| Agnes of Merania | |
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| Queen consort of France | |
| Tenure | 1196–1200 |
| Born | 1175 |
| Died | July 1201 (1201-08) |
| Spouse | Philip II of France |
| Issue | Marie, Duchess of Brabant Philip I, Count of Boulogne |
| House | Andechs |
| Father | Berthold, Duke of Merania |
| Mother | Agnes of Rochlitz |
Agnes of Merania (1175 – July 1201) wasQueen of France by marriage to KingPhilip II.
She is called Marie by some of the French chroniclers.[1]
Agnes Maria was the daughter ofBerthold, Duke of Merania[2] andAgnes of Rochlitz.[3]
In June 1196, Agnes marriedPhilip II of France, who had repudiated his second wifeIngeborg of Denmark in 1193.[4]Pope Innocent III espoused the cause of Ingeborg; but Philip did not submit until 1200, when, nine months afterinterdict had been added toexcommunication, he consented to a separation from Agnes.[5]
Agnes died, possibly in childbirth, in July of the next year, at the castle ofPoissy, and was buried in the Convent of St. Corentin, nearNantes.[5]
Agnes and Philip had two children:
Both were legitimized by the Pope in 1201.[6]
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