Individual Details
Mahaut "Mathilde" Courtenay
( - Abt 1256)
[[Category:House of Capet]]
[[Category:House of Courtenay]]
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== Biography ==
Countess of Nevers , Auxerre and Tonnerre . Only daughter of Pierre II of Courtenay and of Agnes of Nevers , born from the Capetian house of Courtenay , she was married to Hervé de Donzy and then to Guigues IV de Forez .
She married firstly (contract Paris Oct 1199, Papal dispensation 20 Dec 1213) HERVE [IV] Seigneur de Donzy, de Gien et de Saint-Aignan, son of HERVE [III] Seigneur de Donzy et de Gien & his first wife Mathilde Goët Dame de Montmirail (-Château de Saint-Aignan 22 Jul 1222, bur Abbaye de Pontigny near Auxerre).
He disputed possession of the château de Gien with Pierre de Courtenay, but defeated the latter and obliged him to agree to the hand in marriage of his daughter as well as the transfer of the county of Nevers.
Her great-granddaughter Mathilde de Bourbon succeeded her as Countess of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre.
== Sources ==
*[http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BURGUNDY%20Kingdom.htm#GuyIVForezdied1241]
*[http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLANDERS,%20HAINAUT.htm#Philippedied1212]
*[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathilde_de_Courtenay]
Events
| Death | Abt 1256 | Fontevraud Labbaye, Indre, Touraine Centre, France | |||
| Alt name | de Lyon et de Forez | ||||
| Birth | Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France | ||||
| Reference No | 8493961 | ||||
| Reference No | 8883462 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Pierre II "Peter" Courtenay (1158 - 1219) |
| Mother | Agnes Nevers (1170 - 1193) |