Ancestral Trails 2016 » Matilda d'ARTOIS (1268-1329)

Personal data Matilda d'ARTOIS 

• She was born in the year 1268 in Artois, Pas-de-Calais, France.
• Title: Heiress of Artois, Countess of Artois
• She died on October 28, 1329 in Paris, Seine, Île-de-France, France, she was 61 years old.
• A child of Robert d'ARTOIS and Amice de COURTENAY

Household of Matilda d'ARTOIS

She is married to Otto de BURGUNDY.

They got married June 1291 at Bourgogne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, she was 23 years old.

Notes about Matilda d'ARTOIS

Mahaut, Countess of Artois (1268 - October 28, 1329, Paris), also known as Mathilda, was the eldest child (and only daughter) of Robert II, Count of Artois, and Amicie de Courtenay.

Her paternal grandparents were Robert I, Count of Artois, and Matilda of Brabant. Her maternal grandparents were Pierre de Courtenay, Seigneur de Conches, and Perronelle de Joigny.

Her younger brothers were:
Philip of Artois (1269-1298). Married Blanche de Dreux, daughter of John II, Duke of Brittany, by whom he had five children.
Robert of Artois (born 1271). Died young.

In 1291, Mahaut married Otho IV, Count of Burgundy, to whom she bore three children, including two girls who married kings of France:
Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292-1330), married Philip V of France
Blanche of Burgundy (1296 ? - 1326), married Charles IV of France
Robert, Count of Burgundy (1300-1315).

Mahaut's daughters Joan II and Blanche, along with their cousin Margaret of Burgundy, were implicated in the Tour de Nesle Affair.

Because of the premature death of her brother Philip in 1298, she inherited the County of Artois at her father's death in 1302, rather than her nephew Robert III (her inheritance being based upon proximity of blood). Although he repeatedly challenged the decision, her rights to the county were consistently upheld by the Parlement of Paris and the royal court. She was an able administrator and managed to defeat the many rebellions perpetrated by members of the nobility. Her senior administrator was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras, Thierry de Hérisson. Upon her death in 1329, the county was inherited by her daughter Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (d. 1329), the widow of Philip V of France.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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