Note 1418 — Chapter X · HENRY AND FRANCE. 1156–1161.

Gesta Ludov., c. 29 (Duchesne, Hist. Franc. Scriptt., vol. iv. p. 411). Hist. Ludov. (ibid.) p. 415. Mary had once been proposed as wife for Henry Fitz-Empress, but S. Bernard put a stop to the scheme on the ground of consanguinity (see above, p. 393, note 2{1161})—an objection which, however, applied still more strongly to Henry’s marriage with her mother. Mary was betrothed to Henry of Champagne before the Crusade (Gesta Ludov., c. 18, as above, pp. 403, 404). Adela was born in 1149 or 1150, and apparently betrothed to Theobald of Blois in 1152 or soon after (ib. cc. 27, 29, as above, pp. 410, 411; Hist. Ludov., ib. pp. 414, 415). Neither couple was married till 1164.