Alberic II (died 1183) was the
Count of Dammartin, possibly the son of
Aubry de Mello, Count of Dammartin, and Adela, daughter of
Hugh I, Count of Dammartin.
[Mathieu, J. N. (1996). ''Recherches sur les premiers Comtes de Dammartin'']
What little is known for sure about Alberic II is confounded by the preponderance of noblemen of the same name in both France and England. What is known is that he married Clémence of Bar, daughter of
Reginald I "One-Eyed", Count of Bar, one of the leaders of the
Second Crusade
The Second Crusade (1147–1149) was the second major crusade launched from Europe. The Second Crusade was started in response to the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144 to the forces of Zengi. The county had been founded during the First Crus ...
, and Gisèle de Vaudémont, daughter of Gerard I,
Count of Vaudémont.
Alberic and Clémence had one son:
*
Alberic III, Count of Dammartin.
Alberic II was succeeded by his son Alberic III as Count of Dammartin upon his death.
The discussion in
Aubry, Count of Dammartin, provides some insight into how Alberic III came to claim the countship. Further complicating the genealogy, Clémence, widowed, married
Renaud II, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis Renaud II of Clermont (''Renaud/Rainald II de Clermont''; 1075–1152) was son of Hugh I, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and Marguerite de Roucy (daughter of Hilduin IV, Count of Montdidier). Renaud became Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis upon his f ...
, her second husband and his second wife. Renaud and his first wife,
Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois
Adelaide of Vermandois (died 23 September 1120) was ''suo jure'' List of counts of Vermandois, Countess of Vermandois and Count of Valois, Valois from 1080 to 1102. She was the last landed ruler of the Carolingian dynasty.
Adelaide was the daught ...
, were the parents of Mathilde, wife of
Alberic III.
Sources
* Mathieu, J. N., ''Recherches sur les premiers Comtes de Dammartin'', Mémoires publiés par la Fédération des sociétés historiques et archéologiques de Paris et de l'Ile-de-France, 1996
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