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Marie of Ponthieu
d. 1251
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1251
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About
Marie, Countess of Ponthieu in her own right, held her Channel-coast county through the wreck of her father's politics - he had fought against the French crown at Bouvines - and kept the inheritance together for her children. A great-granddaughter of Louis VII of France, she married Simon de Dammartin, and their daughter Joan became Queen of Castile and mother of Eleanor, Edward I's beloved queen: Marie is the grandmother of the Eleanor Crosses.
Research notes
MARIE, Countess of PONTHIEU (1199-1251); wife of Simon de Dammartin; mother of Joan (our line). Standard documented medieval genealogy per the cited authorities; contested/legendary rungs note-only, not hardened.