John I, Count of Hainaut
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| Born | 1 May 1218 Margaret II of Flanders |
John of Avesnes (1 May 1218 – 24 December 1257) was the count of Hainaut from 1246 to his death.
Life
Born in
Margaret II of Flanders by her first husband, Bouchard IV of Avesnes.[1] As the marriage of Margaret and Bouchard was papally dissolved, he was considered illegitimate[citation needed
].
His mother was remarried to
War of the Succession of Flanders and Hainault
, was set off over the rights of inheritance, pitting John against William.
After two years of fighting, in 1246,
William II, Count of Holland, who had been elected German King (or "King of the Romans"), was convinced to grant Hainaut (an imperial fief) and those Flemish lands within the Empire to John. Charles was defeated and King Louis, returning from the Seventh Crusade, ordered his brother to abide by his arbitration of 1246. On 22 November 1257, Guy finally relinquished Hainaut, but John died on Christmas Eve in Valenciennes
.
Family and children
John married Adelaide of Holland[5] in 1246 and had the following issue:
- Baldwin (born after 1247, lived in 1299)
- Joanna, Abbess of Flines (died 1304)
- Bishop of Metz(1251–1296)
- Bishop of Utrecht(1253–1317)
- Bishop of Cambrai(1254–1296)
- stadholder of Zeeland and Prince of Achaea
References
- ^ a b Pollock 2015, p. 167.
- ^ Bradbury 2007, pp. 206–207.
- ^ Bradbury 2007, p. 206.
- ^ a b Bradbury 2007, p. 207.
- ^ a b Pollock 2015, p. xv.
Sources
- Bradbury, Jim (2007). The Capetians: Kings of France. Hambledon Continuum.
- Pollock, M. A. (2015). Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204–1296. The Boydell Press.
External links
- Obreen (1911) (in Dutch). Avesnes (Jan van). In: P.C. Molhuysen and P.J. Blok (eds.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. Deel 1. Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff. Page 200.
- Alphonse Wauters (in French). "Jean d'Avesnes" in: Biographie nationale. Académie royale de Belgique. Vol. 10, pp. 280–292.
See also
- Counts of Hainaut family tree
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