Agnes of Merania

Agnes of Merania (1175 – July 1201) was Queen of France by marriage to King Philip II.

Agnes of Merania
Queen consort of France
Tenure	1196–1200
Born	1175
Died	July 1201 (1201-08)
Spouse	Philip II of France
Issue	Marie, Duchess of Brabant Philip I, Count of Boulogne
House	Andechs
Father	Berthold, Duke of Merania
Mother	Agnes of Rochlitz

She is called Marie by some of the French chroniclers.^[1]

Biography

Agnes Maria was the daughter of Berthold, Duke of Merania^[2] and Agnes of Rochlitz.^[3]

In June 1196, Agnes married Philip II of France, who had repudiated his second wife Ingeborg of Denmark in 1193.^[4] Pope Innocent III espoused the cause of Ingeborg; but Philip did not submit until 1200, when, nine months after interdict had been added to excommunication, he consented to a separation from Agnes.^[5]

Agnes died, possibly in childbirth, in July of the next year, at the castle of Poissy, and was buried in the Convent of St. Corentin, near Nantes.^[5]

Family

Agnes and Philip had two children:

• Mary, b. 1198^[5]
• Philip I, Count of Boulogne, b 1200^[5]

Both were legitimized by the Pope in 1201.^[6]