John I (1267 – 31 January 1330) was the
count of Namur from 1305 to 1330. He was a member of the
House of Dampierre
The House of Dampierre played an important role during the Middle Ages. Named after Dampierre, Aube, Dampierre, in the Champagne region, where members first became prominent, members of the family were later Count of Flanders, Count of Nevers, Cou ...
, the son of
Guy of Dampierre,
Count of Flanders
The count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders, beginning in the 9th century. Later, the title would be held for a time, by the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain. During the French Revolution, in 1790, the c ...
and
Marquis of Namur, and his second wife
Isabelle of Luxembourg. John was the father of
Blanche of Namur, Queen of Sweden and Norway. He was the elder brother of
Guy of Namur, whom he sent to command the Flemish rebels against the French Kingdom in the 1302
Battle of the Golden Spurs
The Battle of the Golden Spurs (; ) or 1302 Battle of Courtrai was a military confrontation between the royal army of Kingdom of France, France and rebellious forces of the County of Flanders on 11 July 1302 during the 1297–1305 Franco-Flem ...
.
Life
In September 1290, he was
betrothed
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to
Blanche of France, daughter of
Philip III.
Instead, John married Margaret of Clermont, daughter of
Robert, Count of Clermont and
Beatrix, Dame de Bourbon, in 1307. He was Margaret's second husband. She died after two years of marriage, in 1309.
John's second wife was
Marie of Artois, daughter of
Philip of Artois and
Blanche of Brittany. They were married by contract in Paris on 6 March 1310, confirmed Poissy, January 1313. John granted her as
dower
Dower is a provision accorded traditionally by a husband or his family, to a wife for her support should she become widowed. It was settlement (law), settled on the bride (being given into trust instrument, trust) by agreement at the time of t ...
the
castle of Wijnendale in Flanders,
ratified
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by the Count of Flanders (his half-brother,
Robert III) in 1313.
Issue
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1267 births
1330 deaths
14th-century margraves of Namur
House of Dampierre