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Walter II Of Avesnes
Walter II of Avesnes (b. 1170 – d.1244) was lord of Avesnes, Leuze, of Condé and Guise, and through his marriage to Margaret of Blois, he became count of Blois and Chartres. He was the son of James of Avesnes, and Adèle, lady of Guise. Walter fought alongside Count Ferdinand of Flanders at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214, then left to fight in the Holy Land. Taken prisoner, he was ransomed by the Knights Templar and helped construct the Pilgrim Castle, in 1218, donating 1,000 ''Saracen bezants'' towards its construction. With the income from Guise lands, he began work on modernizing his castles. He also built a castle Englancourt to control the road through the county of Hainaut. Family Walter married Margaret, Countess of Blois and Chartres,(FR)Henri Platelle, ''Présence de l'au-delà: une vision médiévale du monde'', 284. daughter of Theobald V, Count of Blois, count of Blois and Chartres, and Alix of France. Their children: * Theobald, died young * Mary, Countess of Bloi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Avesnes-sur-Helpe (; vls, Avenne aan de Helpe) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the Nord department. It is situated 14 km from the Belgian border, and 18 km south of Maubeuge, the nearest larger town. The river Helpe Majeure, a tributary of the Sambre, flows through the town. Upstream of Avesnes on the river there is the Lac du Val-Joly, an artificial lake. History Avesnes was founded in the 11th century. The first known lord was Wedric II of Avesnes (born about 990), son of Wedric I de Morvois. The house of Avesnes played an important role in the low countries, including several Counts of Holland. It was destroyed by Louis XI in 1477 after his victory in the Burgundian Wars. Historically a part of the County of Hainaut, it became French in 1659 as a result of the Treaty of the Pyrenees, and was fortified by Vauban, although it was captured by Prussia in 1815. Avesnes was heavily fortified, with fortifications that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Englancourt
Englancourt () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 communes in the French department of Aisne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Aisne Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Vervins-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lords Of Avesnes
The Avesnes family played an important role during the Middle Ages. The family has its roots in the small village Avesnes-sur-Helpe, in the north of France. One branch produced a number of Counts of Holland during the 13th century. The family died out in the 16th century. Origin of the House: feud between Dampierre and Avesnes Baldwin, the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, was as Baldwin IX Count of Flanders and as Baldwin VI Count of Hainaut. Baldwin had only daughters and was in turn succeeded by his daughters Joan (reigned 1205–1244) and Margaret II (reigned 1244–1280). In 1212 Margaret II married Bouchard d'Avesnes, a prominent Hainaut nobleman. This was apparently a love match, though it was approved by Margaret's sister Joan, who had herself recently married. The two sisters subsequently had a falling-out over Margaret's share of their inheritance, which led Joan to attempt to get Margaret's marriage dissolved. She alleged that the marriage wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh I, Count Of Blois
Hugh I, Count of Blois, also known as ''Hugh I of Châtillon'' ( – 9 April 1248)Theodore Evergates, ''The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300'', (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007), 223. was jure uxoris Count of Blois from 1230 to 1241, and Count of Saint Pol (as Hugh V) from 1226 to 1248. Hugh was son of Gaucher III of Châtillon and Elisabeth, daughter of Hugo IV, Count of Saint-Pol. He married Agnes of Bar-le-Duc, daughter of Thibaut I of Bar-le-Duc and Hermesend of Bar-sur-Seine, in 1216. By 1225, Agnes was dead and Hugh married Marie. In 1226, Hugh married Marie of Avesnes, daughter of Walter II of Avesnes and Margaret of Blois. They had 5 children: # John I (d. 1280), Count of BloisTheodore Evergates, ''The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300'', 254. # Guy III (d. 1289), Count of Saint Pol # Gaucher IV (d. 1261), lord of Chatillon, Crécy and Crèvecœur. His son was: Gaucher V de Châtillon. # Hugh (d. 1255) # Basile (d. 1280), bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary, Countess Of Blois
Mary, Countess of Blois, also known as ''Marie of Avesnes'', (1200–1241) was countess of Blois from 1230 to 1241. She was the daughter of Walter of Avesnes and Margaret of Blois.(FR)Henri Platelle, ''Présence de l'au-delà: une vision médiévale du monde'', (Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2004), 284. In 1226, Mary married Hugh I of Châtillon, a count from Châtillon-sur-Marne, son of Gaucher III of Châtillon and Elisabeth of Saint-Pol.Theodore Evergates, ''The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300'', (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007), 223. They had five children: # John I (died 1280), Count of BloisTheodore Evergates, The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300, 254. # Guy II (died 1289), Count of Saint Pol # Gaucher (died 1261), lord of Crécy and Crèvecœur # Hugh (died 1255) # Basile (died 1280), became Abbess of Notre Dame du Val in 1248. Her eldest son, John, succeeded her in Blois. References External links Counts of Blois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alix Of France
Alice of France (french: Alix; July/August 1150 – 1197/1198) was countess consort of Blois by marriage to Theobald V, Count of Blois. She was regent of Blois during the absence of her spouse in 1190-1191, and regent during the minority of Louis I, Count of Blois from 1191 until 1197. Life Alix was the second daughter born to King Louis VII of France and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, and was named after her aunt Petronilla of Aquitaine, who was also called "Alix". The birth of a second daughter to Eleanor and Louis instead of a badly needed son was one of the final nails in the coffin of their marriage. Her parents' marriage was annulled in 1152, barely a year after Alix's birth. She and her sister, Marie, were declared legitimate, and the custody of the two girls was awarded to their father. Eleanor soon after left the French court and married Henry II, Duke of Normandy, who later became King of England. Countess of Blois In 1164, Alix married Theobald V, Count of Blois, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret, Countess Of Blois
Margaret of Blois (French: ''Marguerite''; died 1230) was ''suo jure'' Countess of Blois in France from 1218 to 1230. From 1190 to 1200, she was the countess consort of the County of Burgundy and then regent for her daughters from 1200 until 1208. Life She was daughter of Theobald V of Blois and Alix of France. Margaret married three times. Her first marriage was to Hugh of Oisy, Lord of Montmirail. Her second husband was Otto I, Count of Burgundy, with whom she had two daughters: * Joanna I, Countess of Burgundy * Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy Finally, she married Walter II of Avesnes, they had: * Theobald, died young * Mary, Countess of Blois Mary, Countess of Blois, also known as ''Marie of Avesnes'', (1200–1241) was countess of Blois from 1230 to 1241. She was the daughter of Walter of Avesnes and Margaret of Blois.(FR)Henri Platelle, ''Présence de l'au-delà: une vision médié ... References Sources * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Margaret, Countess of Blois Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Hainaut
The County of Hainaut (french: Comté de Hainaut; nl, Graafschap Henegouwen; la, comitatus hanoniensis), sometimes spelled Hainault, was a territorial lordship within the medieval Holy Roman Empire that straddled what is now the border of Belgium and France. Its most important towns included Mons ( nl, Bergen), now in Belgium, and Valenciennes, now in France. The core of the county was named after the river Haine. It stretched southeast to include the ''Avesnois'' region and southwest to the Selle (Scheldt tributary). In the Middle Ages, it also gained control of part of the original ''pagus'' of Brabant to its north and the ''pagus'' of Oosterbant to the east, but they were not part of the old ''pagus'' of Hainaut. In modern terms, the original core of Hainaut consisted of the central part of the Belgian province of Hainaut, and the eastern part of the French ''département'' of Nord (the arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-Helpe and Valenciennes). Hainaut already appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saracen Bezants
In the Middle Ages, the term bezant (Old French ''besant'', from Latin ''bizantius aureus'') was used in Western Europe to describe several gold coins of the east, all derived ultimately from the Roman ''solidus''. The word itself comes from the Greek Byzantion, ancient name of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. The original "bezants" were the gold coins produced by the government of the Byzantine Empire, first the ''nomisma'' and from the 11th century the ''hyperpyron''. Later, the term was used to cover the gold dinars produced by Islamic governments. In turn, the gold coins minted in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and County of Tripoli were termed "Saracen bezants", since they were modelled on the gold dinar. A completely different electrum coin based on Byzantine ''trachea'' was minted in the Kingdom of Cyprus and called the "white bezant". The term "bezant" in reference to coins is common in sources from the 10th through 13th centuries. Thereafter, it is mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leuze-en-Hainaut
Leuze-en-Hainaut (; pcd, Leuze-in-Hénau; wa, Leuze-e-Hinnot) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On 1 January 2018, it had a population of 13,886. The municipality consists of the following districts: Blicquy, Chapelle-à-Oie, Chapelle-à-Wattines, Gallaix, Grandmetz, Leuze-en-Hainaut, Pipaix, Thieulain, Tourpes, and Willaupuis. Famous landmarks * The Collegiate Church of Saint Peter was erected in 1745 on the site of a former Gothic church, destroyed by fire. The building's sumptuous interior features intricate woodwork, including the carved Louis XVth style panels of the confessionals, decorated with a variety of motifs, a sculpted representation of Saint Peter in chains, below the pulpit, and the organ casing. Twin towns * - Loudun (France) (1961) * - Ouagadougou Burkina Faso (1968) * - Carencro, Louisiana (United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château Pèlerin
Château Pèlerin (Old French: Chastel Pelerin; la, Castrum Perigrinorum), also known as Atlit Castle and Pilgrim Castle, is a Crusader fortress located near Atlit on the northern coast of Israel, about south of Haifa. The Knights Templar began building the fortress in 1218 during the Fifth Crusade. One of the major Crusader fortresses, it could support up to 4,000 troops in siege conditions. It was abandoned by its garrison and taken over by the Mamluks in August 1291, shortly after the Fall of Acre. It remained intact for several hundred years, until suffering damage in the Galilee earthquake of 1837. In modern times, the castle is part of a training zone for Israeli Naval commandos. It has been described as the "crowning example of Crusader military architecture", although T. E. Lawrence found it lacking in elegance and imagination in terms of military architecture, setting on massiveness instead. History Construction began in early spring 1218 during the period of the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Bouvines
The Battle of Bouvines was fought on 27 July 1214 near the town of Bouvines in the County of Flanders. It was the concluding battle of the Anglo-French War of 1213–1214. Although estimates on the number of troops vary considerably among modern historians, at Bouvines, a French army commanded by King Philip Augustus routed a larger Allied army led by Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV in one of the rare pitched battles of the High Middle Ages and one of the most decisive medieval engagements. In early 1214, a coalition was assembled against King Philip Augustus of France, consisting of Otto IV, King John of England, Count Ferrand of Flanders, Count Renaud of Boulogne, Duke Henry I of Brabant, Count William I of Holland, Duke Theobald I of Lorraine, and Duke Henry III of Limburg. Its objective was to reverse the conquests made by Philip earlier in his reign. After initial manoeuvring in late July, battle was offered near Bouvines on 27 July. The long allied column deployed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
