Agnes of Blois

Agnes of Blois,[note 1] or de Puiset (died c. 1129) was a French noblewoman and Countess of Corbeil, Lady of Le Puiset, and Viscountess of Chartres from 1104 until her death as the wife of Hugh III of Le Puiset.

Biography

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Agnes was the daughter of Stephen, Count of Blois and his wife, Adela of Normandy,[1][note 2] and thus a sister of Stephen of Blois.[2] (later Stephen, King of England) In 1104, Agnes married Hugh III of Le Puiset.[3] Agnes and Hugh had three children:

  1. Éverard IV, Viscount of Chartres, no issue.[3]
  2. Bouchard de Puiset, Archdeacon of Orléans, had issue.[3]
  3. Hugh de Puiset (c. 1125 – 3 March 1195); Bishop of Durham, had issue.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ (French: Agnès de Blois, pronounced [aɲɛs blwa])
  2. ^ Sources vary, however Theodore Evergates claims Agnes was the step-daughter of Adela, (see Evergates 2010, pp. 26, 36)

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Evergates 2016, p. ii.
  2. ^ Scammell 2011, p. 4.
  3. ^ a b c d La Monte 1942, p. 100-101.

Cited works

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  • Evergates, Theodore (4 February 2016) [21 December 2015]. Henry the Liberal: Count of Champagne, 1127-1181. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812247909.
  • Evergates, Theodore (3 August 2010) [1999]. Aristocratic Women in Medieval France. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812200614.
  • Scammell, Geoffrey Vaughan (17 February 2011) [1956]. Hugh Du Puiset: A Biography of the Twelfth-Century Bishop of Durham. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521179850.
  • La Monte, John L. (January 1942). The Lords of Le Puiset on the Crusades. University of Chicago Press.