Maria de Montpellier reina de Aragón

• Preferred Name: Maria de Montpellier reina de Aragón^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Alternate Name: de Aragón
  
• Alternate Name: Marie of Montpelier Countess of Aragon
  
• Gender: F
  
• Birth: 1180 in Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, Francia at LATI: N3.6085 LONG: E0.8793 with note: .
  
• Death: 21 APR 1213 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy at LATI: N1.9051 LONG: E2.4971
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Señora de Montpellierdesde 1204 hasta 1213 with note: Wikipedia María de Montpellier
  
• Burial: 28 APR 1213 in St Peter's, Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy at LATI: N1.9051 LONG: E2.4971
  
• Fact: BET 1204 AND 1213 with note: Description: Lady of Montpellier
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Queen of Aragon15 JUN 1204 with note: Reine d'Aragon, Comtesse de Barcelone et Marquise de Provence... Wikipedia
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: BET 1204 AND 1213 with note: Description: Queen consort of Aragon
  
• Christening: 1182 in Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France at LATI: N3.6085 LONG: E0.8793
  
• Marie+de+Montpellier+Aragón: 21 APR 1213 in Vatican City at LATI: N1.9022 LONG: E2.4534 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: BET 1204 AND 1213 with note: Description: Queen of Aragon
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Countess of Montpellier
  
• Divorce (custom): 1201 with note: Description: Bernard de Comminges IV "Histoire et généalogie de La Maison de Gramont ,page 26 ,livre en ligne divorce avec Bernard IV de Comminges en 1201 ,après avoir eu ses 2 filles avec lui
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Reina consorte de Aragóndesde 1204 hasta 1213
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lady of Montpellier15 JUN 1204 with note: thanks to a revolt against William IX, she was recognised as Lady of Montpellier. Wikipedia
  
• FSID: LHZB-46H
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  María de Montpellier, (c. 1180 - Roma 18 de abril 1213), hija de Guillermo VIII de Montpellier y Eudoxia Comnena de Constantinopla.
  
  Esposa de Pedro II de Aragón, con el que se casó el 15 de junio de 1204. Se trató de un matrimonio forzado por los intereses creados en el Mediodía francés y que a punto estuvo de crear una crisis sucesoria. Para poder quedar embarazada, María se introdujo a oscuras en el lecho en el lugar donde su marido debía verse con su amante.1​ Fruto de ese encuentro nació el príncipe Jaime, futuro Jaime I de Aragón.
  
  Previamente al matrimonio con Pedro II estuvo casada con Barral, vizconde de Marsella. En 1197 enviudó y su padre la cedió a Bernardo IV, conde Soberano de Cominges, para alejarla de Montpellier y ceder su herencia a su hermanastro, Guillermo IX de Tolosa. De este matrimonio nacieron dos hijas, Matilde y Petronila.2​
  
  Repudiada en 1201, poco antes de la muerte de su padre, el conde Bernardo IV de Cominges se divorció de María de acuerdo con Pedro II de Aragón, para que este heredase el señorío de Montpellier a cambio de varios señoríos en el Languedoc. María recurrió al Papa para exigir la soberanía de Montpellier alegando la ilegitimidad de su hermanastro. Tras lo cual, Pedro II se hizo con la ciudad de Montpellier expulsando a Guillermo IX de la ciudad en 1204.
  
  El matrimonio aprobó entonces importantes privilegios para la autonomía comunal. Pedro II intentó divorciarse de ella para casarse con María de Montferrato, ante lo cual María de Montpellier partió hacia Roma para pedir justicia al Papa. Estando en la ciudad de Roma, moría en abril de 1213.
  Marie of Montpellier (adapted from Occitan: Maria de Montpelhièr) (1182-21 April 1213) was Lady of Montpellier and by her three marriages Viscountess of Marseille, Countess of Comminges and Queen of Aragon.
  
  She was the daughter of William VIII, Lord of Montpellier, by his wife Eudokia Komnene, a niece of Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos.
  
  «b»Life«/b»
  Since her birth, Marie was the legitimate heiress of the Lordship of Montpellier, because a clausule of the marriage contract of her parents established that the firstborn child, boy or girl, would succeed in Montpellier on William VIII's death.
  In April 1187, William VIII repudiated Eudokia Komnene and married with certain Agnes, a relative of the Kings of Aragon. She bore him eight children, six sons and two daughters. Although Eudokia entered in a convent in Aniane as a Benedictine nun, William VIII's second marriage was declared invalid and all the children born from this union declared illegitimate, so Marie remained as the undisputed heiress of Montpellier.
  
  Marie married Viscount Raymond Geoffrey II of Marseille, also named Barral, in 1192 or shortly before, but was widowed at the end of that year. Her second marriage, in December 1197, was to Count Bernard IV of Comminges, and at the insistence of her father, Marie renounced to her rights over Montpellier in favor of her eldest half-brother William (IX), son of Agnes.
  
  From her marriage with Bernard IV, Marie had two daughters, Mathilde (by marriage Viscountess de la Barthe) and Petronille (by marriage Countess of Astarac). The marriage was, however, notoriously polygamous (Bernard IV had two other living wives) and was finally annulled (some say on Marie's insistence, some say on that of King Peter II of Aragon) in 1201. With this annulment, Marie was once more heir to Montpellier, but her father never recognized her and openly acknowledge his son William IX as his heir.
  
  William VIII died in 1202. Marie's half-brother William IX had taken control of the city, but she asserted her right to it. On 15 June 1204 Marie married Peter II of Aragon and thanks to a revolt against William IX, she was recognised as Lady of Montpellier.
  
  From her marriage with Peter II, Marie gave birth two children: Infanta Sancha (born in 1205, died aged one) and Infante James, the future King James I the Conqueror (born on 1 February 1208). Peter II immediately attempted to divorce her, hoping both to marry Maria of Montferrat, Queen of Jerusalem, and to claim Montpellier for himself. Marie's last years were spent in combating these political and matrimonial manoeuvres. Pope Innocent III finally decided in her favour, refusing to permit the divorce. Marie died in Rome (21 April 1213) on her way back to Aragon, and Peter II a few months later (14 September 1213) at the Battle of Muret. Marie and Peter II's only surviving child, king James I, inherited Aragon and Montpellier.
  
  Marie de Montpellier (1182-1213)
  Marie de Montpellier, née en 11801/11812/11823/1183 peut-être à Montpellier et morte le 18 avril 1213 à Rome, est la dernière descendante des Guilhem, les seigneurs locaux de Montpellier et avec elle
  
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  === Source: A. Roots 105A; RC 150; Kraentzle ===
  Source: A. Roots 105A; RC 150; Kraentzler 1072. RC: Queen of Aragon. Dame de Montpellier. Heiress of Montpellier. K: Maria, Contessa de Montpellier.
  
  === Mary's ancestry is given in "The Plantag ===
  Mary's ancestry is given in "The Plantagenet Ancestry," W.H.Turton (Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968), p. 58. Ernst-Friedrich Kraentzler, "The Ancestry of Richard Plantagenet and Cecily de Nevill..." (Salt Lake City: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1978), states that Mary was born in 1175 and died at Montpellier in 1219. The dates shown here, and for her marriage, are from "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 105-28.
  
  === She is buried in St. Petrs, Rome, Italy. ===
  She is buried in St. Petrs, Rome, Italy.
  
  === Weis. 105A-28. Marie was heir of her f ===
  Weis. 105A-28. Marie was heir of her father but they seem to have both died in 1218. She was married twice before marrying Pedro II.
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.18, 48; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.55, 58; ANDERSON'S ROYAL GENEALOGIES (GS NUMBER Q929.2 AN23R) TAB 457; KEISER UND KOENING HISTOIRE UND GENEALOGIE (GS NUMBER Q940 D22L) TAB 26; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === Since her birth, Marie was the legitimat ===
  Since her birth, Marie was the legitimate heiress of the Lordship of Montpellier, because a clause of the marriage contract of her parents established that the firstborn child, boy or girl, would succeed in Montpellier on William VIII's death.
  
  In April 1187, William VIII repudiated Eudokia Komnene and married a certain Agnes, a relative of the Kings of Aragon. She bore him eight children, six sons and two daughters. Although Eudokia entered in a convent in Aniane as a Benedictine nun, William VIII's second marriage was declared invalid and all the children born from this union declared illegitimate, so Marie remained as the undisputed heiress of Montpellier.
  
  === !Marie, Queen of Aragon, Dame de Montpel ===
  !Marie, Queen of Aragon, Dame de Montpellier, heiress of Montpellier; b. 1182; d. Rome, 21 Apr 1213; bur St. Peter's; md (3) 15 June 1204, Pedro II (see also 51-26), King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona and Genaudun, Marquis of Carlat; b. 1176; d. 14 Sept 1213; fell in the battle of Murat, fighting on behalf of the Albigenses. He was son of Alfonso II, King of Aragon and Sancha (94-28), dau Alfonso VII, King of Castile. ['Royalty for Commoners" by Stuart, line 150-27.]
  
  === !Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who ===
  !Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650, Sixth Edition by Frederick Lewis Weis Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore 1988 line 105A-28; Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa by George Andrew Moriarty Mormon Pioneer Genealogical Society SLC 1985 pp 131,132; The Plantagent Ancestry by W.H.Turton DSO Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore 1984 pp 58; Royal Ancestors of Some American Families by Michel Call SLC 1989 chart 11324; Some research sources from Paula Evans 1992;
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 3/2009:
  Marie de Montpelier1
  F, #113284, d. 1219
  Marie de Montpelier|d. 1219|p11329.htm#i113284|William VIII de Montpelier, Comte de Montpelier||p11329.htm#i113285||||||||||||||||
  Last Edited=13 Jan 2003
  Marie de Montpelier was the daughter of William VIII de Montpelier, Comte de Montpelier.1 She married Pedro II, Rey de Aragón, son of Alfonso II Raimond, Rey de Aragón and Sanchia de Castilla, in 1204.1 She died in 1219.1 She was also reported to have died between 20 April 1213 and 30 April 1213.
  Child of Marie de Montpelier and Pedro II, Rey de Aragón
  Jaime I, Rey de Aragón + b. 1205, d. 25 Jul 12761
  Citations
  [S16 ] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 45. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.

• m. 22 JUN 1204 in Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

1. Jaume de Aragón 'El Conqueridor' Rei d'Aragó de València i Mallorca I, b. 2 FEB 1208 in Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France     d. 27 JUL 1276 in Valencia, Provincia de València, Valenciana, Espana

• m. 7 DEC 1197 in Montpellier, Herault, France

1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Marie de Montpellier -
   Author: Royal Index, University of Hull, England, Internet, Internet, www.dcs.hull.ac.uk
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2. Title: Maria of Montpellier, Wikipedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_of_Montpellier;
   Note: Marie of Montpellier (adapted from Occitan: Maria de Montpelhièr) (1182 – 21 April 1213) was Lady of Montpellier and by her three marriages Viscountess of Marseille, Countess of Comminges and Queen of Aragon... Marie married Viscount Raymond Geoffrey II of Marseille, also named Barral, in 1192... Her second marriage, in December 1197, was to Count Bernard IV of Comminges... was finally annulled in 1201... On 15 June 1204 Marie married Peter II of Aragon ... Marie gave birth two children: Infanta Sancha (born in 1205, died aged one) and Infante James, the future King James I the Conqueror (born on 1 February 1208). Peter II immediately attempted to divorce ... Marie died in Rome (21 April 1213) on her way back to Aragon...
   
3. Title: Marie de Montpellier Aragón, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP9-PCTC : 7 February 2023), Marie de Montpellier Aragón, ; Burial, , , , Vatican City, Saint Peter's Basilica; citing record ID 132122920, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP9-PCTC;
   
4. Title: Royal Genealogies (Volume II)
   Author: James Anderson, D.D., Royal Genealogies (Volume II), Table 457, Page 706 (center).
   
5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Maria Countess Of Montpellier -
   Author: Stirnet.com, Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Name: http://www.stirnet.com;, Page number: Aragon1
   Note: Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Stirnet.com (http://www.stirnet.com).
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