Person Page - 87

     Marie d' Avesnes , Comtesse de Blois was born circa 1200 at Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France.² She married Hugh V de Chatillon Comte de Blois & St. Pol in April 1225.² Marie d' Avesnes , Comtesse de Blois died in 1241.²

     Hugh Comte de Brienne was born circa 1235 at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Champagne, France. He was the son of Walter (Gauthier) IV Comte de Brienne and Marie de Lusignan. Hugh Comte de Brienne married Isabel de la Roche, daughter of Guy de la Roche , Duke d'Athene and Miss de Cicon, after 1272.² Hugh Comte de Brienne died on 9 August 1296.³

     Isabel de la Roche married Geoffrey de Bruyeres , Lord of Karytaina, son of Hugh de Bruyeres , Lord of Karytaina and Alix de Villehardouin.¹ Isabel de la Roche was born circa 1235 at Athens, Greece. She was the daughter of Guy de la Roche , Duke d'Athene and Miss de Cicon. Isabel de la Roche married Hugh Comte de Brienne, son of Walter (Gauthier) IV Comte de Brienne and Marie de Lusignan, after 1272.¹
     Isabel de la Roche was also known as Isabelle de la Roche-sur-l'Ognon.

     Marie de Lusignan was born circa 1216 at Nicosia, Cyprus.

     Robert III Count of Flanders married Blanche d' Anjou. Robert III Count of Flanders was born circa 1249 at Bethune, Artois/Pas-de-Calais, France.¹ He was the son of Guy III de Dampierre Count of Flanders and Mathilde (Maud) Dame de Bethune. Robert III Count of Flanders married Yolanda de Burgundy , Comtesse de Nevers, daughter of Eudes de Burgundy , Comte de Nevers and Mahaut II de Dampierre , Dame de Bourbon, between March 1271 and 1272.¹ Robert III Count of Flanders died on 17 September 1322 at Flanders.¹

     Yolanda de Burgundy , Comtesse de Nevers was born in December 1247 at Nevers, Nievre, Bourgogne, France.¹ She was the daughter of Eudes de Burgundy , Comte de Nevers and Mahaut II de Dampierre , Dame de Bourbon. Yolanda de Burgundy , Comtesse de Nevers married Jean Tristan Prince of France in June 1265.¹ Yolanda de Burgundy , Comtesse de Nevers married Robert III Count of Flanders, son of Guy III de Dampierre Count of Flanders and Mathilde (Maud) Dame de Bethune, between March 1271 and 1272.² Yolanda de Burgundy , Comtesse de Nevers died on 2 June 1280 at age 32.¹

     Eudes de Burgundy , Comte de Nevers was born in 1230 at Dijon, Cote-d'Or, Bourgogne, France.¹ He married Mahaut II de Dampierre , Dame de Bourbon between February 1247 and 1248.² Eudes de Burgundy , Comte de Nevers died on 4 August 1266 at Nevers, Nievre, Bourgogne, France.¹

     Mahaut II de Dampierre , Dame de Bourbon was born circa 1234 at Bourbon-l'Archambault, Allier, Bourbonnais/Auvergne, France.¹ She married Eudes de Burgundy , Comte de Nevers between February 1247 and 1248.¹ Mahaut II de Dampierre , Dame de Bourbon died in 1262 at Nevers, Nievre, Bourgogne, France.¹
     Mahaut II de Dampierre , Dame de Bourbon was also known as Maude de Bourbon , Countess of Nevers.

     Isabel de Luxembourg Dame de Namur was born circa 1248 at Namur, Belgium. She was the daughter of Henry II 'The Blonde' Count of Luxembourg and Marguerite de Bar. Isabel de Luxembourg Dame de Namur married Guy III de Dampierre Count of Flanders, son of William II Seigneur de Dampierre and Margaret Countess of Hainault & Flanders, between March 1264 and 1265.² Isabel de Luxembourg Dame de Namur died on 25 September 1298.¹

     Mathilde (Maud) Dame de Bethune was born circa 1231 at Bethune, Artois/Pas-de-Calais, France. She married Guy III de Dampierre Count of Flanders, son of William II Seigneur de Dampierre and Margaret Countess of Hainault & Flanders, in June 1246.² Mathilde (Maud) Dame de Bethune died on 8 November 1264.¹
     Mathilde (Maud) Dame de Bethune was also known as Mathilde (Maud) Dame de Dampierre.

     William II Seigneur de Dampierre was born circa 1202 at Dampierre, Aube, Champagne, France. He married Margaret Countess of Hainault & Flanders before 15 November 1223. William II Seigneur de Dampierre died on 3 September 1231.¹ He died on 3 September 1241.

     Walter I 'Le Grand' Sire d' Enghien was born circa 1240 at Enghien, Hainault, Belgium. He was the son of Sohier (Siger) II d' Enghien , Sire de Zottghem and Aleidis van Zotteghem. Walter I 'Le Grand' Sire d' Enghien married Marie de Rethel , Dame de Machaut, daughter of Manasses V 'The Old' Comte de Rethel and Elisabeth d' Ecry, in 1266.¹ Walter I 'Le Grand' Sire d' Enghien died in 1271.¹ He died in 1291.

     Marie de Rethel , Dame de Machaut was born circa 1245 at Machault, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France. She was the daughter of Manasses V 'The Old' Comte de Rethel and Elisabeth d' Ecry. Marie de Rethel , Dame de Machaut married Walter I 'Le Grand' Sire d' Enghien, son of Sohier (Siger) II d' Enghien , Sire de Zottghem and Aleidis van Zotteghem, in 1266.² Marie de Rethel , Dame de Machaut died between March 1315 and 1316.¹

     Manasses V 'The Old' Comte de Rethel was born circa 1215 at Rethel, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France. He married Elisabeth d' Ecry in December 1237.¹ Manasses V 'The Old' Comte de Rethel died after 26 June 1271.¹

     Elisabeth d' Ecry was born circa 1220 at Ecurey-en-Verdunois, Meuse, Lorraine, France. She married Manasses V 'The Old' Comte de Rethel in December 1237.²
     Elisabeth d' Ecry Elisabeth and Isabel are basically the same first name so perhapsElisabeth d'Ecry and Isabel de Dampierre-in-Astenois are the same person,depending on which property/estate one might know her by. Elisabeth d' Ecry was also known as Isabel de Dampierre-in-Astenois.

     Sohier (Siger) II d' Enghien , Sire de Zottghem was born circa 1206 at Enghien, Hainault, Belgium. He married Aleidis van Zotteghem in 1219.²

     Aleidis van Zotteghem married Gilbert III van Oudenaarde.¹ Aleidis van Zotteghem was born circa 1205 at Zottegem, Flemish Region, Belgium. She married Sohier (Siger) II d' Enghien , Sire de Zottghem in 1219.¹
     Aleidis van Zotteghem was also known as Alice de Sottenghem.

     Guy de Luxembourg , Count of Ligny was born circa 1331 at Ligny, Namur, Belgium.² He was the son of Jean de Luxembourg , Seigneur de Ligny and Alice de Richebourg-Flanders. Guy de Luxembourg , Count of Ligny married Mahaut (Maud) de Chatillon, daughter of Jean de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol and Jeanne de Fiennes, in 1354.² Guy de Luxembourg , Count of Ligny died on 22 August 1371; Battle of Baesweider.³
     He Count of St. Pol, Roussy.

     Mahaut (Maud) de Chatillon was born circa 1337 at St. Pol, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. She was the daughter of Jean de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol and Jeanne de Fiennes. Mahaut (Maud) de Chatillon married Guy de Luxembourg , Count of Ligny, son of Jean de Luxembourg , Seigneur de Ligny and Alice de Richebourg-Flanders, in 1354.² Mahaut (Maud) de Chatillon died after 27 August 1371.^1,3

     Jean de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol was born circa 1310 at St. Pol, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. He was the son of Guy III de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol and Marie de Brittany. Jean de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol married Jeanne de Fiennes, daughter of John de Fiennes , Chatelain de Bourbourg and Isabel de Dampierre, in 1314.² Jean de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol married Jeanne de Fiennes, daughter of John de Fiennes , Chatelain de Bourbourg and Isabel de Dampierre, in December 1329. Jean de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol died in 1344.¹
     Jean de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol was also known as Jean de Chatillon , Comte de St. Pol.

     Jeanne de Fiennes married Jean de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol, son of Guy III de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol and Marie de Brittany, in 1314.² Jeanne de Fiennes was born circa 1315 at Fiennes, Artois/Pas-de-Calais, France. She was the daughter of John de Fiennes , Chatelain de Bourbourg and Isabel de Dampierre. Jeanne de Fiennes married Jean de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol, son of Guy III de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol and Marie de Brittany, in December 1329. Jeanne de Fiennes died after 7 July 1353.²

     John de Fiennes , Chatelain de Bourbourg was born circa 1278 at Fiennes, Artois/Pas-de-Calais, France. He was the son of William II de Fiennes , Lord of Wendover and Blanche de Brienne , Lady of Loupeland. John de Fiennes , Chatelain de Bourbourg died circa 1324.

     Isabel de Dampierre was born circa 1280 at Flanders. She was the daughter of Guy III de Dampierre Count of Flanders and Isabel de Luxembourg Dame de Namur. Isabel de Dampierre died in 1323.
     Isabel de Dampierre was also known as Isabelle de Flanders.

     Guy III de Dampierre Count of Flanders was born circa 1225 at Dampierre, Aube, Champagne, France.^1,2 He was the son of William II Seigneur de Dampierre and Margaret Countess of Hainault & Flanders. Guy III de Dampierre Count of Flanders married Mathilde (Maud) Dame de Bethune in June 1246.² Guy III de Dampierre Count of Flanders married Isabel de Luxembourg Dame de Namur, daughter of Henry II 'The Blonde' Count of Luxembourg and Marguerite de Bar, between March 1264 and 1265.² Guy III de Dampierre Count of Flanders died between 7 March 1304 and 1305 at Compiegne, Oise, Picardy, France; (prisoner of French.)^1,2

     Guy III de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol was born circa 1260 at Guines, Artois/Pas-de-Calais, France.² He was the son of Guy II de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol and Mahaut (Maud) of Brabant. Guy III de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol died on 6 April 1317.¹
     Guy III de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol was also known as Guy VI de Chatillon , Comte de St. Pol. He The following is excerpted from a post to SGM, 10 Oct 1996, by JohnYohalem:

Guy III of St. Pol, who died in 1317, married Marie of Brittany and wasthe father of Jean, d. 1344, who left, by his wife, Jeanne de Fiennes, ason, Guy IV (osp 1360) and a daughter, Mahaut, who died in 1372. Theymarried a sister and brother of Luxembourg-Ligny, Jeanne and Guy, and asthe first marriage was childless, the second carried St. Pol out of thefamily and into the Luxembourgs.

     Marie de Brittany was born in 1268 at Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France.² She was the daughter of John II Duke de Brittany , Earl of Richmond and Beatrice Plantagenet , Princess of England. Marie de Brittany died on 5 May 1339.²

     John II Duke de Brittany , Earl of Richmond was buried at Carmelites Church, Ploermel, Bretagne, France. He was born between 3 January 1238 and 1239 at Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays-de-la-Loire, France.² He was the son of John I Duke de Brittany , Earl of Richmond and Blanche Princess of Navarre. John II Duke de Brittany , Earl of Richmond married Beatrice Plantagenet , Princess of England, daughter of Henry III Plantagenet King of England and Eleanor Berenger Countess of Provence, Queen of England, between 22 January 1259 and 1260 at St Denis Abbey near Paris, Ile-de-France, France.² John II Duke de Brittany , Earl of Richmond died between 16 November 1305 and 17 November 1305 at Lyons, France; (killed by falling wall at coronation of Pope.)^1,2
     He Richmond, previous creations: In 1268 Henry granted the Earldom ofRichmond to Piers de Braine's son John, who forthwith made it over to hisown son, another John. (These Johns, who were both known by the surnameBretagne rather than de Braine, may be regarded respectively as 2nd and3rd Earls of Richmond of the January 1218/9 creation.) John the younger(ie. the 3rd Earl), who was temporarily deprived of his estates inEngland in 1296 for siding with the French, married a daughter of HenryIII. He was killed by a wall falling on him in Lyons for the coronationof Pope Clement V in 1305. On his death Edward I asserted a right to theEarldom of Richmond, together with its castles and territories, but ayear later conferred the title on the late Earl's second son John, whothus became 4th Earl of Richmond. Like his predecessors he too sufferedtemporary confiscation of his estates by the Crown, this time in 1326,though they were given back to him later that year, on 25 Decemberapproximately. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2402]

-------------------------

EARLDOM OF RICHMOND (VII, 3)

JOHN (DE BRETAGNE), DUKE OF BRITTANY and EARL OF RICHMOND, 1st son andheir, was born 3 Jan 1238/9, and baptised by Cadioc, Bishop of Vannes. On13 October 1260, he was knighted in London by Henry III. He succeeded tothe Earldom of Richmond on his father's resignation in 1268; and on 25November 1268 he was granted the honor and Rape of Hastings. On 28January 1268/9 he had licence to mortgage some of the lands of the honorof Richmond for 2,000 marks, with a view to going on Crusade; and in 1270he accompanied his father to the siege of Tunis. After the death of St.Louis he swore fealty to Philip III; and he was one of the commanders ofthe main division at the defeat of the Saracens before Tunis. He thenprorceeded to Palestine with his brother-in-law, Prince Edward. On 19August 1274 he was present at Edward's Coronation. In December 1276 hewas summoned to serve in person against Llewelyn. In 1285 he took part inthe French invasion of Aragon. In 1296 he adhered to the French and losthis English lands. In 1297 he fought for the French against the Flemings;and in September 1297 Philip created him a peer of France. He was one ofthe French representatives in the negotiations for a truce at Tournay in1297; and his English lands were restored for the term of the truce 1April 1298 and definitively 1 May 1304. He was one of the nobles whoescorted Margaret of France to England, and he was present at hermarriage to Edward I on 12 September 1299. In 1304 he obtained a grant ofpontage for 3 years, for mending a bridge at Boston. On 18 August 1304 hefought for the French against the Flemings at Mons en Puelle. Hejourneyed to Lyons in 1305 for the Coronation of Pope Clement V; and inthe course of the procession there on 14 November he was mortally injuredby the collapse of a wall.

He married, 22 January 1259/60, at the abbey of St. Denis, near Paris,Beatrice, 2nd daughter of HENRY III, King of England, by Eleanor, 2nddaughter and coheir of Raymond, COUNT OF PROVENCE. Beatrice, who was born25 June 1242, at Bordeaux, died 24 March 1274/5, and was buried in theGrey Friars, London, her heart being buried in the abbey of Fontevrault,Anjou. John died 16 or 17 Nov. I PS, at Lyons, and was buried in thechurch of the Carmelites at Ploërmel, Brittany.[b] Will dated September1302, confirmed with alteration 5 July 1304. Edward I claimed that on hisdeath the Earldom of Richmond, with all his castles and lands, had comeinto the King's hand. [Complete Peerage X:811-14, (transcribed by DaveUtzinger)]

[b] His body was embalmed, shrouded, sewn into leather and put into aleaden coffin, which, after a service in the church of St. Just in Lyons,was transported to Roanne and thence by the Loire to Brittany. The churchof the Carmelites at Ploermel was destroyed at the Revolution, but therecumbent effigy from his tomb is now in the parish church.

     Beatrice Plantagenet , Princess of England was buried at Fontevrault Abbey, Anjou, France; (heart.) She was born on 25 June 1242 at Bordeaux, France.² She was the daughter of Henry III Plantagenet King of England and Eleanor Berenger Countess of Provence, Queen of England. Beatrice Plantagenet , Princess of England married John II Duke de Brittany , Earl of Richmond, son of John I Duke de Brittany , Earl of Richmond and Blanche Princess of Navarre, between 22 January 1259 and 1260 at St Denis Abbey near Paris, Ile-de-France, France.² Beatrice Plantagenet , Princess of England died between 24 March 1274 and 1275 at Grey Friars Church, London, Middlesex, England.²
     She He [John de Bretagne] married, 22 January 1259/60, at the abbey of St.Denis, near Paris, Beatrice, 2nd daughter of HENRY III, King of England,by Eleanor, 2nd daughter and coheir of Raymond, COUNT OF PROVENCE.Beatrice, who was born 25 June 1242, at Bordeaux, died 24 March 1274/5,and was buried in the Grey Friars, London, her heart being buried in theabbey of Fontevrault, Anjou. John died 16 or 17 Nov 1305, at Lyons, andwas buried in the church of the Carmelites at Ploërmel, Brittany.[b] Willdated September 1302, confirmed with alteration 5 July 1304. Edward Iclaimed that on his death the Earldom of Richmond, with all his castlesand lands, had come into the King's hand. [Complete Peerage X:811-14,(transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

     Guy II de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol was born circa 1225 at St. Pol, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.² He was the son of Hugh V de Chatillon Comte de Blois & St. Pol and Marie d' Avesnes , Comtesse de Blois. Guy II de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol married Mahaut (Maud) of Brabant, daughter of Henry II 'Magnanimus' Duke of Brabant and Marie von Hohenstauffen , of Swabia, on 31 May 1254. Guy II de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol died between 12 March 1288 and 1289.²
     Guy II de Chatillon Comte de St. Pol was also known as Guy V de Chatillon , Comte de St. Pol. He The following is excerpted from a post to SGM, 10 Oct 1996, by JohnYohalem:

Guy II inherited St. Pol from his niece, d. 1289, and by Mathilde ofBrabant had three sons, most notably Hugh II of Blois and Guy III of St.Pol. Hugh's descendants, the counts of Blois, Soissons and Penthievre,included St. Charles and the Brittany claimants. This branch died outwith Nicole, Ctss. of Penthievre, in 1479.

     Jean de Luxembourg , Seigneur de Ligny was buried at Church of Phalempin, Lille, Belgium. He was born circa 1316 at Ligny, Namur, Belgium. He was the son of Valeran II de Luxembourg , Comte de Beauvoir and Guiotte (Guyotte) Chatelaine de Lille. Jean de Luxembourg , Seigneur de Ligny married Alice de Richebourg-Flanders, daughter of Guy V Seigneur de Richebourg and Beatrix van Putten, on 10 July 1330.² Jean de Luxembourg , Seigneur de Ligny died on 17 May 1364.¹