Marie of France | |
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Countess consort of Champagne | |
Tenure | 1164 – 17 March 1181 |
Born | 1145 Kingdom of France |
Died | 11 March 1198 County of Champagne | (aged 52–53)
Burial | |
Spouse | Henry I, Count of Champagne |
Issue | Henry II, Count of Champagne Marie, Latin Empress Theobald III, Count of Champagne Scholastique, Countess of Mâcon |
House | Capet |
Father | Louis VII of France |
Mother | Eleanor of Aquitaine |
Marie of France (1145 – 11 March 1198) was a Capetian princess who became Countess of Champagne by her marriage to Henry I of Champagne. She ruled the County of Champagne as regent during Henry I's absence from 1179 to 1181; during the minority of their son Henry II from 1181 to 1187; and during Henry II's absence from 1190 to 1197. She was the daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France.