'''Agnes Maria of Andechs-Merania''' (d. 1201), queen of [[France]], was the daughter of [[Bertold IV]] (d. 1204), who was Count of [[Andechs]], a castle and territory near [[Ammersee]], [[Bavaria]] and from 1183 duke of [[Merania]] ([[Istria]]). She is called Marie by some of the French chroniclers.

In June 1196 Agnes married [[Philip II of France]], who had repudiated his second wife [[Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France|Ingeborg of Denmark]] in 1193. [[Pope Innocent III]] espoused the cause of Ingeborg; but Philip did not submit until 1200, when, nine months after [[Interdict (Roman Catholic Church)|interdict]] had been added to [[excommunication]], he consented to a separation from Agnes. She died broken-hearted in July of the next year, at the castle of [[Poissy]], and was buried in the [[Convent of St Corentin]], near [[Nantes]]. Her two children by Philip II, [[Philip, count of Clermont]] (d. 1234), and Mary, who married Philip, [[Marquis of Namur|count of Namur]], were legitimized by the pope in 1201 at the request of the king. Little is known of the personality of Agnes, beyond the remarkable influence which she seems to have exercised over Philip II. She has been made the heroine of a [[tragedy]] by [[François Ponsard]], ''Agnès de Méranie''.

Her sister [[Hedwig of Andechs]] married [[Henry I, duke of Silesia]] and was canonized as Saint Hedwig in 1267. Another sister, [[Gertrude of Merania|Gertrude]] married [[Andrew II]] of Hungary and was the mother of [[St. Elizabeth of Hungary]].

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==References==
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[[Category:Women of medieval France]]
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