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Marie de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke (c. 1303 – 1377) was the second wife of Franco-English nobleman Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and is best known as the founder of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Marie de St. Pol, a French noblewoman, was the daughter and heir of Count Guy de Chatillon of St. Pol and Mary of Brittany. In 1321, Marie married the powerful and wealthy English count, Aymer de Valence, earl of Pembroke, who was in his 50s at the time.
Marie de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke (1303–1377), a member of the de Châtillon family of France, founded Pembroke College, Cambridge. On Christmas Eve 1347, Edward III granted Marie de St Pol, widow of the Earl of Pembroke, the licence for the
- 1347; 676 years ago
- £184.5m (2018)
Marie of Luxembourg-Saint-Pol ( c. 1472 — 1 April 1547) was the ruling Countess Regnant of Soissons and Saint-Pol between 25 October 1482 and 1 April 1547. She was additionally made Countess consort of Vendôme through her marriage to Francis, Count of Vendôme. [1]
- c. 1472
- Luxembourg
- 1 April 1547 (aged 74–75), La Fère
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Marie de St Pol (1304–1377), Countess of Pembroke Giuseppe Filippo Liberati Marchi (c.1735–1808) Pembroke College, Cambridge
Jun 15, 2010 · Marie de St Pol, the teenaged countess of Pembroke, arrived in an England torn apart by the Despenser War and Edward II's subsequent successful campaign against the Contrariants. Although her new husband remained loyal to the king and played an important role in the king's victory, it seems that the Despensers never forgave Aymer for urging ...
