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and Tonnerre between 1185 and 1192. She was the daughter of Guy, Count of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre, and Mathilde de Burgundy, dame of Montpensier.

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Heiress of the counties of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre at the death of her brother

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in 1181, she was initially married to Olivier "Albus," lord of Grignon († 1181/84). When Olivier died, King Philip Augustus arranged her marriage in 1184 - she was 14 - with

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. In 1185, she and her husband Peter confirmed by charter the privileges of the church of

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, and on 10 June 1190 they renounced by charter their hereditary rights in favor of Saint-Cyr. In 1191 they bought Tonnerre of Agnes's mother, Mathilde of Burgundy. She died in 1192 or 1193, while her husband fought in the

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, leaving a daughter, Matilda (1188 † 1257), Countess of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre, who married with Hervé IV of Donzy († 1222) in 1199, and in 1226 with Guigues IV of Forez († 1241).

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