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Nov 5, 2020 · Marie of France was daughter of King Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and wife of Henry the Liberal, count of Champagne (or, strictly speaking, of Troyes). She was regent of Champagne for most of the period from 1179 until her death in 1198.
- Bernard Gowers
- 2020
Marie of Champagne (c. 1174 – 29 August 1204) was the first Latin Empress of Constantinople by marriage to Emperor Baldwin I. She acted as regent of Flanders during the absence of her spouse from 1202 until 1204.
Jul 16, 2019 · Depictions of the countess are explored in chapter 6, ‘Images of Countess Marie’. She was known as an ‘assertive patron of romances’, a lavishly generous patron, and capable ruling countess. Nonetheless, her memory disappeared rapidly after her death.
- Tracy Adams
- 2019
Apr 20, 2017 · Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII, was known for alleged connection to medieval courts of love.
- Jone Johnson Lewis
Eleanor of Aquitaine 's daughter Marie, who became the countess of Champagne, was a literary patron in her own right, commissioning courtly romances from such poets as Chretien de Troyes. Chretien's works include "Lancelot, or The Knight of the Cart," and other Arthurian romances.
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Apr 13, 2020 · Evergates’s premise is that scholars have overlooked Marie’s substantial political achievements in favour of her cultural patronage. Evergates describes with meticulous detail how Marie maintained ‘the county of Champagne as a dynamic, prosperous state […] in the face of several existential threats’ (p. vii).
Theodore Evergates focuses on the political achievements of Marie who, first as the wife of Comte Henri I er (le Libéral) de Champagne, then as the regent for her son, Henri II, and finally as co-ruler with Henri II, successfully governed the county for nearly twenty years.
