William I, Count of Hainaut
William the Good | |
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| Count of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland | |
John II, Count of Hainaut | |
| Mother | Philippa of Luxembourg |
William the Good (Dutch: Willem, French: Guillaume; c. 1286 – 7 June 1337) was count of Hainaut (as William I), Avesnes, Holland (as William III), and Zeeland (as William II) from 1304 to his death.
Career
William, born c. 1286, was the son of
William was originally not expected to become count. After the deaths of his elder brothers, John (killed at Kortrijk in 1302) and Henry (d. 1303), he became heir apparent to his father's counties.[1]
Prior to becoming count, he was defeated by
Many of his daughters married with important rulers of Europe; King Edward III of England and Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV were married to his daughters, while he was married to the sister of the King Philip VI of France.[3] With these important alliances William gained considerable influence and respect, which he used to advance the interests of his counties.[2]
Family
On 19 May 1305 William married
and had the following children:- William II, Count of Hainaut (1307–1345)[1]
- John (died 1316)[1]
- Margaret II, Countess of Hainault (1311–1356), married Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor[1]
- Philippa of Hainault (c. 1313–1369), married King Edward III of England[1]
- Agnes (died 1327)[1]
- Joanna of Hainaut (1315–1374), married William V, Duke of Jülich[1]
- Isabelle of Hainaut (1323–1361), married Robert of Namur[1]
- Louis (1325–1328)[1]
- Jan Aelman (1320–1389) Illegitimate son and Knight
Ancestors
| Ancestors of William I, Count of Hainaut Ermesinda of Luxembourg | |||||||||||||
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| 3. Philippa of Luxembourg | |||||||||||||
| 14. Henry II, Count of Bar | |||||||||||||
| 7. Margaret of Bar | |||||||||||||
| 15. Philippa of Dreux | |||||||||||||
See also
- Counts of Hainaut family tree
- Counts of Holland family tree
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 4
- ^ a b c d Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, Vol. XIII, Ed. Hugh Chisholm (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1910), p. 608
- ^ George Andrews Moriarty, The Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa (Salt Lake City: Mormon Pioneer Genealogy Society, 1985), p. 175
- ^ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 22
- ^ Richardson, Douglas (2013) Royal Ancestry, Vol.1 234-237 (Bar), Vol.3 187-192 (Hainaut).
- ^ Loud & Schenk 2017, p. xxix.
- ^ P. Péporté, Historiography, Collective Memory and Nation-Building in Luxembourg, (Brill, 2011), 109-110. – via Brill (subscription required)
Further reading
- Loud, Graham A.; Schenk, Jochen, eds. (2017). The Origins of the German Principalities, 1100-1350: Essays by German Historians. Routledge.
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