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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.
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1137 - 1183 (46 years)