Marie of France was a Capetian princess who became Countess of Champagne by her marriage to Henry I of Champagne. She ruled the County of Champagne as regent during Henry I's absence from 1179 to 1181
Seal of Marie of France
Marie pictured as patroness in a medieval manuscript
Louis VII of France
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Louis VII, was King of France from 1137 to 1180. His first marriage was to Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe. The marriage temporarily exten
Marie of France, Countess of Champagne
…the minority of their son Henry II from 1181 to 1187; and during Henry II's absence from 1190 to 1197. She was the daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France. Marie's birth was hailed as a "miracle" by Bernard of Clairvaux, an answer to his prayer to bless the marriage between Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis…
Effigy of Louis VII on his seal
Equestrian image of Louis VII on two-sided royal seal. Legend: ET DVX AQVITANORVM.
Géza II of Hungary and Louis VII of France. Image from the Hungarian Chronicon Pictum (1358)
Raymond of Poitiers welcoming Louis VII in Antioch (15th-century illustration)