Agnes of Merania

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Agnes of Merania
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Queen consort of the Franks
Tenure1196–1200
Born1175
DiedJuly 1201 (1201-08)
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.

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She is called Marie by some of the French chroniclers. [1]

Biography

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]

Family

Agnes and Philip had two children:

Both were legitimized by the Pope in 1201. [6]


References

Sources

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French royalty
Preceded by Queen consort of France
1196–1201
Succeeded by