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Alfonso married Berengaria of Barcelona in Nov 1128 in Saldaña, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain. Berengaria (daughter of Raymond Berenger III "el Grande", Marquis of Barcelona and Count of Provence and Dulce di Gievaudun) died in Feb 1149 in Palencia, Castile and León, Spain; was buried in Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Parents: Weis (1982) gives her parents as Raymond IV, Count of Barcelona and Marie.

Death: Weis (1982) gives her death date as 1131.