Guy II of Ponthieu (–25 December 1147) was the son of
William III of Ponthieu
William III of Ponthieu ( – 1172) also called William (II; III) Talvas.Orderic Vitalis and Robert de Torigny both mentioned his nickname 'Talvas' but he is not known to have used it when granting or attesting his own charters, . E. Cokayne, ''T ...
and
Helie of Burgundy
Helie of Burgundy ( – 28 February 1141) was the daughter of Odo I, Duke of Burgundy and Sibylla of Burgundy, Duchess of Burgundy.
In June 1095, Helie married Bertrand of Toulouse, as his second wife. They had one son, Pons of Tripoli (–1137).
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Life
He succeeded his father as
Count of Ponthieu
The County of Ponthieu (, ), centered on the mouth of the Somme, became a member of the Norman group of vassal states when Count Guy submitted to William of Normandy after the battle of Mortemer.Dunbabin.France in the Making. Ch.4. The Princip ...
before 1129; this was during William's lifetime. Around 1137, he founded the
Cistercian
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Valloires Abbey.
He joined the
Second Crusade
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under King
Louis VII of France
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, and died of a disease on 25 December 1147 in
Ephesus
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.
He was succeeded by his son
John I of Ponthieu
John I of Ponthieu ( – 1191) was the son of Guy II of Ponthieu and succeeded him as Count of Ponthieu in 1147.
War with Normandy
John attacked Normandy in 1166 and 1168, in response to King Henry II of England's confiscation of the castles at ...
.
Marriage and issue
His wife was called Ida; he had three children with her:
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John I John I may refer to:
People
* John I (bishop of Jerusalem)
* John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople
* John of Antioch (died 441)
* Pope John I, Pope from 523 to 526
* John I (exarch) (died 615), Exarch of Ravenna
* John I o ...
(d. 1191), Count of Ponthieu
* Guido (d. between 1208 and 1218), Lord of Noyelles
* Agnes,
abbess
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Description
In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic ...
in
Montreuil
Footnotes
References
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1147 deaths
Counts of Ponthieu
Year of birth uncertain
12th-century Normans
Christians of the Second Crusade
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