Agnes (Donzy) de Châtillon (abt. 1200 - 1225)

Born about 1200 in Donzy, Comté de Nevers, France

Ancestors

Wife of Guy (Châtillon) de Châtillon — married 1221 in Donzy, Nievre, France

Descendants

Died 1225 at about age 25 in Fontevrault Abbey, Chinon, Anjou, France

Biography

Agnes Donzy was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Agnes II de Nevers, aka Agnes II de Donzy, was born in the Comté de Nevers, France, about 1205. She was the daughter of Hervé IV, baron de Donzy and his wife, Mathilde de Courtenay, comtesse de Nevers. The marriage of her parents was the result of a medieval conflict: Hervé de Donzy captured a rival knight, Pierre de Courtenay, and, to gain his release, Pierre de Courtenay had to give Hervé the hand of his daughter, Mathilde (aka Mahaut), and cede the Comté de Nevers to their descendants.

When they were still children, Agnes became sole heiress of Nevers, Tonnerre & Auxerre, when her brother, Guillaume de Nevers, died around 1210 CE. A rich heiress, she was married to Philippe de France, oldest son of the French "Dauphin," future King Louis VIII, in September 1217. She was 12 and her husband just 8 years old. Louis VIII thereby hoped to add the Counties of Nevers, Tonnerre and Auxerre, lands Agnes was to inherit, to the royal domains. Unfortunately, Philippe de France died in November 1218 at only 9 years old.

Agnes II de Nevers remarried in 1221 at 16 years old to Guy II, Comte de Saint-Pol (d: Avignon, 1226). The couple had 2 children:^[1]

1. Gaucher de Châtillon (d: 1250), m. Jeanne de Clermont
2. Yolande de Châtillon (d: 1254), m. Archambaud IX de Bourbon.

Agnes II died in 1225 and was buried at the Abbaye de Fontevraud, near Chinon, Duchy of Anjou. Her husband was killed in battle the next year during the siege of Avignon where he was fighting at the side of King Louis VIII. Their children were given to their maternal grandmother, Mathilde de Courtenay, to be raised.

Sources

1. ↑ Agnes II de Nevers article (in French) on Fr.Wikipedia

• Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.