Simon II of Clermont-Nesle (c. 1210–1285/86) was

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(Lord) of Ailly,

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and

Nesle Nesle () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Nesle is situated at the junction of the D930 and D337 roads, some southwest of Saint-Quentin. The Ingon, a small stream, passes through the commun ...

(in

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)

Biography

Simon was the eldest son Raoul I of Clermont-Nesle, Seigneur of Ailly, Maulette, and Gertrude of Nesle. He was a counsellor of King

Louis IX of France Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly known as Saint Louis or Louis the Saint, was King of France from 1226 to 1270, and the most illustrious of the Direct Capetians. He was crowned in Reims at the age of 12, following the ...

, especially in areas of justice. Jointly with Matthew of Vendôme, Simon was the

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of the kingdom in 1270–71 when Louis and his son

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were away on the

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, using the title "lieutenant". In the process of

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of king Louis in 1283, he was one of those bearing witness. Simon was also a tutor of the children of the king, appointed by Philip III. Simon is accounted of the foundation of Hôtel de Nesle, to accommodate nobility in Paris, instead of their first Hôtel de Nesle, that was ceded to King Louis IX, and the construction was enabled through the prominent positions of his sons Raoul and Guy, and their wealth. The hotel was connected to

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, and eventually sold to King

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in 1314.

Marriage and issue

In 1242 Simon married

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, daughter of Amaury de Montfort, Count of Montfort-l'Amaury and

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. Their children were: * Raoul II/III of Clermont (c. 1245–1302),

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and

. He fought in the

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and was killed in the

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. * Simon II of Clermont-Nesle (d. 22 December 1312 ?), bishop of Noyon and bishop-count of Beauvais (1301–c. 1312). He was one of few bishops that supported King

against

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. * Amaury, a cleric *

Guy I of Clermont Guy I of Clermont-Nesle (c. 1255 – 11 July 1302) was a Marshal of France, Seigneur (Lord) of Offemont ''jure uxoris'', and possibly of Ailly, Maulette and Breteuil. He might have been a Seigneur of Nesle also, or used the title "Sire of Nesle" ...

, Seigneur of Breteuil, Ailly and

, appointed to

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, fighting in the

and was killed in the

. * Elizabeth

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