María de Montpellier
- Born: 1182 160
- Marriage: Pedro II Alfonsez rey de Aragón 160
- Died: 1218, Rome at age 36 160
- Buried: St. Peter's Cathedral, Rome 160
 Another name for María was Maria de Montpelhièr.
Information about this person:
• Background Information. 160
María, Dame of Montpellier, was born 1182 and died in Rome in 1218. She was buried at St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome. She was the daughter of William VII, Seigneur of Montpellier and his wife Eudoxia Comnenus. María married, 15 Jun 1204, Pedro II, King of Aragón, Count of Barcelona and Gevandur, who was born in 1176 and was killed in the Battle of Muret fighting for Albigenians 14 Sep 1213. Pedro II was the son of Alfonso II, King of Aragón by his wife Sancha of Castile.
~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 105A:27-28
• Web Reference: Maria of Montpellier.
María de Montpellier was Sovereign Lady of Montpellier and by her three marriages Viscountess of Marseille, Countess of Comminges and Queen of Aragon.
She was the daughter of William VIII, Lord of Montpellier by his wife Eudokia Komnene, a niece of Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos. From her marriage with Peter II, Marie gave birth two children: Infanta Sancha (born in 1205, died aged one) and Infante James, the future King James I the Conqueror (born on 1 February 1208). Peter II immediately attempted to divorce her, hoping both to marry Maria of Montferrat, Queen of Jerusalem, and to claim Montpellier for himself. Marie's last years were spent in combating these political and matrimonial manoeuvres. Pope Innocent III finally decided in her favour, refusing to permit the divorce. Marie died in Rome (21 January 1213) in her way back to Aragon, and Peter II a few months later (14 September 1213) at the Battle of Muret. Marie and Peter II's only surviving child, James I, inherited Aragon and Montpellier.
María married Pedro II Alfonsez rey de Aragón, son of Alfonso II Raimúndez Rey de Aragón and Sanchia Alfonsez de Castilla y León.160 (Pedro II Alfonsez rey de Aragón was born in 1176 in Barcelona, Catalán, Iberia 160 and died on 13 Sep 1213 in Battle of Muret, Iberia 160.)
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