Agnes of Merania | |
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Queen consort of the Franks | |
Tenure | 1196–1200 |
Born | 1175 |
Died | July 1201 |
Spouse | Philip II of France |
Issue | Marie, Duchess of Brabant Philip I, Count of Boulogne |
House | Andechs |
Father | Berthold, Duke of Merania |
Mother | Agnes of Rochlitz |
Agnes of Merania (1175 – July 1201) was Queen of France by marriage to King Philip II.
She is called Marie by some of the French chroniclers. [1]
Agnes Maria was the daughter of Berthold, Duke of Merania [2] and Agnes of Rochlitz. [3]
In June 1196, Agnes married Philip II of France, who had repudiated his second wife Ingeborg of Denmark in 1193. [4] Pope Innocent III espoused the cause of Ingeborg; but Philip did not submit until 1200, when, nine months after interdict had been added to excommunication, he consented to a separation from Agnes. [5]
Agnes died, possibly in childbirth, in July of the next year, at the castle of Poissy, and was buried in the Convent of St. Corentin, near Nantes. [5]
Agnes and Philip had two children:
Both were legitimized by the Pope in 1201. [6]
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