Marie de Boulogne

• Preferred Name: Marie de Boulogne^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
  
• Alternate Name: de Lorraine
  
• Alternate Name: Marie I Countess of Boulogne Princess of England Countess of Boulogne jure uxoris
  
• Gender: F
  
• Nickname:
  
• Religion: Abbess of Romsey1155 in Romsey, Hampshire, England at LATI: N0.989 LONG: E1.497
  
• FSID: KDQJ-H9Z
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Countess of Boulogne5 OCT 1159 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_I,_Countess_of_Boulogne & https://www.thepeerage.com/p10205.htm#i102045
  
• Death: 25 de julho de 1182 in Denonville, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France at LATI: N8.3931 LONG: E0.8122
  
• Religion: St. Austrebert nun1170 in Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France at LATI: N0.5 LONG: E0.9167 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_I,_Countess_of_Boulogne
  
• Birth: 1136 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France at LATI: N0.7264 LONG: E0.6147
  
• Burial: 25 JUL 1182 in Abbaye de Montreuil-sur-Mer, Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Countess Marie de Boulogne
  Also Known As: "Marie Countess of /Romsey/", "Abbess of Romsey /Marie/", "Marie de Boulogne",
  Birthdate: 1136
  Birthplace: Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
  Death: July 25, 1182 (46)
  St Austrebert, Montreuil, France
  Place of Burial: St Austrebert, Montreuil, France
  Immediate Family:
  Daughter of Stephen I, King of England and Mathilde de Boulogne, Comtesse de Boulogne
  Wife of Matthieu d'Alsace, comte de Boulogne,
  Mother of Ida de Boulogne / Comtesse de Boulogne and Mathilde of Flanders, Duchess of Brabant
  Sister of Baldwin of England, Prince of England; Mathilde de Blois; Guillaume de Champagne, Count of Chartres, 4th Earl of Surrey and Eustache IV, Count of Boulogne
  Half sister of Gervaise de Blois, Abbot of Westminster; Almaric de Blois and Ralph de Blois
  Occupation: Condessa da Bolonha, Comtesse, de Boulogne, Abbesse, de Romsey, Gravin van Boulogne
  
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  Maria werd geboren als het jongste kind van Stefanus van Engeland en Mathilde van Boulogne. Ze werd al op jonge leeftijd novice in een klooster in Kent voor ze werd overgeplaatst naar de Abdij van Romsey in Hampshire. In het jaar 1155 werd ze verkozen tot abdis van het klooster.
  
  Toen haar oudere broer Willem veertien jaar later overleed werd zij suo jure gravin van Boulogne. Vanwege die nieuwe macht werd Maria van Boulogne een jaar later uit het klooster ontvoerd door Mattheüs I van de Elzas en dwong hij haar met hem te trouwen. Tien jaar na hun huwelijk werd het huwelijk geannuleerd en hierop trad Maria weer in het klooster in, ditmaal in de benedictijnse abdij te Montreuil waar ze in 1182 overleed.
  
  BIO
  BIO: Count of Boulogne
  
  ** from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLANDERS,%20HAINAUT.htm#ThierryIdied1168B as of 8/19/2016
  
  MATHIEU de Flandre ([1137]-killed in battle Driencourt 25 Dec 1173, bur Abba
  
  Marie I or Mary (1136-25 July 1182 in St Austrebert, Montreuil, France)
  Marie I or Mary (1136-25 July 1182 in St Austrebert, Montreuil, France) was the suo jure Countess of Boulogne from 1159 to 1170. She also held the post of Abbess of Romsey for five years until her abd
  
  === Name "Marie, Countess Of Mortain, Abbess ===
  Name "Marie, Countess Of Mortain, Abbess Of ROMSEY (MORTAIN)"
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 2/2009:
  Marie de Boulogne, Comtesse de Boulogne1
  F, #102045, b. circa 1136, d. 1182
  Marie de Boulogne, Comtesse de Boulogne|b. c 1136\nd. 1182|p10205.htm#i102045|Stephen de Blois, King of England|b. c 1096\nd. 25 Oct 1154|p10204.htm#i102039|Matilda, Comtesse de Boulogne|b. c 1104\nd. 3 May 1152|p10204.htm#i102040|Stephen I. H., Comte de Blois|b. c 1045\nd. 19 May 1102|p10216.htm#i102159|Adela de Normandie|b. c 1062\nd. 8 Mar 1137|p10203.htm#i102030|Eustace I., Comte de Boulogne|b. c 1080\nd. 1125|p10217.htm#i102164|Mary of Scots|d. 31 May 1116|p10216.htm#i102158|
  Last Edited=20 Jun 2005
  Consanguinity Index=0.05%
  Marie de Boulogne, Comtesse de Boulogne was born circa 1136.2 She was the daughter of Stephen de Blois, King of England and Matilda, Comtesse de Boulogne . She married Matthias d'Alsace, Comte de Flandre et Boulogne , son of Thierry d'Alsace, Comte de Flandre and Sybilla d'Anjou , circa 1160, after being kidnapped from her convent.1 She died in 1182 at St. Austrebert, Montreul, France .3 She was buried at St. Austrebert, Montreul, France .3
  Marie de Boulogne, Comtesse de Boulogne was a nun before 1148 at Lillechurch Priory, Kent, England .2 She was a nun circa 1148 - 1155 at Romsey Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire, England .2 She was the Abbess in 1155 at Romsey Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire, England .2 She gained the title of Comtesse de Boulogne on 5 October 1159.1 She gained the title of Comtesse de Mortagne. From circa 1160, her married name became d'Alsace.1 Her marriage to Matthias d'Alsace, Comte de Flandre et Boulogne was annulled in 1169.3 She was a nun after 1169 at St. Austrebert, Montreul, France .1
  Children of Marie de Boulogne, Comtesse de Boulogne and Matthias d'Alsace, Comte de Flandre et Boulogne
  Ida de Boulogne, Comtesse de Boulogne b. c 1161, d. 12163
  Matilda de Boulogne + b. c 1162, d. c 12113
  Citations
  [S11 ] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 54. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
  [S11 ] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 52.
  [S106 ] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online . Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.
  
  === Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by ===
  Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Michael L. Call, Chart 314 - #11.
  
  === #Générale# Elle a été retirée du cloître ===
  #Générale# Elle a été retirée du cloître de Ramsey en 116 0 pour êtremariée et ell e y revint en 1169 après avoir quitté son mari(répud iation).
  
  === per Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Cha ===
  per Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants compiled by Marcellus Donald Alexander R. von Redlich vol 1 1986 "Countess of Boulogne; was Abbess of Romsey in Hampshire until 1160, when she was forcibly abducted from the convent and m by Matthew. She separated from her husband and resumed a conventual life in 1169 at St. Austrebert, near Montreuil, France, where she once more took the veil as a nun, she d in 1182. Two daughters were the issue of Matthew and the Princess Mary.Mathilda was the youngest."
  
  === Marie was a countess of Mortain and Boul ===
  Marie was a countess of Mortain and Boulogne, and an abbess of Romsey.
  
  === TABLEAUX GENEALOGIQUES DE SOUVERAINS DE ===
  TABLEAUX GENEALOGIQUES DE SOUVERAINS DE FRANCE ET SEU GRAND FEUDATAIRES (GS NUMBER 944 D22G) TAB 37; TABLETTES CHRONOLOGIQUES (GS NUMBER 944 D22T) VOL 2 P.21, 38, 129; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.19, 105; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.19, 21, 23; KINGS OF ENGLAND P.44; BURKE'S PEERAGES P.252; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOT OF SIXTY COLONI ===
  !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOT OF SIXTY COLONISTS WHO CAME TO NEW ENGLAND BETWEEN 1623 AND 1650, 6TH ED 1988, PG 142 LINE 169 # 25 !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL FILE VEERSION 4.02
  
  === Mary of Boulogne, Countess of Mortaigne ===
  Mary of Boulogne, Countess of Mortaigne Born: ABT 1136 Died: 1182, St Austrebert, Montreuil, France Interred: St Austrebert, Montreuil, France Notes: and Abbess of Romsey, abducted by Matthew of Flander. Father: , Stephen, King of England, b. ABT 1096 Mother: , Matilda of Boulogne, Countess of Boulogne, b. ABT 1103/05 Married ABT 1160 ANNULMENT 1169 to von Lothringen, Matthew of Alsace, Count Boulogne Child 1: , Ida of Boulogne, Countess of Boulogne, b. ABT 1161 Child 2: , Matilda of Boulogne, b. ABT 1162
  
  === She bore the title Comtesse de Mortaigne ===
  She bore the title Comtesse de Mortaigne. She was abducted by Matthew of Flanders (Matthieu Vaudemont).
  
  === !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #314. ===
  !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #314.
  
  === Mary was an Abbess of Romsey, abducted ===
  Mary was an Abbess of Romsey, abducted by Matthew of Flander. Married in 1160 and marriage annuled in 1169.
  
  === Abbess of Romsey ===
  Abbess of Romsey
  
  === REF: Weis, Ancestral Roots 165-26. REF: ===
  REF: Weis, Ancestral Roots 165-26. REF: Weis, Ancestral Roots 169-26.
  
  === BIOGRAPHY: Abbess of Romsey, abducted b ===
  BIOGRAPHY: Abbess of Romsey, abducted by Matthew of Flanders.
  
  === Source: Frederick Lewis Weis & Walter Le ===
  Source: Frederick Lewis Weis & Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., Ancestral Roots of certain American colonists..., (Edition 7, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1992), 169-26.
  
  === Louis Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees pp 2 ===
  Louis Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees pp 23,26
  
  === Ref: Divorce 1169 Alt. Spelling: Mary of ===
  Ref: Divorce 1169 Alt. Spelling: Mary of Boulogne, Countess of Mortaigne
  
  === ANCESTRAL ROOTS, by F. L. Weis, 7th Ed., ===
  ANCESTRAL ROOTS, by F. L. Weis, 7th Ed., Line 169 #26, pg. 145: Mary, b. 1136, d. 1182; m. Matthew of Alsace (165-26), son of Thierry, Count of Flanders, and Sybil, dau. of Fulk V, Count of Anjou. Lin 165 #26, pg. 144: Matthew of Alsace m. Mary of Blois (169-26), dau. of Stephen (169-25, King of England.
  
  === Abbess of Romsey til 1159. Her marriage ===
  Abbess of Romsey til 1159. Her marriage was annulled on grounds of her vows of chastity, 1169. She returned to the Convent of St. Austrebert at Montreuil as a nun. She died leaving issue.
  
  === SOURCE: compiled by Marcellus Donald Ale ===
  SOURCE: compiled by Marcellus Donald Alexander R. von Redlich, "Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol 1", Genealogical Publishing Co.,Inc. Baltimore, 1986. CITATION: "Countess of Boulogne; was Abbess of Romsey in Hampshire until 1160, when she was forcibly abducted from the convent and m by Matthew. She separated from her husband and resumed a conventual life in 1169 at St. Austrebert, near Montreuil, France, where she once more took the veil as a nun, she d in1182. Two daughters were the issue of Matthew and the Princess Mary. Mathilda was the youngest."
  
  === !English Monarchs Henry II, W.L. Warren ===
  !English Monarchs Henry II, W.L. Warren p35: Married Matthew, younger son of count of Flanders;

1. Mathilde de Boulogne, b. 22 MAY 1162 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France     d. 16 OCT 1210 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium

1. Title: Mary of England (1136-1182), Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
   Author: Citations [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 498-499. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 384. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 495. [S54] Middle & Far East Families, Alsace.
   Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p184.htm#i5505;
   Note: Mary of England1,2 Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 F, #5505, b. circa 1136, d. 25 July 1182 Father Stephen, King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Mortain & Boulogne3,2 b. c 1092, d. 25 Oct 1154 Mother Maud (Matilda) of Boulogne3 b. c 1075, d. 3 May 1151 Mary of England Countess of Mortain and Boulogne, Abbess of Romsey. She married Herve II, Comte de Leon, son of Guiomark III, Comte de Leon. Mary of England was born circa 1136 at Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France. She married Matthew of Flanders, Count of Boulogne, son of Dietrich II of Lorraine, Count of Flanders & Alsace and Sibylla of Anjou, in 1160; Abducted. They had 2 daughters (Ida, wife of Gerhard, Comte de Gueldres & Zutphen, of Berthold V, Duke of Zahringen, & of Renaud de Dammartin; & Mathilde, wife of Henri I, Duke of Lorraine & Brabant, Markgraf von Antwerp).1,2 Mary of England and Matthew of Flanders, Count of Boulogne were divorced circa 1170.4 Mary of England died on 25 July 1182 at Convent of Ste. Austreberthe, Montreuil-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.1 Family: Matthew of Flanders, Count of Boulogne b. c 1138, d. 25 Jul 1173 Children: Ida of Flanders, Countess of Boulogne+2 b. c 1160, d. 21 Apr 1216 Maud of Flanders+1 b. 1162, d. 6 Oct 1210
   
2. Title: Marie of Boulogne (1136-1182), "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-9CKY : 1 June 2022), Marie of Boulogne, ; Burial, Montreuil, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, Abbaye de Montreuil-sur-Mer; citing record ID 90417838, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-9CKY;
   Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90417838/marie-of_boulogne Marie of Boulogne BIRTH 1136 Boulogne-sur-Mer, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France DEATH 25 Jul 1182 (aged 45–46) Denonville, Departement d'Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France BURIAL Abbaye de Montreuil-sur-Mer Montreuil, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France MEMORIAL ID 90417838 Marie of Boulogne was the Countess of Boulogne from 1159 to 1170. She also held the post of Abbess of Romsey for five years until her abduction by Matthew of Alsace, who forced her to marry him. Marie was born to King Stephen of England and his wife Matilda I, Countess of Boulogne. Matthew of Alsace abducted Marie from the abbey in 1160, and forced her to marry him in defiance of her religious vows. He therefore became jure uxoris Count of Boulogne and co-ruler. Marie's marriage to Matthew was annulled in 1170. This was the same year that she gave birth to their youngest daughter, Mathilde in Louvain. Following the annulment, Marie re-entered the religious life as a Benedictine nun at St. Austrebert, Montreuil, where she died on 25 July 1182 at the age of about 46.
   
3. Title: Marie (Blois) Boulogne on WikiTree
   Author: WikiTree contributors, "Marie (Blois) Boulogne", WikiTree, http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blois-22 (accessed 31 March 2022)
   Publication: Name: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blois-22;
   
4. Title: Marie de Boulogne, Comtesse de Boulogne (1136-1182), The Peerage
   Author: https://www.thepeerage.com/p10205.htm#i102045
   Publication: Name: https://www.thepeerage.com/p10205.htm#i102045;
   Note: Marie de Boulogne, Comtesse de Boulogne was born circa 1136.2 She was the daughter of Stephen de Blois, King of England and Matilda, Comtesse de Boulogne. She married Matthias d'Alsace, Comte de Flandre et Boulogne, son of Thierry d'Alsace, Comte de Flandre and Sybilla d'Anjou, circa 1160, after being kidnapped from her convent.1 She died in 1182 at St. Austrebert, Montreul, FranceG.3 She was buried at St. Austrebert, Montreul, FranceG.3 She was a nun before 1148 at Lillechurch Priory, Kent, EnglandG.2 She was a nun circa 1148 - 1155 at Romsey Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire, EnglandG.2 She was the Abbess in 1155 at Romsey Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire, EnglandG.2 She gained the title of Comtesse de Boulogne on 5 October 1159.1 She gained the title of Comtesse de Mortagne. From circa 1160, her married name became d'Alsace.1 Her marriage to Matthias d'Alsace, Comte de Flandre et Boulogne was annulled in 1169.3 She was a nun after 1169 at St. Austrebert, Montreul, FranceG.1 Children of Marie de Boulogne, Comtesse de Boulogne and Matthias d'Alsace, Comte de Flandre et Boulogne Ida d'Alsace-Vlaanderen, Comtesse de Boulogne+3 b. c 1161, d. 1216 Matilda de Boulogne+3 b. c 1162, d. c 1211 Citations: 1.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 54. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families. 2. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 52. 3. [S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online http://www.daml.org/2001/01/gedcom/royal92.ged. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.
   
5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Marie Countess of (MORTAIN) DAMMARTIN -
   Author: Michael L. Call, Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Michael L. Call, Page number: Chart 314 - # 11
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2275540767
   
6. Title: Marie I, Countess of Boulogne (1136-1182), Wikipedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_I,_Countess_of_Boulogne;
   Note: Marie I or Mary (1136 – 25 July 1182 in St Austrebert, Montreuil, France) was the suo jure Countess of Boulogne from 1159 to 1170. She also held the post of Abbess of Romsey for five years until her abduction by Matthew of Alsace, who forced her to marry him. Marie was the younger daughter of King Stephen of England and his wife Matilda I, Countess of Boulogne. She was born in 1136, one year after her father had succeeded to the English throne. Marie became a novice at the Priory of Lillechurch in Kent, but later transferred to Romsey Abbey in Hampshire. It was at Romsey that she became a nun sometime between 1148 and 1155. She was elected Abbess of Romsey in 1155. About four years later, on 11 October 1159, her brother William died in Toulouse. Marie, his only surviving sibling, succeeded as the suo jure Countess of Boulogne. Matthew of Alsace abducted Marie from the abbey in 1160, and forced her to marry him in defiance of her religious vows. He therefore became jure uxoris Count of Boulogne and co-ruler. Marie's marriage to Matthew was annulled in 1170. This was the same year that she gave birth to their younger daughter, Mathilde, in Louvain. Following the annulment, Marie re-entered the religious life as a Benedictine nun at St. Austrebert, Montreuil,where she died on 25 July 1182 at the age of about 46. Burial St Austrebert