Biography of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders 1226-1305

Paternal Family Tree: Dampierre

Maternal Family Tree: Dangereuse Ile Bouchard Viscountess Chatellerault 1079-1151

In 1223 [his father] William Dampierre II Count Flanders (age 27) and [his mother] Margaret II Countess Flanders (age 20) were married. He by marriage II Count Flanders. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainault and [his grandmother] Marie Blois Countess Flanders.

Around 1226 Guy Dampierre Count Flanders was born to William Dampierre II Count Flanders (age 30) and Margaret II Countess Flanders (age 23).

On 3rd September 1231 [his father] William Dampierre II Count Flanders (age 35) died. His son [his brother] William (age 7) succeeded III Count Flanders.

In June 1246 Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 20) and Mathilde Bethune were married. He by marriage Count Flanders. He the son of William Dampierre II Count Flanders and Margaret II Countess Flanders (age 43).

In 1249 [his son] Robert Dampierre III Count Flanders was born to Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 23) and [his wife] Mathilde Bethune.

After 1249 [his son] Guillaume Dampierre was born to Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 23) and [his wife] Mathilde Bethune.

In 1250 [his son] John Dampierre Bishop Metz Bishop Liège was born to Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 24) and [his wife] Mathilde Bethune.

On 6th June 1251 [his brother] William Dampierre III Count Flanders (age 27) died. His brother Guy (age 25) succeeded Count Flanders.

In 1252 [his son] Baldwin Dampierre was born to Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 26) and [his wife] Mathilde Bethune.

Around 1253 [his daughter] Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant was born to Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 27) and [his wife] Mathilde Bethune.

Around 1260 [his daughter] Beatrix Dampierre was born to Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 34) and [his wife] Mathilde Bethune.

Around 1263 [his son] Philip Dampierre was born to Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 37) and [his wife] Mathilde Bethune.

On 8th November 1264 [his wife] Mathilde Bethune died.

In 1265 [his son] Robert Dampierre III Count Flanders (age 16) and [his daughter-in-law] Blanche Capet Countess Flanders (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. He the son of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 39) and [his former wife] Mathilde Bethune. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In March 1265 Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 39) and Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur (age 49) and Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur (age 45). He the son of William Dampierre II Count Flanders and Margaret II Countess Flanders (age 62). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In 1267 [his son] John Dampierre I Marquis Namur was born to Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 41) and [his wife] Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders (age 20).

Around 1270 [his son-in-law] Floris Gerulfing V Count Holland (age 15) and [his daughter] Beatrix Dampierre (age 10) were married. She by marriage Countess Holland. She the daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 44) and [his former wife] Mathilde Bethune. He the son of William Gerulfing II Count Holland and Elizabeth Brunswick-Lüneburg Countess Holland. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

Around 1272 [his daughter] Margaret Dampierre Duchess Gueders was born to Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 46) and [his wife] Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders (age 25).

In 1273 [his son-in-law] John Reginar I Duke Brabant (age 20) and [his daughter] Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant (age 20) were married. She by marriage Duchess Brabant. She the daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 47) and [his former wife] Mathilde Bethune. He the son of Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant and Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant (age 40). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 10th February 1280 [his mother] Margaret II Countess Flanders (age 77) died.

On 24th December 1281 [his father-in-law] Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur (age 65) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry (age 41) succeeded VI Count Luxemburg.

On 14th November 1282 [his son-in-law] Alexander Dunkeld Prince Scotland (age 18) and [his daughter] Margaret Dampierre Duchess Gueders (age 10) were married. She the daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 56) and [his wife] Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders (age 35). He the son of King Alexander III of Scotland (age 41) and Margaret Queen of Scotland. They were half third cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 3rd July 1285 [his daughter] Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant (age 32) died.

In 1286 [his son] Guillaume Dampierre (age 36) and [his daughter-in-law] Alix Clermont (age 16) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years. He the son of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 60) and [his former wife] Mathilde Bethune. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In 1286 [his son-in-law] Reginald I Count Guelders (age 31) and [his daughter] Margaret Dampierre Duchess Gueders (age 14) were married. She by marriage Duchess Guelders. She the daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 60) and [his wife] Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders (age 39). He the son of Otto II Duke Guelders and Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

Around 1287 [his son-in-law] Hugh Chatillon II Count Blois and [his daughter] Beatrix Dampierre Countess Blois were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. She the daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 61) and [his wife] Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders (age 40). He the son of Guy Chatillon III Count Saint Pol (age 60) and Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol (age 63). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 5th June 1288 [his brother-in-law] Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg (age 48) died.

On 4th October 1290 [his son] John Dampierre Bishop Metz Bishop Liège (age 40) died.

On 5th April 1291 [his daughter] Beatrix Dampierre (age 31) died.

In 1296 [his son] Baldwin Dampierre (age 44) died.

In 1296 [his daughter] Jeanne Dampierre died.

In 1297 [his daughter] Marie Dampierre died.

Battle of Furnes

                    On 20th August 1297 the Battle of Furnes was a battle between French led by Robert Artois II Count Artois (age 46), and Flemish forces led by Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 71); the French were victorious.
                
                    Philip Artois (age 29) was wounded during the Battle of Furnes. He died a year later as a consequence of his wounds.
                
                    Walram Jülich (age 54) died.

In 1298 [his wife] Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders (age 51) died.

Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. The cause and origin of the quarrel between the king of France and the aforesaid count [Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 76)] was this: The king, about to set out for Spain and afterwards against the king of Aragon, summoned the count among other magnates to render him the service due in war. The count, however, being a prudent man, replied that he was ready to perform the service which he owed for the protection and defence of the realm within its own borders; but outside the kingdom, for the conquest of foreign lands, he was not bound to go, lest perhaps he should prejudice his own rights and those of his heirs. The king grew angry, but for a time concealed his wrath, and set out against the king of Aragon, who was an excellent warrior. But he made no progress; indeed, he lost there his treasure, which was captured by the said king among the mountain passes, and many of his knights. The enterprise having failed, he returned in disgrace. Gradually, he began to wrong the aforesaid count. Now the count had a very beautiful daughter, named [his daughter] Philippa after the king of France, who was her godfather. Edward (age 17), the son of the king of England, who had then been made Prince of Wales, fell in love with her and wished to take her as his wife, provided, however, that he could win his father's consent. The count came to the king of France to make his peace with him, and among other things said that his daughter, of whom the king was godfather, could well be married, if the king wished, to the son of the king of England, because he loved her. The king, speaking deceitfully, said: "Do you not have, count, in my realm dukes, princes, and great lords to whom you could marry her? Bring her to me, for she is my spiritual daughter, and I will give her from my chamber in marriage, whether to the king's son, or to another whom you will be content with." The count believed him, and brought her and delivered her to the king with honour. But after the father's departure, she was placed under strict guard, so that she could not speak with the Flemings; indeed, the king removed them from his court altogether. When the count heard this, he was troubled, and at first by letters, and later in person, he requested that the king deal more gently with him and with her. The king replied harshly, reproaching him for not having given him aid, and for wishing to marry his daughter into his own rebellion, to the son of the king of England, who was then his mortal enemy. The count departed in anger, and from that time the king began to harass him as much as he could. Seeing no other remedy, the count allied himself with the king of England and drove all the French from his land. And the king gave him his support, as stated above. After the king's departure, there came to the aforesaid count Lord Charles, the king of France's brother, and the count of Artois, persuading him with peaceful words to come with them to Paris, under the hope of making peace; and they swore to him, and on their knightly honour promised, that if peace could not be made, they would then safely conduct him back into his own land to the very place from which they had brought him. He believed them, and went with them, but was deceitfully detained by the king and thrown into prison.

Causa et dissensionis origo inter regem Franciæ et prædictum comitem erat ista. Rex profecturus in Hispaniam, et subsequenter contra regem Arragonum, inter cæteros magnates vocavit ipsum comitem, ut servitium suum sibi faceret, quod ad guerram pertinebat. Comes vero discretus respondit, quod servitium quod debebat pro tuitione et defensione regni, paratus erat facere infra limites ejusdem terræ; sed extra regnum pro alienis terris conquerendis non tenebatur venire, ne forte præjudicaret sibi et hæredibus suis. Iratusque est rex, sed iram dissimulavit ad tempus, profectusque est contra regem Aragonum, qui erat bellator optimus. Et non profecit; perdidit enim ibi thesaurum suum, qui a rege prædicto inter abrupta montium captus est, et multos milites. Infectoque negotio reversus est cum rubore. Incepitque paulatim injuriari prædicto comiti. Comes vero filiam habens pulcherrimam, nomine regis Franciæ Philippi nominatam, quam Edwardus, filius regis Angliæ, tunc princeps Walliæ factus, adamavit, et in uxorem duxisse voluit, dum tamen ad hoc patris sui animum posset excitare, venit ad regem Franciæ, ut placaret eum, et inter cætera dixit ei, quod filiam suam, cujus erat compater, bene posset maritare, si vellet, cum filio regis Angliæ, quia dilexit eam. Cui ait rex in dolo, "Nonne habes, comes, in terra mea duces, principes et magnates, quibus eam poteris maritare? Adduc eam ad me, eo quod filia mea spiritualis est, et ego eam de camera mea nuptui tradam, sive ipsi filio regis, sive alteri de quo contentus eris." Credidit ei comes, et eam adduxit et regi tradidit cum honore. Sed post recessum patris, posita est sub arcta custodia, ita quod loqui non poterat cum Flandrensibus, imo evacuavit eos a curia sua. Quod audiens comes, turbatus est, et primo quidem per literas, demum per semetipsum rogavit, ut mitius ageretur cum ipso et cum eadem. Responditque ei rex, rigide improbans ei de auxilio non præstito, et quod in seditionem suam filiam maritasse voluit filio regis Angliæ, qui erat sibi tunc inimicus capitalis; et recessit comes iratus, et extunc vexare eum cœpit rex in quantum potuit. Comes vero non videns aliud remedium, associavit se regi Angliæ, et omnes Francos ejecit de terra sua. Et præstitit ei rex suum auxilium, sicut superius continetur. Post cujus recessum, venerunt ad prædictum comitem dominus Carolus frater regis Franciæ et comes de Arthoys, inducentes eum verbis pacificis quod cum eis veniret Parisius, sub spe concordiæ faciendæ; et juraverunt ei, et in fide militiæ promiserunt, quod si concordari non possent, extunc salvum eum reducerent in terram suam in eundem locum unde abduxerant. Crediditque, et abiit cum eis, et a rege dolose detentus est et incarceratus.

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Around 1304 [his son] Philip Dampierre (age 41) and [his daughter-in-law] Philipotte Milly were married. He the son of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 78) and [his former wife] Mathilde Bethune.

On 7th March 1305 Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 79) died. His son [his son] Robert (age 56) succeeded III Count Flanders.

[his daughter] Beatrix Dampierre Countess Blois was born to Guy Dampierre Count Flanders and Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders.

Bouchard Avesnes and [his mother] Margaret II Countess Flanders were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainault and [his grandmother] Marie Blois Countess Flanders.

[his son] Henry Dampierre was born to Guy Dampierre Count Flanders and Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders.

[his daughter] Isabelle Dampierre was born to Guy Dampierre Count Flanders and Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders.

[his daughter] Marie Dampierre was born to Guy Dampierre Count Flanders and Mathilde Bethune.

[his daughter] Jeanne Dampierre was born to Guy Dampierre Count Flanders and Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders.

[his daughter] Philippa Dampierre was born to Guy Dampierre Count Flanders and Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders.

[his son] Guy Dampierre was born to Guy Dampierre Count Flanders and Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders.

Ancestors of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders 1226-1305

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thibaud Dampierre

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thibaut Dampierre

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Saint Just

Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre

Great x 4 Grandfather: Milo I "The Great" Montlhéry

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Montlhéry

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Dampierre

Great x 3 Grandfather: Andre Baudémont

Great x 2 Grandmother: Helvide Baudémont

GrandFather: Guy Dampierre

Father: William Dampierre II Count Flanders

Great x 1 Grandfather: Archambaud Bouron

GrandMother: Mathilde Bouron

Guy Dampierre Count Flanders 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders II Count Hainault

Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders III Count Hainault

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Reginar Countess Hainault

Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainault

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerald I Count Guelders

Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Guelders Countess Hainault

Great x 1 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainault

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Namur III Count Namur

Great x 3 Grandfather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Billung Countess Namur

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Namur Countess Hainault

Great x 4 Grandfather: Conrad Luxemburg Count Luxemburg

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur

Great x 4 Grandmother: Clementia Aquitaine Countess Luxemburg

GrandFather: Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainault

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerard Metz I Duke Lorraine

Great x 3 Grandfather: Theodoric "Valiant" Metz II Duke Lorraine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hedwige Namur Duchess Lorraine

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thierry Count Flanders

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gertrude Flanders Duchess Lorraine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Billung Countess Holland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainault and Flanders

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou

Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders

Great x 4 Grandfather: Elias La Flèche De Baugency I Count Maine

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Chateau Du Loir Countess Maine

Mother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Blois III Count Blois

Great x 3 Grandfather: Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gersenda Maine Countess Blois

Great x 2 Grandfather: Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King William "Conqueror" I of England -2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Normandy Countess Blois Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Blois I Count Champagne Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois

GrandMother: Marie Blois Countess Flanders 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip I of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Louis VI of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy

Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie Capet Countess Champagne

Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine

Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Aimery Chatellerault Viscount Châtellerault

Great x 3 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dangereuse Ile Bouchard Viscountess Chatellerault

Biography of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders 1226-1305

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Ancestors of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders 1226-1305