Princess, Countess of Champagne Marie of France 
Marie was born in 1145 in France.1 Marie's father was King Louis (The Younger) Capet of France VII and her mother was Adele of Blois de Champagne. Her paternal grandparents were King Louis (The Fat) France IV and Alix of Savoy; her maternal grandparents were Count of Blois and Champagne Theobald (The Great) of Blois III and Maud de Carinthia. She had a brother and four sisters, named Philip, Marguerite, Adelaide, Alice and Agnes. She was the oldest of the six children. She had a half-sister named Alix. She died at the age of 51 in March 1196.2 General Notes
Marie Capet, Countess of Champagne (1145 - 1198), was the elder daughter of Louis VII of France and his first wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. In about 1164, Marie married Henry I, Count of Champagne. They had two sons: Henry II (c.1166-1197), Count of Champagne, also became King of Jerusalem, and his younger brother Theobald (or Thibaut) III (c.1179-1201), Count of Champagne (1197-1201).
After Henry I's death in 1181, Marie acted as regent from 1181 to 1187.
Marie is remembered today mainly for her role in the heresy that was the target of the Albigensian Crusade. She was also a patron of literature, including Andreas Capellanus, who served in her court, and Chretien de Troyes.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.27 Mar 0972 in Orleans, France d.20 Jul 1031 in France
- b.Apr 1008 in Bourgogne, Burgundy, France d.04 Aug 1060 in Vitry, Brie, France
- b.0974 d.1032
- b.23 May 1052 in Reims, Champagen, France d.29 Jul 1108 in Melun, Isle De France
- b.0979 in Kiev, Ukraine d.20 Feb 1053 in Kiev, Ukraine
- b.1036 in Kiev, Ukraine d.1076 in France
- b.1001 in Uppsala, Sweden d.10 Feb 1049 in Kiev, Ukraine
- b.1081 in France d.01 Aug 1137 in Chateau De Baethizy, Paris, Isle De France
- b.0978
- b.1017 in Vlaardingen, Zuid Holland, the Netherlands d.28 Jun 1061 in Nederhemert, Gelderland, Netherlands
- b.0985
- b.1054 in Vlaaringen, Netherlands d.1093 in Montreuil-sur-Loire, France
- b.0995 d.29 Jun 1059
- b.1028 in Schweinfurt, Unterfranken, Bavaria d.04 Aug 1113
- b.1005 in Schweinfurt, Unterfranken, Bavaria
- b.1119 in Reims, Champagne, France d.18 Sep 1180 in Paris, France
- b.1020 d.1060
- b.1047 d.09 Dec 1080
- b.1020 in Susa, Torino, Italy d.19 Dec 1091 in Camischio, Ivrea, Savoy
- b.1062 in Savoy, France d.23 Sep 1104
- b.0995 d.1060
- b.1040 d.1070
- b.1070 in Savoy, France d.1153
- b.1092 in Savoy, France d.18 Nov 1154
- b.0986 d.03 Sep 1057
- b.1020 in Bourgogne, France d.11 Nov 1087 in Besancon, Doubs, Franche-Comte, France
- b.0990 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.16 Oct 1017 in Normandy, France
- b.1070 in Savoy, France d.1153
- b.1000 d.1048
- b.1031 in Longwy, Meuthe-et-Mosel, France d.30 Jun 1109
- b.1002
- b.1145 in France d.Mar 1196
- b.0983 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.15 Nov 1037 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Touraine, France
- b.1012 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.Sep 1089 in Epernay, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
- d.10 Mar 1039
- b.1045 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.19 May 1102 in Ramula, Holy Land
- b.1000 in Le Mans, Maine, France d.13 Apr 1036
- b.1019 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Maine, Pays-de-la-Loire, France d.1090
- b.1002 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Touraine, France d.13 Apr 1085
- b.1090 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.1152 in Lagny-sur-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
- b.1003 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandie, France d.10 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandie
- b.1003 in Falaise, Normandy d.1050
- b.1062 d.08 Mar 1136 in Marcigny-sur-Loire, France
- b.1012
- b.1031 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.1003 in France d.08 Jan 1079 in Monasteraere De L'Ordre De St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.1140 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.1206
- b.1015 d.05 Jul 1065
- b.1055 d.13 Feb 1097
- b.1020
- b.1075 in Karnten, Austria d.13 Apr 1141
- b.1010
- b.1075 d.1112
- b.1020
- b.1102 in Karnten, Austria d.13 Dec 1161
- b.1034 in Cham, Oberpfaiz, Bavaria d.15 Oct 1080
- b.1050 d.08 Jan 1100
- b.1085 in Sulzbach, Ambert, Oberpfalz, Bavaria d.13 Sep 1141 in Seon
- b.1031 d.1092
- b.1050 d.1112
- b.1032
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Details of Marie's family with Henri (The Liberal) de Champagne I
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