Matilda of Amboise (Mahaut, Mathilde d'Amboise; c. 1200 ‒ 12 May 1256) was the Countess of
Chartres
Chartres () is the prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France. It is located about southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 170,763 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Chartres (as d ...
1248-1256. She was the daughter of
Sulpice III of Amboise The name Sulpice may refer to
* Sulpicius Severus, the 4th-century biographer
* Saint Sulpitius the Pious
Sulpitius (or Sulpicius) the Pious (; died 17 January 644) was a 7th-century bishop of Bourges and saint.
Life
According to his ''Vita ...
and
Isabella of Blois.
She married Richard II, Vicomte de Beaumont, but it seems they were
childless. Richard died on 17 September 1242. In 1232 Matilda and Richard gave land to the nuns of Lieu. Matilda later married Jean II de Nesle. She was also childless with him.
On Matilda’s death, her cousin
John I, Count of Blois John I of Châtillon (died 5 May 1280 in Chambord), was count of Blois from 1241 to 1280 and lord of Avesnes.
Biography
He was the son of Hugh I of Châtillon and Marie of Avesnes.
In 1254, John married Alix of Brittany, Dame de Pontarcy (d. 1 ...
reunited Chartres with
Blois
Blois ( ; ) is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours.
With 45,898 inhabitants by 2019, Blois is the most populated city of the ...
.
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1200s births
1256 deaths
13th-century French women
13th-century French nobility
13th-century women rulers