Eleonor Vermandois

October 14, 1152 (age 60)

Eleanor was of Vermandois in her own right and was of Ostervant, Nevers, Auxerre, Boulogne and Beaumont by her various marriages. Eleanor"s two older siblings were Ralph II, Count of Vermandois and Elisabeth, of Vermandois. Eleanor was originally fourth in line to the inheritance of the county, being her father"s youngest child. Her marriage to Philip, Count of Flanders had produced no children. Therefore, Eleanor could then rightfully inherit the County of Vermandois. Upon the death of Elisabeth, her widower Count Philip refused to pass over control of Vermandois to Eleanor. She then appealed to Philip II of France for support. Under the Treaty of Amiens on 20 March 1186, Eleanor retained Valois and part of Vermandois, calling herself at that point of Valois, then upon the death of Philip in 1192, she inherited the rest of Vermandois on the condition that King Philip was able to annex Vermandois into the royal domain if Eleanor died without children. From that point onward, Eleanor reigned solely over Vermandois. Eleanor was remembered as a witty yet pious woman. She founded the Abbey of Parc-aux-Dames in Auger-Saint-Vincent, she loved poetry and gave the minister Renaud impetus to the Constitution of the Roman de Sainte-Geneviève. She also donated property to Notre-Dame by charter dated 1189. Eleanor died childless in 1213 at the age of sixty after a twenty-one year rule over Vermandois and she was buried in the Abbey of Longpont (today she is buried in Aisne). Upon Eleanor"s death, King Philip took over control of all of Eleanor"s property.

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Background

Eleanor was the youngest of three children born to her father by his second marriage. She had an older half-brother from her father"s first marriage: Hugh II, Count of Vermandois. A couple of years after the birth of Eleanor, her parents divorced.

Her father remarried to Laurette of Flanders in 1152 but died later that same year.

Career

Eleanor was of Vermandois in her own right and was of Ostervant, Nevers, Auxerre, Boulogne and Beaumont by her various marriages. Eleanor"s two older siblings were Ralph II, Count of Vermandois and Elisabeth, of Vermandois. Eleanor was originally fourth in line to the inheritance of the county, being her father"s youngest child.

Her marriage to Philip, Count of Flanders had produced no children.

Therefore, Eleanor could then rightfully inherit the County of Vermandois. Upon the death of Elisabeth, her widower Count Philip refused to pass over control of Vermandois to Eleanor.

She then appealed to Philip II of France for support. Under the Treaty of Amiens on 20 March 1186, Eleanor retained Valois and part of Vermandois, calling herself at that point of Valois, then upon the death of Philip in 1192, she inherited the rest of Vermandois on the condition that King Philip was able to annex Vermandois into the royal domain if Eleanor died without children.

From that point onward, Eleanor reigned solely over Vermandois.

Eleanor was remembered as a witty yet pious woman. She founded the Abbey of Parc-aux-Dames in Auger-Saint-Vincent, she loved poetry and gave the minister Renaud impetus to the Constitution of the Roman de Sainte-Geneviève. She also donated property to Notre-Dame by charter dated 1189.

Eleanor died childless in 1213 at the age of sixty after a twenty-one year rule over Vermandois and she was buried in the Abbey of Longpont (today she is buried in Aisne).

Upon Eleanor"s death, King Philip took over control of all of Eleanor"s property.

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