Agnes of Beaujeu

Agnes of Beaujeu
Spouse(s)	Theobald I of Navarre
Father	Guichard IV of Beaujeu
Mother	Sybille of Flanders
Died	1231

Agnes of Beaujeu (Agnès de Beaujeu; ? – 11 July 1231) was a French noblewoman, the daughter of Guichard IV of Beaujeu and his wife Sybille of Flanders.^[1] Agnes was Countess of Champagne by her marriage to Theobald I of Navarre.^[2]

Agnes married in 1221 to Theobald.^[3] For Theobald, this was his second marriage, after he divorced his first wife Gertrude of Dagsburg the same year. Theobald was in need of children, since Gertrude was unable to provide him with any. Agnes and Theobald had issue - at least one daughter, Blanche.^[4] and one son, Enrique I de Navarra (Henry I of Navarre) who died July 22, 1274.

Agnes died 1231.^[5] If she had lived for another three years, Agnes would have become Queen of Navarre.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Agnes of Beaujeu

16. Guichard III, Sire of Beaujeu               8. Humbert III of Beaujeu                       17. Lucienne de Rochefort               4. Humbert IV of Beaujeu                             18. Amadeus III, Count of Savoy               9. Elisa of Savoy                       19. Mahaut of Albon               2. Guichard IV of Beaujeu                                   20. Guy de Thiers, Count of Chalon               10. Guy de Thiers, Sire of Montpensier                       5. Agnes of Thiers                             1. Agnes of Beaujeu                                         24. Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut               12. Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut                       25. Yolande de Wassenberg               6. Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut                             26. Godfrey I, Count of Namur               13. Alice of Namur                       27. Ermesinde of Luxembourg               3. Sybille of Flanders                                   28. Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine               14. Thierry, Count of Flanders                       29. Gertrude of Flanders               7. Margaret I, Countess of Flanders                             30. Fulk V, Count of Anjou               15. Sibylla of Anjou                       31. Ermengarde of Maine

References

1. AGNES de Beaujeu
2. Theodore Evergates, Aristocratic Women in Medieval France and Feudal Society in Medieval France: Documents from the County of Champagne
3. Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium
4. Agnes' family tree
5. Michael Lower, The Barons' Crusade: A Call to Arms and Its Consequences