Agnes Maria of Andechs-Meran (died 1201), queen of France, was the daughter of Bertold IV (died 1251), who was independent Count of Andechs, a castle and territory near Ammersee, Bavaria and from 1183 Duke of Meran in Tirol, which has derived its name from his castle Tyrol, above the valley of Meran. The count held his fiefs directly from the Emperor, so he was independent of the great territorial dukes of Germany. Bertold IV was made Archbishop of Kalocsa (in Hungary) and in 1218 he was made Patriarch of Aquileia. Events The town of Riga was chartered as a city. ... Ammersee Ammersee is a lake in Bavaria, Germany situated near the cities of Herrsching and Diessen. ... Meran (German) / Merano (Italian) is probably best known as a spa in the South Tyrol. ... Tyrol (Tirol in German) is a federal state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. ... Aquileia (Friulian Acuilee, Slovene Oglej), an ancient town of Italy, at the head of the Adriatic at the edge of the lagoons, about 6 to. ...

She is called Marie by some of the French chroniclers. In June 1196 she married Philip Augustus (Philip II), king of France, who had repudiated his first wife Ingeborg of Denmark in 1193. Pope Innocent III espoused the cause of Ingeborg; but Philip did not submit until 1200, when, 9 months after interdict had been added to excommunication, he consented to a separation from Agnes. She died broken-hearted in July of the next year, at the castle of Poissy, and was buried in the church of St. Corentin, near Nantes. Her two children by Philip II, Philip, count of Clermont (d. 1234), and Mary, who married Philip, count of Namur, were legitimized by the pope in 1201 at the request of the king. Little is known of the personality of Agnes, beyond the remarkable influence which she seems to have exercised over Philip II. She has been made the heroine of a tragedy by François Ponsard, Agnès de Méranie. Events Spring, London, popular uprising of the poor against the rich led by William Fitz Osbern. ... Philip II (French: Philippe II), called Philip Augustus (French: Philippe Auguste) (August 21, 1165 - July 14, 1223), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. ... Ingeborg of Denmark (1878 - 1958) was the wife of Prince Charles of Sweden whom she married in 1897. ... Events Saladin dies, and the lands of the Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty of Syria are is split among his descendants. ... Innocent III, né Lotario de Conti ( 1161–June 16, 1216), was Pope from January 8, 1198 until his death. ... Events University of Paris receives charter from Philip II of France Births Matthew Paris, English Benedictine monk and chronicler (approximate date). ... The word interdict usually refers to an ecclesiastical penalty in the Roman Catholic Church. ... Excommunication is a religious censure which is used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community. ... Poissy is a commune of the Yvelines département in France, located 20km from Paris, with a population (1999) of 36,000. ... For a place in Brazil, see Nantes, Brazil City motto: Favet Neptunus eunti. ... Events Canonization of Saint Dominic Collapse of the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) Deaths Emperor Chukyo of Japan Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan Monarchs/Presidents Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Castile - Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (reigned... Namur is the name of a city in Belgium, capital of Wallonia, as well as a province and a diocese named after it. ... Events The town of Riga was chartered as a city. ... François Ponsard ( June 1, 1814 - July 7, 1867), was a French dramatist. ...

Her sister Hedwig of Andechs married Henry I, duke of Silesia and was canonized as Saint Hedwig in 1267. Another sister, Gertrude was Queen of Hungary. Saint Hedwig of Andechs (1174 - October 1243) was born in Castle Andechs, Bavaria, the daughter of Berthold III, count of Tirol and prince of Carinthia and Istria (Andechs-Meran), and his wife Agnes. ... Gertrude of Meran was the first wife of András II, king of Hungary. ...

External link

• Jožko Šavli, "Andechs (A Bavarian Family with Carantanian Roots)" (http://www.niagara.com/~jezovnik/korenine_part_iii.htm)

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