John of Beaumont (1288 – 11 March 1356) was a younger brother of count

William III of Holland William the Good ( nl, Willem, french: Guillaume; – 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 , was the son of John II, Coun ...

. He was the lord of Beaumont and count of Soissons by virtue of his marriage.

Life

He was born in 1288 as John of Hainault, 4th son of John II, Count of Holland and

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. He was the brother of William I of Hainault (III of Holland) and

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, among others. When his uncle

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died in 1299, he left behind no descendants. As a result, his father inherited the county of Holland and Zeeland as John II, Count of Holland through his mother

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. From then on Hainault and Holland were in a personal union. John of Hainault bought the ''

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'' (comparably to the English

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) of Beaumont, located in the southern Netherlands, for his son. Count John II of Holland died in 1304 and was succeeded by his eldest son

. On 21 June 1308, John received from his brother all the possessions of

Gerard van Velsen Gerard de van Velzen (died 1296) was lord of Beverwijk, Noordwijk, and Velsen. He was the son of Albrecht van Velsen and Hildegonde. He was married to Machteld van Woerden, a sister of Herman VI van Woerden. In 1275, Van Velzen was named schout o ...

, Willem van Zanden and Gerard Craaitenhout. This included the

Noordwijk and Beverwijk. On 23 July 1313 Noordwijk and Beverwijk were raised to ''hoge heerlijkheid'' (literally: ''high barony''), which placed them amongst the most important fiefs in Holland. In 1316 John became lord of

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. Goes also came into his possession after it was taken from the Borssele family. His most important residences were Beaumont and the castle of

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in the southern Netherlands. In 1340 he founded a

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monastery in Schoonhoven. John married

Margaret of Soissons Margaret (or Margaretha) of Soissons (died ca. 1350) was ruling Countess of Soissons in 1305-1344. She was the only daughter of Hugh, Count of Soissons, and Johanna of Argies. In 1306 she succeeded her father as Countess of Soissons. Margaret wa ...

, which gave him the title of Count of Soissons. John and Margaret had five children: *

Jeanne of Hainault Jeanne (or Johanna) of Hainault (1323 – December 1350) was ruling Countess of Soissons from 1344 until 1350. She was a daughter of John of Beaumont, lord of Beaumont and Margaret of Soissons. She succeeded her mother in 1344 as Countess of S ...

, married first to

Louis II, Count of Blois Louis II of Châtillon (died 26 August 1346), son of Guy I, Count of Blois and Margaret of Valois, was count of Blois and lord of Avesnes from 1342 to 1346. In 1340 in Soissons, he married Jeanne of Avesnes, Countess of Soissons (d. 1350), daug ...

, (three sons), and second to William I, Marquis of Namur, no issue * John, Canon of

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* William, Canon of

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and

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* Amalrik, Canon of

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and Tours * Reinout, Canon of

. John often replaced his absent brother as governor of Holland. In 1326 he led an expedition to England, through which king Edward II of England was driven out and replaced by king

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. In 1340 he was regent of Holland and Zeeland for his nephew, count

William IV of Holland William II (1307 – 26 September 1345) was Count of Hainaut from 1337 until his death. He was also Count of Holland (as William IV) and Count of Zeeland. He succeeded his father, Count William I of Hainaut. While away fighting in Prussia, the Fr ...

for a short time. In 1345 he led an expedition to Friesland together with William IV. At the battle of Warns William IV was killed by the frisians while John of Beaumont barely managed to escape. He claimed the right of succession to the three counties, but eventually the succession was awarded to the sister of count William IV. As a result, John left the Netherlands and travelled to France, and he was present at the Battle of Crecy. Here his son-in-law

was killed. This made his grandson John II, Count of Blois heir to the expensive possessions in Holland and Zeeland. Afterwards John resided at the court of Margaret of Burgundy John had a bastard son for whom he bought the

Treslong in Picardie. From this son descended the Bloys of Treslong. He died on 11 March 1356.

Bloys of Treslong

Bloys of Treslong is a family that descended from a bastard son of John of Beaumont. The Bloys' of Treslong included four flag-officers in the Dutch marine. * Willem Bloys van Treslong (1529–1594), a captain of the

Gueux de mer Geuzen (; ; french: Les Gueux) was a name assumed by the confederacy of Calvinist Dutch nobles, who from 1566 opposed Spanish rule in the Netherlands. The most successful group of them operated at sea, and so were called Watergeuzen (; ; frenc ...

* Jacob Arnout Bloys of Treslong (1756–1826), also called Jacob Arnold Bastingius, was a Secretary-General of the Dutch Navy * Johan Arnold Bloys of Treslong (1757–1824). Schout-bij-nacht at the Battle of Kamperduin. * Jhr. William Otto Bloys of Treslong (1765–1837), an uncle of Johan Arnold. * Cornelius Ysaac Bloys of Treslong (1763–1826) made it to

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in the Batavian and Royal Dutch Navy Ships named after Bloys of Treslong include * HNLMS Bloys van Treslong, a Dutch frigate of the Kortenaer class.

Ancestry

In fiction

John is a character in '' Les Rois maudits'' (''The Accursed Kings''), a series of French

historical novel Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other ty ...

s by Maurice Druon. He was portrayed by in the 1972 French miniseries adaptation of the series. Sir John of Hainault is a character in ''

Edward II Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir apparent to t ...

'', a play by

Christopher Marlowe Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe (; baptised 26 February 156430 May 1593), was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Based upon the ...

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References

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John of Beaumont John of Beaumont (1288 – 11 March 1356) was a younger brother of count William III of Holland. He was the lord of Beaumont and count of Soissons by virtue of his marriage. Life He was born in 1288 as John of Hainault, 4th son of John II, Co ...

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