 Countess Marie Jeanne dePonthieu, daughter of William III deMontgomerie and Alice Capet France.Born Apr 17, 1199 at Aumâle, Seine-Maritime, France, died 1251 at Abbeville, France, 51 or 52 years Marie, Countess of Ponthieu and Montgomerie, succeeded her father inthese counties. She married Simon de Dammartin, Count d'Aumale, whohaving followed the party of Ferrand, Count of Flanders, against PhilipAugustus, her uncle, was proscribed for this in 1214 and withdrew toEngland. The King of France in his vengeance took extreme measure of thelaw and seized also all the possessions of the wife, his niece, includingthe County of Ponthieu. Her husband was not pardoned until the reign ofLouis IX, called the Saint, in March, 1230, who returned his possessions,and he died Sept. 21, 1239. Marie died in 1251, leaving three daughters:Jeanne, Phillipette and Marie. Married/ Related to:  Simon Dammartin II Count Of Aumale, son of Alberic II deDammartin Count De Dammartin and Maud deClermont De Ponthieu.Born 1180 at Dammartin, Seine-Et-Marne, France, died Sep 21, 1239, 58 or 59 years Child: 1. Countess Jeanne deDammartinBorn 1216 at Dammartin, France, died Mar 16, 1278/1279, approximately 62 years Jeanne succeeded to the County of Aumale in 1239 at the death of herfather and to those of Ponthieu and Montgomerie in 1251. She marriedafter 1237 Ferdinand III, called the Saint, King of Castile and Leon. Shehad been contracted in marriage to Henry III of England, who had, indeed,married her by proxy, but St. Louis (Louis IX of France) compelled herfather to break this alliance, which was in contravention of one of theconditions of his pardon in 1230 that he should not give his daughters inmarriage to a declared enemy of the King. Ferdinand died May 30, 1252,and Jeanne returned to France with Prince Ferdinand, her eldest son. Shemarried 2nd Jean de Nesle and died at Abbeville March 26, 1279. By KingFerdinand she had three sons, who died before her, and a daughter,Eleanor of Castile, the wife of Edward I, King of England. Countess of Ponthieu. | |||
| 2nd marriage Countess Marie Jeanne dePonthieu, daughter of William III deMontgomerie and Alice Capet France.Married between 1208 and 1211 at Aumale, Seine-Maritime, France to: Simon II Count Of Aumale Dammartin, son of Alberic II Count Dammartin and Maud Mathilde Of Ponthieu.Born 1180 at Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, France, died Sep 21, 1239 at Abbeville, Somme, France, 58 or 59 years, buried at Valoires, France, 1st marriage to: Marie Ponthieu, Countess , Countess, 2nd marriage to: N.N., 3rd marriage to: Countess Marie Jeanne dePonthieu Child: 1. Joan de DammartinBorn 1216 at Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, France, died Mar 15, 1278/1279 at Abbeville, France, approximately 62 years | |||