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| | Marie de Champagne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Marie de France, or Marie Capet, Countess of Champagne (1145 – March 11, 1198), was the elder daughter of Louis VII of France and his first wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. |
 | | She was also an older maternal half-sister to William, Count of Poitiers, Henry the Young King, Matilda of England, Richard I of England, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Leonora of Aquitaine, Joan Plantagenet and John of England. |
 | | Her parents divorced in 1152, and the custody of Marie and her sister Alix was awarded to their father, King Louis. |
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