{{Infobox noble , name = Guy II of Dampierre , title = Lord of Dampierre , image = Coat of arms of the House of Welf-Brunswick (Braunschweig).svg , caption = The arms borne , alt = , CoA = , more = no , succession = , reign = 1174–1216 , reign-type = , predecessor = William I of Dampierre , successor = Archambaud of Dampierre

William II of Dampierre William II (1196 – 3 September 1231) was the lord of Dampierre from 1216 until his death. He was the son of Guy II, constable of Champagne, and Mathilde of Bourbon.Theodore Evergates, ''The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300 ...

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Mathilde of Bourbon Mathilde of Bourbon (french: links=no, Mahaut de Bourbon; Theodore Evergates, ''The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300'', (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007), 217. – 18 June 1228) was a French noblewoman who was the ruling ...

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Guy III of Dampierre
Philippa of Dampierre
Marie of Dampierre
Joan of Dampierre
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constable of

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Troyes Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near to ...

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, and Lord of Dampierre,

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and Montluçon. He was the only son of William I of Dampierre, Lord of Dampierre, and Ermengarde of Mouchy. William I of Dampierre was the son of Guy I, Lord of Dampierre and Viscount of Troyes, and Helvide de Baudémont. Guy participated in the

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as a member of an advance party who initiated the

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in the fall of 1189.{{sfn, Painter, 1969, p=51 His name and arms are in the '' Salles des Croisades'' of the

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Biography

Guy was the eldest son of William I of Dampierre{{sfn, Evergates, 2007, p=226-227 and Ermengarde of Toucy, lady of Champlay and daughter of Ithier III de Toucy and Elisabeth of Joigny. During the lifetime of his father, Guy received the Lordship of Moëslains and maybe the viscounty of Troyes. During this time, he signed charters under the name of Guy de Moëslains. Around 1174, Guy succeeded his father as Lord of Dampierre,

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and Saint-Just. Like his father before him, he is also named constable of Champagne, but this position was not hereditary.{{sfn, Savetiez, 1884, p=116{{sfn, d'Arbois de Jubainville, 1865, p=492 In 1189, he participated in the

as a member of an advance party who initiated the

in the fall of the year.{{sfn, Painter, 1969, p=51{{sfn, Savetiez, 1884, p=117{{sfn, d'Arbois de Jubainville, 1865, p=30 After the departure of King Philip Augustus, he stayed in the Holy Land and fought at the Battle of Arsuf. He came back to Dampierre in late 1192.{{sfn, Savetiez, 1884, p=117 His name and arms are in the '' Salles des Croisades'' of the

In 1194, Guy fought with Philip Augustus against the English and was at the

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in the rearguard that covered the escape of the King. In 1202, he participated in the conquest of

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and fought at the battle of

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, the

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and the catch of

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and

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.{{sfn, Savetiez, 1884, p=324 In 1199, for service rendered, the King gave him the Lordship of Montluçon.{{sfn, Savetiez, 1884, p=119 In 1210, Guy was sent at the head of a royal army sent by Philip Augustus to confiscate the lands of Count Guy II of Auvergne.{{sfn, Wolfe, 2009, p=30 He took Nonette, the castle of Tournoël and Riom in December 1213, and removed Guy of Auvergne from power. He was named by the King constable of Auvergne and managed the county for him. {{sfn, Wolfe, 2009, p=30{{cite book , title=La basse Auvergne médiévale, last1=Bernage, first1=Georges, last2=Courtillé, first2=Anne, last3=Mégemont, first3=Marc, year=2002 Guy also fought at the

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and his participation was decisive in the French victory.{{sfn, Savetiez, 1884, p=123 During the

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, Guy supported the Countess-Regent Blanche of Navarre and her son

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against the pretender

Erard of Brienne-Ramerupt Érard de Brienne (c. 1170 † 1246) was a French nobleman. He was lord of Ramerupt and of Venizy, and also a pretender to the county of Champagne as an instigator of the Champagne War of Succession. He was a son of André of Brienne and of ...

and his wife

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.{{sfn, d'Arbois de Jubainville, 1865, p=115 Guy died on 18 January 1216 and was buried in Saint-Laumer Abbey at

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.{{sfn, Savetiez, 1884, p=211

Family

In the year 1196 he married

, daughter of Archambaud de Bourbon and Alix of Burgundy,{{sfn, Evergates, 2007, p=217 and had: * Archambaud of Dampierre,{{sfn, Evergates, 2007, p=217 Lord of Bourbon and Montluçon after his father's death. *

, Lord of Dampierre, Saint-Dizier and Moëslains, married Margaret II of Flanders{{sfn, Evergates, 2007, p=217 * Guy III of Dampierre, Lord of Saint-Just after his father's death.{{sfn, Devailly, 1973, p=368 * Philippa Mahaut of Dampierre, married in 1205 to Guigues IV, Count of Forez. * Marie of Dampierre, married around 1201 to Hervé of

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. Then widowed, she married secondly in 1220 to Henri I de Sully.{{sfn, Devailly, 1973, p=368 * Joan of Dampierre. * Margaret of Dampierre.{{sfn, Devailly, 1973, p=368

References

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Sources

*{{cite book , title=Histoire des ducs et comtes de Champagne, tomes 4a et 4b, last=d'Arbois de Jubainville, first=Henri, location=Paris, publisher=Librairie Auguste Durand, year=1865, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KvhCAAAAcAAJ *{{cite book , first=Guy , last=Devailly , title=Le Berry, du X siecle au milieu du XIII , language=French , publisher=Mouton & Co. , year=1973 *{{cite book , first=Theodore , last=Evergates , title=The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300 , publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press , year=2007 *{{cite book , chapter=The Third Crusade:Richard the Lionhearted and Philip Augustus , first=Sidney , last=Painter , title=The Later Crusades, 1189-1311 , volume=2 , editor1-first=Kenneth M. , editor1-last=Setton , editor2-first=Robert Lee , editor2-last=Wolff , editor3-first=Harry W. , editor3-last=Hazard , publisher=University of Wisconsin Press , year=1969 *{{cite book , title=Dampierre de l'Aube et ses seigneurs, last=Savetiez, first=Charles, year=1884 *{{cite book , title=Walled Towns and the Shaping of France: From the Medieval to the Early Modern Era , first=Michael , last=Wolfe , publisher=Palgrave Macmillan , year=2009 {{S-start {{succession box , before=Archambaud VII de Bourbon , title=Lord of

with his wife

, years=1196–1216 , after= Archambaud of Dampierre {{succession box , before= -, title=Lord of Montluçon , years=1199–1216 , after= Archambaud of Dampierre {{succession box , before=William I of Dampierre , title=Lord of Dampierre,

and Moëslains , years=1174–1216 , after=

{{succession box , before=William I of Dampierre , title=Lord of Saint-Just , years=1174–1216 , after=Guy III of Dampierre {{S-end {{DEFAULTSORT:Guy 2of Dampierre 1150s births 1216 deaths House of Dampierre Christians of the Third Crusade Medieval French nobility 12th-century French people 13th-century French people People from Aube People from Haute-Marne