Marie of France, Countess of Champagne

Marie of France
Seal of Marie of France
Countess consort of Champagne
Tenure	1164 – 17 March 1181
Born	1145 Kingdom of France
Died	11 March 1198(1198-03-11) (aged 52–53) County of Champagne
Burial	Meaux Cathedral, Seine-et-Marne
Spouse	Henry I, Count of Champagne
Issue	Henry II, Count of Champagne Marie, Latin Empress Theobald III, Count of Champagne Scholastique, Countess of Mâcon
House	Capet
Father	Louis VII of France
Mother	Eleanor of Aquitaine

Marie of France (1145 – 11 March 1198) was a Capetian princess who became Countess of Champagne by her marriage to Henry I of Champagne. She served as regent of the County of Champagne three times: during Henry I's absence from 1179-1181; during the minority of their son Henry II from 1181–1187; and during Henry II's absence from 1190-1197. The daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France, she was the sister of Alice of France and the half-sister of: William IX, Henry the Young King, Richard I, Geoffrey of Brittany, Matilda of England, Eleanor of England, Joan of England, John of England; Margaret of France, Alys of France, Agnes of France, Philip II of France; and the stepdaughter of Henry II of England, and Constance of Castile, and Adela of Champagne.