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Counts Of Soissons
This is a list of those who bore the title Count of Soissons (french: Comte de Soissons) and ruled Soissons and its ''civitas'' or diocese as a county in the Middle Ages. The title continued in use into modern times, but without ties to the actual Soissonnais. Carolingians *896– Herbert I, Count of Vermandois *–930 Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, son of the previous *969–988 Guy I, son of the previous. Angevins *988–1047 Adelise, daughter of the previous. Bar-sur-Aube *until 1019 Nocher I, ''jure uxoris'', husband of the previous *1019-1042 Renaud I, son of the previous *1042-1057 Guy II, son of the previous *1057–1079 Adelaide, sister of the previous. Normans *1076 William Busac, also Count of Eu, ''jure uxoris,'' husband of the previous *1076-1099 Renaud II, son of the previous *1099-1115 John I, brother of the previous *1115-1141 Renaud III, son of the previous. House of Nesle *1141–1178 Yves II le Vieux (the Old), great-grandson of ...
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Soissons
Soissons () is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital of the Suessiones. Soissons is also the see of an ancient Roman Catholic diocese, whose establishment dates from about 300, and it was the location of a number of church synods called "Council of Soissons". History Soissons enters written history under its Celtic name, later borrowed into Latin, Noviodunum, meaning "new hillfort", which was the capital of the Suessiones. At Roman contact, it was a town of the Suessiones, mentioned by Julius Caesar (''B. G.'' ii. 12). Caesar (''B.C.'' 57), after leaving the Axona (modern Aisne), entered the territory of the Suessiones, and making one day's long march, reached Noviodunum, which was surrounded by a high wall and a broad ditch. The place surrendered to Caesar. From 457 to 486, under Aegidiu ...
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Adelaide, Countess Of Soissons
Adelaide (died 1105), was sovereign Countess of Soissons from 1057 until 1105. She was the daughter of Renaud I, Count of Soissons, and his wife, whose name is unknown, widow of Hilduin III, Count of Montdidier. . Adelaide became ruler of the County of Soissons upon the death of her father and brother, Guy II, Count of Soissons, in 1057. Adelaide married William Busac, Count of Eu, grandson of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. Adelaide and William had five children: * Renaud II, Count of Soissons * John I, Count of Soissons, married to Aveline de Pierrefonds * Manasses of Soissons, Bishop of Cambrai, Bishop of Soissons * Lithuise de Blois, married to Milo I of Montlhéry Milo I the Great (died 1102) was lord of Montlhéry from 1095 until his death. He was the son of Guy I of Montlhéry and Hodierna of Gometz. The identify of his first wife is unknown. His second wife was Lithuise de Blois, Vicomtesse de Troyes, ... * Unnamed daughter, married to Yves le Vieux. William Bus ...
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John IV, Count Of Soissons
John IV (died before May 1302), son of John III, Count of Soissons, and Marguerite of Montfort, daughter of Amaury VI, Count of Montfort. Count of Soissons This is a list of those who bore the title Count of Soissons (french: Comte de Soissons) and ruled Soissons and its ''civitas'' or diocese as a county in the Middle Ages. The title continued in use into modern times, but without ties to the actual ..., inherited upon his father’s death in 1286. John married Marguerite of Rumigny, daughter of Hugh II of Rumigny and his wife Philippa. John and Marguerite had two children: * John V, Count of Soissons * Hugh Count of Soissons. Upon John’s death in 1302, his son and namesake became count. Sources Dormay, C., ''Histoire de la ville de Soissons et de ses rois, ducs, comtes et gouverneurs'', Soissons, 1664 (available oGoogle Books References 1302 deaths Year of birth unknown Counts of Soissons {{France-noble-stub ...
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John III, Count Of Soissons
John III (died before 8 October 1286), son of John II, Count of Soissons, and Marie de Chimay. Count of Soissons and Seigneur of Chimay. John inherited the countship of Soissons upon his father’s death in 1272. John married Marguerite de Montfort, daughter of Amaury, Count of Montfort, and his wife Beatrix de Viennois. John and Marguerite had: * Marie de Nesle (d. after 1272), married to Guy de Saint-Rémy * John IV, Count of Soissons John IV (died before May 1302), son of John III, Count of Soissons, and Marguerite of Montfort, daughter of Amaury VI, Count of Montfort. Count of Soissons This is a list of those who bore the title Count of Soissons (french: Comte de Soissons) ... * Unnamed daughter, married Eustache IV de Conflans, Seigneur de Mareuil, son of Eustache III de Conflans * Raoul de Nesle (killed in the battle of Courtrai, 11 July 1302) * Auchier de Nesle. * Hugh de Nesle, d.1306 References Sources * * * *Dormay, C., ''Histoire de la ville de Soissons e ...
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John II, Count Of Soissons
John II (died 1270/72), also known as Je(h)an de Nesle and by the sobriquet ''le Bon et le Bègue'' ("the Good and the Stammerer"), was the tenth Count of Soissons, succeeding his father Ralph the Good, in 1235. He was the son of his father's second wife, Yolande. By marriage he also became Count of Chartres and Lord of Amboise. He was well-connected with the trouvères: his younger brother Raoul was one and he received the dedication of a song by Pierrekin de la Coupele. He was also a cousin by marriage of the historian Jean de Joinville. He is not to be confused with John II of Nesle, the burggrave of Bruges. John's first marriage was to Mary (died c. 1241), the heiress of Roger du Thour et de Chimay and his wife Agnes. John and Mary confirmed donations to the Teutonic Knights in May 1234, where he signed as "John of Soissons, knight, firstborn of the count of Soissons, lord of Thour and Chimay". She left him a son, John III, who would succeed him. John's second wife was Ma ...
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Raoul, Count Of Soissons
Raoul le Bon (Ralph the Good) (d. 4 January 1235), also known as Raoul III de Nesle, was the Count of Soissons from 1180.He is described in contemporary writings as ''comes Radulfus Suessionensis''. He was the third son of Raoul II de Nesle and Gertrude de Montaigu. In 1178 Raoul and his elder brother John subscribed to a charter of the eldest brother, Conon, then count, donating property to Notre-Dame d'Ourscamp. When Alberic de Trois-Fontaines wrote his chronicle, he could refer to count Raoul of Soissons ''qui adhuc vivit'' (who still lives). But he later records his death in 1235. In 1184 Ralph became castellan of Noyon. According to Rigord, he took the Cross alongside Henry II of England and Philip II of France at a ceremony between Trie and Gisors on 13 Jan 1188 and joined the Third Crusade. Raoul was the fourth husband of Adèle of Dreux (b. 1145/1146), daughter of Robert I of Dreux. She confirmed donations to and Tremblay-en-France with him, and died between January 1205 ...
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Conon, Count Of Soissons
Conon of Nesle (died 1180), son of Raoul II of Nesle and Gertrude, daughter of Lambert, Count of Montaigu. Châtelain of Bruges, Count of Soissons This is a list of those who bore the title Count of Soissons (french: Comte de Soissons) and ruled Soissons and its ''civitas'' or diocese as a county in the Middle Ages. The title continued in use into modern times, but without ties to the actual .... Conon became Count of Soissons upon the death of his uncle Yves II in 1178. In 1164, Conon married Agather of Pierrefonds, daughter of Dreux, Seigneur of Perrefonds, and his wife Beatrix. They had no children. Upon his death in 1180, Conon was succeeded as Count of Soissons by his brother Raoul. Sources Dormay, C., ''Histoire de la ville de Soissons et de ses rois, ducs, comtes et gouverneurs'', Soissons, 1664 (available oGoogle Books References Counts of Soissons 12th-century French people 1180 deaths Year of birth unknown {{France-noble-stub ...
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Yves, Count Of Soissons
Yves II le Vieux of Nesle (Ives, Ivo) (d. 1178), son of Raoul I, Seigneur of Nesle, and his wife Rainurde (Ermentrude) of Eu-Soissons. Seigneur of Nesle, Count of Soissons. Upon the death of Renaud III, Count of Soissons, Yves was chosen as the next count by the Bishop of Soissons, Joscelin de Vierzi. Following the preaching of Bernard of Clairvaux at Vézelay in 1146, Yves joined Louis VII and a host of French nobles in the Second Crusade. He was part of the Crusade Concilium in Acre in June 1148 and was one of many suitors for Constance of Antioch following her husband's death in 1149. Yves married Yolande, a daughter of Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut, and his wife Alice of Namur. They had no children. Upon the death of Yves, his nephew Conon Conon ( el, Κόνων) (before 443 BC – c. 389 BC) was an Athenian general at the end of the Peloponnesian War, who led the Athenian naval forces when they were defeated by a Peloponnesian fleet in the crucial Battle of Aegospotami; l ...
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House Of Nesle
The House of Nesle is a feudal family that spawned a long line of Counts of Soissons and eventually merged with the House of Clermont (see Counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis). Nesle is a commune in northern France near Saint-Quentin, Aisne. The founder of the House of Nesle is Yves de Nesle (d. after 1076) of unknown parentage. Yves had two children by an unknown wife: * Dreux de Nesle (d. after 1098), a crusader who took part in the siege of Nicaea in 1097. Dreux or Drogon de Nesle (d. after 1098), had one son from an unknown wife: * Raoul I (d. 1125 or after), Seigneur of Nesle. Raoul I, who some sources identify as the founder of the family, married Raintrude of Soissons, a daughter of William Busac, Count of Eu and Soissons, and they had five children: * Yves II, Count of Soissons * Dreux de Nesle (d. after 1146) * Raoul II de Nesle, Châtelain of Bruges * Renaud de Nesle * Thierry de Nesle (d. before 1183), Thesaurius at Noyon, Archdeacon at Cambrai. Yves II, the first Cou ...
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Renaud III, Count Of Soisson
Renaud III (d. 1141), son of John I, Count of Soissons, and Aveline de Pierrefonds. Count of Soissons This is a list of those who bore the title Count of Soissons (french: Comte de Soissons) and ruled Soissons and its ''civitas'' or diocese as a county in the Middle Ages. The title continued in use into modern times, but without ties to the actual .... Little is known about Renaud other than he inherited the Count of Soissons from his father in 1115. Upon Renaud's death in 1141, Ivo II de Nesle was chosen as his successor by the Bishop of Soisson, Joscelin de Vierzi. Renaud married Bathilde, of an unknown family, in 1137. No children are recorded. Renaud was the last of the Norman counts of Soissons. Notes Sources * * {{France-noble-stub Counts of Soissons Year of birth missing 1141 deaths ...
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John I, Count Of Soissons
John I (died after 1115), son of William Busac, Count of Eu and Soissons, and Adelaide, Countess of Soissons. Count of Soissons. John became Count of Soissons after the death of his brother Renaud II in 1099. John was involved with the Abbey of St. Jean des Vignes. John married Aveline de Pierrefonds, daughter of Nivelon II, Seigneur de Pierrefonds. John and Aveline had: * Renaud III, Count of Soissons Upon the death of John, his son Renaud became the last of the Norman Counts of Soissons. References Sources * * {{France-noble-stub Counts of Soissons 11th-century births 12th-century deaths ...
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Renaud II, Count Of Soissons
Renaud II (died 1099), son of William Busac, Count of Eu and Soissons, and Adelaide, Countess of Soissons. Count of Soissons. It is unclear when Renaud assumed the countship of Soissons from his disgraced father. The latter was stripped of the County of Eu in 1050 but it is unclear when he relinquished the countship of Soissons. Alberic of Trois-Fontaines Alberic of Trois-Fontaines (french: Aubri or ''Aubry de Trois-Fontaines''; la, Albericus Trium Fontium) (died 1252) was a medieval Cistercian chronicler who wrote in Latin. He was a monk of Trois-Fontaines Abbey in the diocese of Châlons-sur-Ma ... identifies Renaud in his ''Chronicles'' but little is known about his rule. It is not known whether Renaud married or had any children. Upon the death of Renaud, his brother John became the Count of Soissons. Notes Sources Dormay, C., ''Histoire de la ville de Soissons et de ses rois, ducs, comtes et gouverneurs'', Soissons, 1664 (available oGoogle Books Counts of Soissons ...
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