Marie of Champagne
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| Spouse(s) | Baldwin I of Constantinople |
| Noble family | House of Champagne |
| Father | Henry I, Count of Champagne |
| Mother | Marie of France |
| Born | c. 1174 |
| Died | 9 August 1204 Acre, Israel |
Marie of Champagne (c. 1174 – 9 August 1204) was the Empress consort of Baldwin I of Constantinople.
She was a daughter of Henry I, Count of Champagne and Marie of France, Countess of Champagne. Her maternal grandparents were Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Her brothers were Henry II of Champagne and Theobald III, Count of Champagne. Her sister Scholastique of Champagne married William V of Macon. Both sisters are mentioned by name in the chronicle of Alberic of Trois-Fontaines.
Her uncles were kings Richard I of England, John and Philip II of France.
According to the chronicle of Gislebert of Mons, Marie was bethrothed to "Theobald", son of the count of Flanders and Hainaut in 1179. Gislebert is presumed to have misrecorded the name of Baldwin. Her betrothed was Baldwin VI, son of Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut and Margaret I, Countess of Flanders.
On 6 January 1186, Marie and Baldwin were married. They had two known children:
On 14 April 1202 her husband left Flanders to join the Fourth Crusade. This Crusade was diverted to Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. The crusaders captured and sacked the city. Then they decided to set up a Latin Empire in place of the fallen Greek one. On 9 May 1204, Baldwin was elected its first emperor making Marie the empress consort.
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