Countess of Ponthieu

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The Countess of Ponthieu was a medieval French noblewoman who held the County of Ponthieu in northern France, a strategically important territory often linked by marriage to the English crown.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction County of Ponthieu ⓘ
associatedWith Anglo-French relations ⓘ
English crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of England

French nobility ⓘ
associatedWithConflict Anglo-French wars ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty House of Ponthieu ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
feudalStatus vassal of the King of France ⓘ
governs lands of Ponthieu ⓘ
hasGender female ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance border region between Capetian and Plantagenet influence ⓘ
control of Channel coast routes ⓘ
languageOfUse Old French ⓘ
linkedByMarriageTo English royal family ⓘ
Plantagenet dynasty ⓘ
locatedIn northern France ⓘ
nobleRank countess ⓘ
partOf County of Ponthieu ⓘ
positionHeld ruler of the County of Ponthieu ⓘ
predecessorTitle Count of Ponthieu ⓘ
region Picardy ⓘ
successorTitle Count of Ponthieu ⓘ
titleHeldOver Ponthieu ⓘ
linked to: Picardy
titleType territorial title ⓘ
typicalAcquisitionMethod inheritance ⓘ
marriage alliance ⓘ
usedInPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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Eleanor of Castile → title → Countess of Ponthieu ⓘ
Joan of Ponthieu → nobleTitle → Countess of Ponthieu ⓘ
Joan of Ponthieu → positionHeld → Countess of Ponthieu ⓘ
Joan of Ponthieu → feudalTitleHeld → Countess of Ponthieu in her own right ⓘ
linked to: Countess of Ponthieu
Joan of Dammartin → nobleTitle → Countess of Ponthieu ⓘ
Joan of Dammartin → positionHeld → Countess of Ponthieu ⓘ
Jeanne de Dammartin → nobleTitle → Countess of Ponthieu ⓘ
Isabella of France → positionHeld → Countess of Ponthieu ⓘ
subject linked to: Isabella