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.[1]

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.[2] They had five children:

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

Her eldest son, John, succeeded her in Blois.[3]

References

  1. ^ (FR)Henri Platelle, Présence de l'au-delà: une vision médiévale du monde, (Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2004), 284.
  2. ^ Theodore Evergates, The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007), 223.
  3. ^ a b c d e Theodore Evergates, The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300, 254.
Mary, Countess of Blois
Born: 1200 Died: 1241
Preceded by Countess of Blois
with Hugh I
1225–1241 		Succeeded by


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