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for support. Under the Treaty of La-Grange-Saint-Arnoul on 20 March 1182, Eleanor retained Valois, calling herself at that point
Countess of Valois. Following Philip II of France's victory over the Flemish at Boves, she gained part of Vermandois and titled herself Countess of Vermandois. With the
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the previous year. This marriage produced one child, a short lived daughter. No further children could be born as
Matthew died in 1173 whilst fighting at the siege of Trenton (now Neufchatel-en-Bray); he was shot by an archer wielding a crossbow.
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A fourth marriage took place in 1175 to
Matthew III, Count of Beaumont. They were married for seventeen years - Eleanor's longest marriage - but they had no children and in 1192, Matthew and Eleanor divorced.
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Shortell indicates there are no clear records for the end of the marriage. While
Constance Berman argues that Eleanor and Matthew were married but Eleanor was sole ruler over the County of Vermandois.
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Shortell, Ellen M. (2012). "Erasures and
Recoveries of Women's Contributions to Gothic Architecture: The Case of Saint-Quentin, Local Nobility, and Eleanor of Vermandois". In Martin, Therese (ed.).
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Vermandois and Valois. Eleanor was remembered as a witty yet pious woman. In 1205, she founded the Cistercian Abbey of Parc-aux-Dames in
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death of Philip in 1192, she inherited the rest of
Vermandois on the condition that Philip II would annex Vermandois into the royal domain if Eleanor died without children.
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would go to any surviving children born to her instead of the King as it did upon her death (unless the children were removed from any such inheritance before her death).
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Eleanor died in 1213/1214 at the age of sixty after a 21-year rule over
Vermandois, and she was buried in the Cistercian Abbey of Longpont (today she is buried in
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Hoffman (2010). "Two Medieval Women's Property and Religious Benefactions in France: Eleanor of Vermandois and Blanche of Castile".
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