Person:Mary, Countess of Blois (1)

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Mary _____, Countess of Blois
b.1200
d.1241
m. Aft 1200
  1. Mary _____, Countess of Blois1200 - 1241
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Name Mary _____, Countess of Blois
Alt Name Condessa Marie d'Avesnes
Gender Female
Birth[1] 1200
Marriage to Hugh I _____, Count of Blois
Death[1] 1241
Reference Number? Q274783?


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Mary, Countess of Blois, also known as Marie of Avesnes, (1200–1241) was countess of Blois from 1230 to 1241.

She was the daughter of Walter of Avesnes and Margaret of Blois.

In 1226, Mary married Hugh I of Châtillon, a count from Châtillon-sur-Marne, son of Gaucher III of Châtillon and Elisabeth of Saint-Pol. They had five children:

  1. John I (died 1280), Count of Blois
  2. Guy II (died 1289), Count of Saint Pol[1]
  3. Gaucher (died 1261), lord of Crécy and Crèvecœur[1]
  4. Hugh (died 1255)[1]
  5. Basile (died 1280), became Abbess of Notre Dame du Val in 1248.

Her eldest son, John, succeeded her in Blois.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Mary, Countess of Blois, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.