Matthieu, Count of Boulogne,
(1138-1173)
son of Thierry d'Alsace, Count of Flanders 1128-1168
and Sibylla d'Anjou
Born circa 1138
Died 25 July 1173
Married circa 1160, Annulled 1169
Marie de Blois
Countess of Boulogne
Born circa 1136
In 1160 he married Marie de Blois and in her right became Count of Boulogne.
However, before her marriage she had been Abbess of Romsey when she succeeded
her brother as Countess of Boulogne, and this was the reason when the marriage
was annulled in 1169 and she returned to a convent in Saint-Austrebert.
There she died on 25 July 1182. Shortly after the annulment, Matthieu,
still Count of Boulogne, married Eleonore de Vermandois.
Source: Leo van de Pas |
