Marie of France
Marie Capet
Elder daughter of King Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Wife of Henry the Liberal, Count of Champagne.
Inspired by her mother's culture, Marie has brought Occitan ideas of fin'amors, Courtly Love, to the North. She is literate in French and Latin, and owns an extensive library. She is a great patron of literature and the arts, and her court attracts writers and poets, including Andrew the Chaplain and Chrétien de Troyes.
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Countess of Champagne
Date of Death
11 March 1198
Year of Birth
1145 AD
47 Years old
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Siblings
Richard I of England
(half-brother)
John, Count of Mortain
(half-brother)
Alix of France
(sister)
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