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Catherine de Thouars

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Catherine de Thouars

Birth
Death
16 Sep 1254 (aged 53)
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Catherine was the second daughter of Constance, Duchess of Brittany, and Guy of Thouars. Her mother died soon after she was born. Catherine had a twin sister, Marguerite and their mother might have died because of a difficult delivery.
After her mother's death, her father married Eustachie of Chemillé, and had two sons, Pierre and Thomas.
Catherine was the younger half-sister of Eleanor, Matilda and Arthur, Constance and Geoffrey of England's children, the sister of Alix and Marguerite and the elder half-sister of Pierre and Thomas of Chemillé, Guy and Eustachie of Chemillé's sons.

In 1212, Catherine married Andrew III, Baron of Vitré, whose father Andrew II had been Constance's ally. They had three children:
Philippa of Vitré who married Guy VII, Lord of Laval;
Eustachie, who married Geoffrey I Botherel, Lord of Quintin;
Alix, who married Fulk of Mathefelon (c. 120
Catherine was the second daughter of Constance, Duchess of Brittany, and Guy of Thouars. Her mother died soon after she was born. Catherine had a twin sister, Marguerite and their mother might have died because of a difficult delivery.
After her mother's death, her father married Eustachie of Chemillé, and had two sons, Pierre and Thomas.
Catherine was the younger half-sister of Eleanor, Matilda and Arthur, Constance and Geoffrey of England's children, the sister of Alix and Marguerite and the elder half-sister of Pierre and Thomas of Chemillé, Guy and Eustachie of Chemillé's sons.

In 1212, Catherine married Andrew III, Baron of Vitré, whose father Andrew II had been Constance's ally. They had three children:
Philippa of Vitré who married Guy VII, Lord of Laval;
Eustachie, who married Geoffrey I Botherel, Lord of Quintin;
Alix, who married Fulk of Mathefelon (c. 120


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