Marie Blois, Princess of Boulogne

Marie Blois, Princess of Boulogne

Female 1137 - 1183  (46 years)


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  • Name Marie Blois 
    Title Princess of Boulogne 
    Birth 1137  Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    FSID G529-MCF 
    Burial Oct 1159  Poitou-Charentes, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 25 Jul 1183  Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7298  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father Stephen De Blois, King of England ,   b. 1097, Rhône-Alpes, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Oct 1154, Kentshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F3741  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mathieu Alsace, Comte De Boulogne ,   b. 1137, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1173, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage 1160  Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Matilda D. Alsace,   b. 1162, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1211, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F4371  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 


    • Marie I or Mary (1136 - 25 July 1182 in St Austrebert, Montreuil, Fran c e ) w a s t h e suo jure Countess of Boulogne from 1159 to 1170. She also he l d t h e p o st of Abbess of Romsey for five years until her abduction by M a t t h e w of Alsace, who forced her to marry him. On 18 December 1161 , P o p e A l e x ander III wrote a letter to the Archbishop of Rheims in wh ich h e d i s c u s sed Marie's abduction by Matthew of Alsace and her subse quen t co n s t r a ined marriage.

      Following the annulment, Marie re-entered the religious life as a Bene d i c t i n e nun at St. Austrebert, Montreuil, where she died on 25 July 11 8 2 a t t h e a g e of about 46.

      Marie I or Mary (1136 - 25 July 1182 in St Austrebert, Montreuil, Fran c e ) w a s t h e suo jure Countess of Boulogne from 1159 to 1170. She also he l d t h e p o st of Abbess of Romsey for five years until her abduction by M a t t h e w of Alsace, who forced her to marry him. On 18 December 1161 , P o p e A l e x ander III wrote a letter to the Archbishop of Rheims in wh ich h e d i s c u s sed Marie's abduction by Matthew of Alsace and her subse quen t co n s t r a ined marriage.

      Following the annulment, Marie re-entered the religious life as a Bene d i c t i n e nun at St. Austrebert, Montreuil, where she died on 25 July 11 8 2 a t t h e a g e of about 46.