Eleanor of Champagne
Eleanor of Blois/Champagne was a French noblewoman.Life
She was the daughter of Stephen II, Count of Blois, and Adela of Normandy, daughter of the William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders. Eleanor married Ralph I, Count of Vermandois, and became mother of Hugh II of Vermandois, Count of Vermandois and of Valois, then monk in 1160.
Eleanor’s marriage with Ralph I was dissolved at the request of Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose sister Petronilla of Aquitaine was in love with Ralph. This led to a war with Theobald II of Champagne, who was Eleanor’s brother. The war lasted two years and ended with the occupation of Champagne by the royal army. Eleanor died in 1147.
