Marie, Countess of Ponthieu

Marie, Countess of Ponthieu
Marie, Countess of Ponthieu
Spouse(s)	Simon of Dammartin Mathieu de Montmorency, Seigneur d'Attichy
Issue Joanna of Dammartin Mathilda of Dammartin Philippa of Dammartin Maria of Dammartin
Father	William IV of Ponthieu
Mother	Alys, Countess of the Vexin
Born	17 April 1199
Died	21 September 1250

Marie of Ponthieu (17 April 1199^[1] – 21 September 1250) was suo jure Countess of Ponthieu and Countess of Montreuil, ruling from 1221 to 1250.

Biography

Marie was the daughter of William IV of Ponthieu and Alys, Countess of the Vexin, and granddaughter of King Louis VII of France by his second wife Constance of Castile. As her father's only surviving child, Marie succeeded him, ruling as Countess of Ponthieu and Montreuil from 1221 to 1250.

Marriages and children

She married Simon of Dammartin before September 1208. He was the son of Alberic II of Dammartin and Maud de Clermont, daughter of Renaud de Clermont, Count de Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and Clemence de Bar.^[2] Simon and Marie had four daughters but only two are recorded. The eldest was Joan of Dammartin (1220- 16 March 1279), second wife of Ferdinand III of Castile. The other daughter was Philippe of Dammartin (died 1277/81) who married firstly Raoul II d' Issoudun, secondly Raoul II de Coucy, and thirdly Otto II, Count Geldern.

Marie married secondly sometime between September 1240 and 15 December 1241, Mathieu de Montmorency, Seigneur d'Attichy, who was killed in battle at Mansurrah on 8 February 1250 during the Seventh Crusade, led by King Louis IX of France.^[3]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Marie, Countess of Ponthieu

16. William III of Ponthieu               8. Guy II of Ponthieu                       17. Helie of Burgundy               4. John I, Count of Ponthieu                             9. Ida                       2. William IV of Ponthieu                                   20. Hugh III, Comte de Saint-Pol               10. Anselme de Saint-Pol                       5. Beatrice of Saint-Pol                             1. Marie, Countess of Ponthieu                                         24. Philip I of France               12. Louis VI of France                       25. Bertha of Holland               6. Louis VII of France                             26. Humbert II of Savoy               13. Adélaide of Maurienne                       27. Gisela of Burgundy               3. Alys, Countess of the Vexin                                   28. Raymond of Burgundy               14. Alfonso VII of León                       29. Urraca of León               7. Constance of Castile                             30. Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona               15. Berenguela of Barcelona                       31. Douce I, Countess of Provence

References

1. The Complete Peerage
2. Comtes de Clermont
3. Charles Cawley,Medieval Lands, Comtes of Ponthieu

1. The Complete Peerage