Matthew, Count of Boulogne

Abt 1137 - 1173  (~ 36 years)

• Name	Matthew , Count of Boulogne  [1]
  Suffix	Count of Boulogne
  Born	Abt 1137  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1173  [1]
  Notes	Matthew, Count of Boulogne, also known as Matthew of Alsace (c. 1137-1173) was the second son of Thierry, Count of Flanders and Sibylla of Anjou. By his marriage to Marie de Boulogne, he became Count of Boulogne jure uxoris in 1160. They were divorced in 1170, but he continued as Count until his death. Their elder daughter was Ida, Countess of Boulogne. Their other daughter, Maud of Boulogne, married Henry I, Duke of Brabant. In 1171, Matthew remarried to Eleanor, daughter of Ralph I, Count of Vermandois, they had one short-lived daughter. He was a supporter of Henry the Young King, and received lands in England. He died fighting at the siege of Trenton (now Neufchatel-en-Bray), in the 1173-74 revolt of Henry II of England's sons, under the leadership of Philip of Flanders. Wounded by a crossbow bolt, he did not recover.
  Person ID	I5455	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Thierry, Count of Flanders,   b. 1099,   d. 17 Jan 1167/68  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Sibylla of Anjou,   b. Between 1112 and 1116,   d. 1165, Bethany, Al-Eizariya, Palestine  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F2084	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Marie, I Countess of Boulogne,   b. 1136,   d. 25 Jul 1182, Montreuil, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France  (Age 46 years)
  Married	1160  [2]
  Children	1. Matilda of Flanders, Duchess of Brabant,   b. 1170,   d. 16 Oct 1210  (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F2185	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew,_Count_of_Boulogne. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_I,_Countess_of_Boulogne.