Philippa of Champagne
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| Lady of Ramerupt and de Vénisy | |||||
| Born | c. 1197 Holy Land |
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| Died | 20 December 1250 (aged about 53) | ||||
| Spouse | Erard de Brienne-Ramerupt | ||||
| Issue | Henri de Brienne Erard de Brienne Marie de Brienne Marguerite de Brienne Heloise de Brienne Isabeau de Brienne Jeanne de Brienne Sibylle de Brienne Alix de Brienne |
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| Father | Henry II, Count of Champagne | ||||
| Mother | Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
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| Philippa de Champagne |
Philippa of Champagne, Lady of Ramerupt and of Venizy (c. 1197 – 20 December 1250) was the third daughter of Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem and Henry II, Count of Champagne. She was the wife of Erard de Brienne-Ramerupt who encouraged her in 1216 to claim the county of Champagne which belonged to her cousin Theobald IV, who was still a minor. This provoked the conflict with Theobald's mother, the Regent, Blanche of Navarre, which erupted into open warfare, and came to be known as the Champagne War of Succession. Blanche's son Theobald, who had the support of King Philip II of France, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Eudes III of Burgundy, eventually emerged the victor. Philippa renounced her claim in April 1222, but Theobald was constrained to pay Erard and Philippa a large monetary settlement for his rights to the county.
Together, Erard and Philippa had seven daughters and two sons.
Philippa was born in about 1197 in the Holy Land, the youngest daughter of Henry II, Count of Champagne and Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem. Her paternal grandparents were Count Henry I of Champagne and Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and her maternal grandparents were King Amalric I of Jerusalem and Maria Comnena. She had two older sisters, Marguerite of Champagne (died as a child) and Alice of Champagne, who was the wife of King Hugh I of Cyprus and by whom she had issue. Philippa had an older half-sister Maria of Montferrat from her mother's second marriage to Conrad of Montferrat. In the year of Philippa's birth her father was killed after falling from a first floor window in Acre. The county of Champagne passed to his brother Theobald III. Following his death, Philippa's mother married her fourth husband, King Amalric II of Jerusalem. The marriage produced three half-siblings for Philippa: Sybilla, Melisende, and Almaric. In 1205, her mother, stepfather, and infant half-brother all died, leaving Philippa an orphan at the age of eight. Her eldest half-sister, Maria of Montferrat succeeded as Queen of Jerusalem.
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