Agnes of Blois

Agnes of Blois,^{[note 1]} or de Puiset (died c. 1129) was a French noblewoman and Countess of Corbeil, Lady of Le Puiset, and Viscountess of Chartres from 1104 until her death as the wife of Hugh III of Le Puiset.

Biography

Agnes was the daughter of Stephen, Count of Blois and his wife, Adela of Normandy,^{[1][note 2]} and thus a sister of Stephen of Blois.^[2] (later Stephen, King of England) In 1104, Agnes married Hugh III of Le Puiset.^[3] Agnes and Hugh had three children:

1. Éverard IV, Viscount of Chartres, no issue.^[3]
2. Bouchard de Puiset, Archdeacon of Orléans, had issue.^[3]
3. Hugh de Puiset (c. 1125 – 3 March 1195); Bishop of Durham, had issue.^[3]

Notes

1. (French: Agnès de Blois, pronounced [aɲɛs də blwa])
2. Sources vary, however Theodore Evergates claims Agnes was the step-daughter of Adela, (see Evergates 2010, pp. 26, 36)

References

Citations

1. Evergates 2016, p. ii.
2. Scammell 2011, p. 4.
3. La Monte 1942, p. 100-101.

Cited works

• Evergates, Theodore (4 February 2016) [21 December 2015]. Henry the Liberal: Count of Champagne, 1127-1181. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812247909.
• Evergates, Theodore (3 August 2010) [1999]. Aristocratic Women in Medieval France. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812200614.
• Scammell, Geoffrey Vaughan (17 February 2011) [1956]. Hugh Du Puiset: A Biography of the Twelfth-Century Bishop of Durham. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521179850.
• La Monte, John L. (January 1942). The Lords of Le Puiset on the Crusades. University of Chicago Press.