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Blanche (Brienne) de Fiennes (abt. 1252 - 1302)

Blanche "Lady of Loupeland" de Fiennes formerly Brienne aka de Brienne
Born about in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, Francemap
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Wife of — married 1269 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, Englandmap
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Died at about age 50 in Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, Francemap
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Biography

She was known as Blanche of Acre. She was the Lady of Loupeland and Baroness Tingry.

Source

  • Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. I p. 473
  • Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. I p. 540
  • ROYAL ANCESTRY by Douglas Richardson Vol. IV page 168
  • Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700, 7th ed., Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992. Access online (search only) at GoogleBooks, Line 120, p.107.
  • Wikipedia page
  • Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004; [database on-line] Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006: #467 p.385-6.




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What are the sources for her current birthplace of Mayenne, and deathplace of Maine? If she's Blanche of Acre, she's probably not from Mayenne or Maine, right?

Regardless, for her notional birthplace, neither "Mayenne" or "Pays de la Loire" exist in this way, in the 13th century when she was born. Mayenne as a department was created after the revolution (1700s); and Pays de la Loire as a region was created after the war (1950s).

Similarly, for her notional deathplace of "Maine, Poitou-Charente" is this perhaps a modern error (Google search or whatever) for the real place LE MAINE, in Poitou? That is not the same place as the historic region of Maine, centered roughly around Anger. Conversely, Poitou is centered around Poitiers. Quite different. Is this perhaps another garble for Maine?

All that said, I believe Blanche of Acre inherited Loupeland from her mother; it's in Maine. But I have no idea/source for her places. She may have just as easily been born in the Latin Empire or Kingdom of Jerusalem, I fear, or Paris while her dad was royal butler.

Anyone?

posted by Isaac Taylor
edited by Isaac Taylor
Source: Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume I, page 473 BOULOGNE 9.

Guillaume (or William) married Blanche De Brienne, daughter of Jean de Brienne, by his 1st wife, Jeanne, daughter of Geoffroi Vicomte of Chateaudun. They had two sons, Jean (or John) and Robert [Seneschal of Ponthieu], and five daughters, Isabeau, Yolande, Margaret, Joan, and Agnes (nun).

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Source: Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume I, page 540 BRIENNE 8i.

Blanche de Brienne, married William (or Guillaume) de Fiennes.

Thank you!

Source: Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013), Vol., I, page 539-540.

Jean De Brienne (also styled Jean De Acre), married (1st) Jeanne De Chateaudun. They had one daughter, Blanche (wife of William De Fiennes).

Thank you!

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