Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne

Matilda II of Boulogne
Matilde in Genealogia dos Reis de Portugal (António de Holanda; 1530–1534)
Queen consort of Portugal
Tenure1248–1253
Countess of Boulogne
Reign1216–1259
PredecessorIda and Renaud
SuccessorAdelaide
Co-rulersPhilip I (1223–1235)
Afonso (1238–1248)
Born1202
DiedJanuary 1259 (aged 56–57)
Burial
Cistercian Abbey of Gomerfontaine (Trie-la-Ville, Oise department)
Spouses
(m. 1214; died 1235)
(m. 1238; div. 1253)
IssueJoan, Countess of Nevers
Alberic, Count of Clermont
HouseDammartin
FatherRenaud, Count of Dammartin
MotherIda, Countess of Boulogne

Mahaut or Matilda II of Boulogne (also known as Mathilde, Maud de Dammartin; 1202 – January 1259) was Countess of Boulogne in her own right and Queen of Portugal by marriage to King Afonso III from 1248 until their divorce in 1253. She was the daughter of Ida, Countess of Boulogne and her husband and co-ruler Renaud, Count of Dammartin.[1] She succeeded her mother as Countess of Boulogne in 1216. She was the great-granddaughter of King Stephen of England.

  1. ^ Wood 1966, p. 9.

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