Eléonore_of_Blois

Eleanor of Champagne

Eleanor of Champagne

Countess of Vermandois

Eleanor of Blois or Champagne (French: Eléonore; 1102–1147) was a French noblewoman.

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Life

She was daughter of Stephen, Count of Blois and Adela of Normandy, daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders. Eleanor married Ralph I, Count of Vermandois.

Eleanor's marriage with Ralph was dissolved at the request of Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose sister, Petronilla of Aquitaine, was in love with Ralph.[1] This led to a war with Theobald II of Champagne, who was Eleanor's brother. The war lasted two years (1142–1144) and ended with the occupation of Champagne by the royal army. Eleanor died in 1147.

References

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    Elizabeth Hallam, Judith Everard (2014). Capetian France 987-1328. Routledge. p. 157. "The rift between Theobald and Louis was also widened by the marital problems of Raoul, count of Vermandois, Louis' seneschal. He repudiated his wife, Eleanor of Champagne, Theobald's niece, for Petronilla of Aquitaine, sister of Eleanor of Aquitaine..."


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