Catherine of Clermont (French: ''Catherine de Clermont''; ? – 19/20 September 1212/1213) was the ruling Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis in her own right in 1191-1213. She was also the Countess of Blois by marriage.

Biography

Catherine was the eldest child of

Raoul I, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis Raoul I the Red of Clermont (before 1140 — killed 15 October 1191) was a French nobleman, and Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1161 until his death. He was the eldest son of Renaud II, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, and his second wife (Clem ...

and his wife, Countess Alix. Catherine’s brother Philippe died before Raoul, and Catherine became the Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis after her father’s death. The husband of Catherine was

Louis I, Count of Blois Louis I of Blois (1172 – 14 April 1205) was Count of Blois from 1191 to 1205. He is best known for his participation in the Fourth Crusade and later prominent role in the Battle of Adrianople Early life He was the son of Theobald V and Alix ...

, a grandson of the King of

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. Catherine bore three children to her husband; one of them was Theobald VI, Count of Blois.

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* * *{{cite book , last=Williams , first=Jane Welch , year=1993 , title=Bread, Wine, and Money: The Windows of the Trades at Chartres Cathedral , publisher=University of Chicago Press Counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis Countesses of Chartres 1213 deaths 12th-century women rulers 13th-century women rulers