John II (1311 – 2 April 1335) was
Marquis of Namur from 1330 to 1335.
He was the eldest son of
John I, Marquis of Namur
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 son of Guy of Dampierre, Count of Flanders and Marquis of Namur, and his second wife Isabelle of Luxembourg. John was th ...
, and Mary of Artois.
He succeeded his father on 26 January 1330. He joined an alliance against
John III, Duke of Brabant
John III ( nl, Jan; 1300 – 5 December 1355) was Duke of Brabant, Lothier (1312–1355) and Limburg (1312–1347 then 1349–1355). He was the son of John II, Duke of Brabant, and Margaret of England.
John and the towns of Brabant
The early fou ...
, but by the intervention of King
Philip VI of France
Philip VI (french: Philippe; 1293 – 22 August 1350), called the Fortunate (french: le Fortuné, link=no) or the Catholic (french: le Catholique, link=no) and of Valois, was the first king of France from the House of Valois
The Capetian h ...
, a conflict was averted.
He died unmarried, but had an illegitimate son Philip, who was killed in 1380, while defending
Dendermonde
Dendermonde (; french: Termonde, ) is a city in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, Mespelare, Oudegem, Schoonaarde, and Sint-G ...
.
He was succeeded by his brother
Guy.
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1311 births
1335 deaths
House of Dampierre
Counts of Namur
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