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Title: | Agnes-Anna of France, wife of Alexius II and Andronicus I of the Comneni Dynasty | Contributor(s): | Garland, Lynda (author); Stone, A (author) | Publication Date: | 2005 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/1157 | Abstract: | The child empress Agnes of France was the spouse of two emperors of Byzantium, the boy emperor Alexius II Comnenus, and subsequently Andronicus I Comnenus, the latter's first cousin once removed. Agnes was born to King Louis VII of France's third wife, Adèle (or Alix) of Blois-Champagne, the daughter of Count Theobald II of Blois, in 1172. This made her the younger sister of the future French king Philip II Augustus. The house of Blois-Champagne was the second most powerful magnate house in France (after the house of Plantagenet). The emperor Manuel I Comnenus was looking for allies in the west, since the Peace of Venice in 1177 had effectively allied the Pope (Alexander III), the Holy Roman Empire, Venice, the other Italian communes and Sicily against him. After discussion with the count of Flanders, Philip of Alsace, who visited Constantinople in early 1178 on his way back from the Holy Land, Manuel sent an embassy, including Philip, to the French court over the winter of 1178-1179 to secure a match between his son Alexius (born in 1169) and the princess Agnes.[[1]] This match may have been opposed by the members of the house of Blois-Champagne, who were pro-German.[[2]] | Publication Type: | Entry In Reference Work | Source of Publication: | DIR: De Imperatoribus Romanis ("On the Rulers of Rome") - An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families | Publisher: | Loyola University Chicago | Place of Publication: | Chicago, United States of America | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 210399 Historical Studies not elsewhere classified | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.roman-emperors.org/aggiefran.htm |
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