Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne

Matilda of Boulogne ( Mathilde of Dammartin, * 1202, † 1262 ) was a French noblewoman, Countess of Boulogne and Dammartin and 1248-1253 Queen of Portugal.

Matilda was the daughter of Rainald I, Count of Countess Ida of Boulogne and Dammartin. Since her parents had no son, she inherited the county of Boulogne. In her first marriage, she married in 1216 Prince Philippe of France, a son of King Philip II Augustus. This marriage ended in 1234 with the death of her husband.

In 1235 she then married Alfonso, a younger brother of the Portuguese King Sancho II This remained at the French court, because his aunt, Blanche of Castile, the widow of King Louis VIII, as regent and king mother possessed great influence over there. Through her marriage she gives her man the county Boulogne.

In Portugal, there were at this time great internal political entanglements. Sancho II had become entangled in a hopeless conflict with the Catholic Church. Blanche of Castile saw the possibility of a closer link between Portugal to France and therefore allied IV against Sancho II with Pope Innocent She managed to persuade the Pope to depose Sancho II and Alfonso to on the Council of Lyons administrator of the to appoint kingdom. Alfons then goes to Portugal, defeated his brother and climbs after his death in 1248 when Alfonso III. even the Portuguese throne. Thus, Mathilde Queen of Portugal ( as the spouse, not as sovereign in its own right ). She gives her husband two sons, but both die at birth. When it became obvious that Mathilde could not bear any more children and therefore her husband could not give the awaited heir to the throne, this cast them in 1253 and married again without his marriage was annulled church with Mathilde, eventually also Alfonso III. brought into conflict with the Church.

Progeny

Matilda of Boulogne had with Prince Philippe of France, two, maybe three children:

  • Johanna ( Jeanne ) (* probably in 1219; † January 14, 1252 ), Countess of Clermont and Aumale; ∞ 1241 Gaucher de Châtillon -sur- Marne, X March 25, 1250, Lord of Montjay etc.
  • Alberich ( Alberic ) (* probably 1222 † after 1284) Count of Dammartin, 1234 Count of Clermont -en- Beauvaisis and Aumale, renounces in favor of his sister and goes to England.
  • ? Johann (Jean ) (* probably 1225, † probably before 1234, 1230 attested )

Matilda of Boulogne had with Alfonso III. of Portugal one son:

  • Roberto D. (* 1239 )

See also: List of Queens of Portugal, List of kings of Portugal, Portuguese history, chronology of the history of Portugal, Portugal under the Burgundian rulers, house Mello.

Renaud I, Count of Dammartin Afonso III of Portugal Sancho II of Portugal Louis VIII of France Pope Innocent IV Counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis History of Portugal (1279–1415)
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