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Biography of Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne 1136-1182

Paternal Family Tree: Blois

Maternal Family Tree: Agatha

In 1125 [her father] King Stephen I England (age 31) and [her mother] Matilda Flanders (age 20) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Eustace Flanders III Count Boulogne and [her grandmother] Mary Dunkeld Countess Boulogne. He the son of [her grandfather] Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres and [her grandmother] Adela Normandy Countess Blois (age 58). He a grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In 1136 Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne was born to King Stephen I England (age 42) and Matilda Flanders (age 31).

On 03 May 1152 [her mother] Matilda Flanders (age 47) died. Her son [her brother] Eustace Blois IV Count Boulogne (age 22) succeeded IV Count Boulogne.

Death of King Stephen

In 1159 [her brother] William Blois I Count Boulogne (age 22) died. His sister Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 23) succeeded I Countess Boulogne.

Around 1160 [her daughter] Ida Metz Countess Boulogne was born to [her husband] Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 24). She a granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

In 1160 Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 24) were married. She the daughter of King Stephen I England and Matilda Flanders. He the son of Thierry Count Flanders (age 61) and Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders (age 48). They were third cousins.

In 1160 [her husband] Matthew Metz Count Boulogne abducted Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 24).

Letters. 1168. Letter V. Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 32) to Louis VII King Franks (age 48).

Let it be known to your highness that Henry, king of England (age 34) has sent his ambassadors to the emperor. It is certain that he has for the most part, succeeded in obtaining what he wished; for the emperor shews himself kindly disposed to the king, and his (the king's) ambassadors being on their return, he has not hesitated to send his own with them to him, which he thought the best course, lest the aforesaid king should doubt whether he was sincere in his assistance against you. The returning ambassadors passed through my territories, and I spoke with them, and well I perceived from their words that the English king ceases not, day nor night, to devise mischief against you. Wherefore I thought it fitting to send to your grace, and to give you the necessary forewarning, that you may take counsel with your wise men, and act as is most fitting, lest the impetuous presumption of the fraudulent king should inflict violent injury upon you. Fare you well.

In 1170 Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 34) were divorced.

In 1170 [her daughter] Maud Metz was born to [her husband] Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 34). She a granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

In 1173 [her former husband] Matthew Metz Count Boulogne died. His daughter [her daughter] Ida Metz Countess Boulogne (age 13) succeeded Countess Boulogne.

On 25 Jul 1182 Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 46) died.

Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne 1136-1182 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

King William "Conqueror" I of England 1028-1087

King Malcolm III of Scotland 1031-1093

King Duncan I of Scotland 1001-1040

Royal Ancestors of Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne 1136-1182

Kings Wessex: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Daughter of King Stephen I England

Kings Scotland: Great x 2 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne 1136-1182

Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre

Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal

Blanche Capet Queen Navarre

Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France

Joan of Burgundy Queen Consort France

Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France

Philip "Noble" III King Navarre

Joan Évreux Queen Consort France

Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress

Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England

Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg

Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden

Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France

Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France

Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile

Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France

Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford

Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England

Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland

Queen Charlotte of Savoy

Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden

Louis XII King France

Jean III King Navarre

Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress

Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre

King Francis I of France

Anne Jagiellon Holy Roman Empress

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland

Antoine King Navarre

Louis VI Elector Palatine

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor

Charles Emmanuel III King Sardinia

Louis I King Spain

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor

Louis XV King France

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia

Ferdinand VI King Spain

Charles III King Spain

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England

Ferdinand VII King Spain

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark

Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain

Frederick VII King Denmark

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

King Christian IX of Denmark

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Alfonso XII King Spain

Constantine I King Greece

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh

Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain

Constantine II King Hellenes

Carl XVI King Sweden

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne 1136-1182

Great x 3 Grandfather: Odo Blois I Count Blois

Great x 4 Grandmother: Luitgarde Vermandois Duchess Normandy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Odo Blois II Count Blois

Great x 4 Grandfather: Conrad I King Burgundy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertha Welf Queen Consort France

Great x 1 Grandfather: Theobald Blois III Count Blois

Great x 3 Grandfather: William IV Auvergne

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ermengarde Auvergne Countess Blois

GrandFather: Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Maine II Count Maine

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Maine III Count Maine

Great x 2 Grandfather: Herbert "Wakedog" Maine I Count Maine

Great x 1 Grandmother: Gersenda Maine Countess Blois

Father: King Stephen I England Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gunnora Countess Ponthieu

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy

Great x 1 Grandfather: King William "Conqueror" I of England -2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Father of Beatrix and Herleva

Great x 2 Grandmother: Herleva Falaise

GrandMother: Adela Normandy Countess Blois Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnulf II Count Flanders

Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rozala of Italy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Luxemburg Ardennes

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ogive Luxemburg Countess Flanders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermentrude Gleiburg

Great x 1 Grandmother: Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England

Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnulf Flanders III Count Boulogne

Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders II Count Boulogne

Great x 2 Grandfather: Eustace Flanders I Count Boulogne

Great x 1 Grandfather: Eustace Flanders II Count Boulogne

Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginar Reginar III Count Hainault

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lambert "Bearded" Reginar I Count Louvain

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Equisheim Countess Hainault

Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Boulogne

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Carolingian Duke Lower Lorraine

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gerberga Carolingian Duchess Lower Lorraine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Troyes Duchess Lower Lorraine

GrandFather: Eustace Flanders III Count Boulogne

Mother: Matilda Flanders

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Duncan I of Scotland

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Malcolm III of Scotland

GrandMother: Mary Dunkeld Countess Boulogne

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Æthelred II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward "The Exile" Wessex

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ealdgyth Unknown

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agatha