Conon II (Cono) (died 1189 or after),
Count of Montaigu and
Count of Duras, son of
Godefroi, Count of Montaigu Count Godefried (died 1161) was Count of Montaigu and Clermont by inheritance, and Count of Duras by virtue of his marriage. He was also seigneur (lord) of Rochefort, and burger and advocate of Dinant.
His parents were Lambert, Count of Montaigu ...
, and his wife Julienne, daughter of
Otto II, Count of Duras Count Otto of Duras (d. 1147) was a Count of Duras, and ''advocatus'' of the Abbey of St Truiden. Duras and St Truiden are in the modern province of Belgian Limburg. His parents were Count Giselbert of Duras and his wife Gertrud.
Otto married Be ...
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Conon replaced his elder brother
Gilles
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, who had leprosy, but the precise dates of Conon’s rule are unclear. In a charter dated 1175 donating property to the
Knights Hospitaller
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, Gilles is referred to as former count and his brothers Pierre and Conon as Counts of Montaigu and Duras respectively. That same charter refers to their uncle Bruno the archdeacon, presumably their great-uncle Bruno, brother to Otto II, Count of Duras. A later charter dated 1182 witnessed by Henri of Esch (a relative of Goffrey of Esch, compatriot of
Conon I, Count of Montaigu
Conon (also Cono or Cuno; died 1 May 1106) was a Lotharingian nobleman and military leader of the First Crusade. He was one of the most prominent lords of the Ardennes, being the count of Montaigu, lord of Rochefort and advocate (defender) of t ...
), identifies Conon as Count of Montaigu and Duras.
In 1185, Conon and his brother Pierre donated all his properties to Sainte-Marie and Saint-Lambert in Liege. These properties were not kept by the Bishop of Liege, who sold them to
Gérard of Looz and Wéry of Walcourt.
[''The Election and Assassination of Bishop Albert of Louvain, Bishop of Liège, 1191-1192'', R.H.Schmandt, Speculum 42 (1967), p.641.]
Conon was not known to be married and left no heirs. After Conon’s death, his brother-in-law Wery II de Walcourt became Count of Montaigu and Clermont, whereas Gérard II, Count of Looz Count Gerard (or Gerhard) of Loon (died 1191), was son and successor of Louis I, Count of Loon, and Agnes of Metz. He was count of Loon (in modern Belgium) and of Rieneck (in Germany). Because of a widespread misunderstanding concerning a document f ...
, became the Count of Duras, reflecting the relationship between Looz and Duras dating back to the first Count of Looz, Giselbert.
Gislebert of Mons Gislebert (or Gilbert) of Mons ( 1150 – 1225) was a clergyman in the administration of the County of Hainaut and a chronicler whose ''Chronicon Hanoniense'' (''Chronicle of Hainaut'') is an essential eyewitness source for events affecting his patr ...
calls him called 'small in body, smaller in mind and knowledge'. He reports he held the advocacy of Saint-Trond and other properties in fief from the Duke of Limbourg, and owed guardianship of the castle of Limbourg. Since Conon failed to answer the Duke's summons, the latter seized his properties, keeping some and selling others to Count Gérard of Looz in 1189. Conon attempted to sell his advocacy to the Duke of Brabant who then occupied Duras and harass St Truiden, leading to an armed conflict involving also the Count of Hainaut.[''Chronicle of Hainaut by Gilbert of Mons,'' translated Laura Napran (Boydell, 2005)]
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References
Sources
*Miraeus, A., ''Opera diplomatica et historica,'' 2nd edn. (Louvain), Tome II, Supplement, Pars III, LXVIII, 1723
*Wolters, Joseph Mathias, ''Notice Historique sur l’Ancien Comté de Duras en Hesbaie'', Gyselinck, 1855 (available o
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External links
* ttp://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NAMUR.htm#WeryWalcourtMGerbergeMontaigu Medieval Lands Project, Seigneurs de Walcourt{{DEFAULTSORT:Conon, Count of Montaigu
12th-century deaths
Counts of Montaigu
Year of birth missing
Year of death uncertain