A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Doete de Teoyes
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DOETE DE TEOYES,
Was born in that city in 1220, and died in 1265. She accompanied her brother Sherry, surnamed the Valiant, to the coronation of Conrad, Emperor of Germany, at Mayence, where she was much admired for her wit and beauty. She attracted the notice of the Emperor, but he found her virtue invincible. She wrote poetry with ease and grace.