John I of Namur de Flandres, Marquis of Namur^{[1, 2]}

1267 - 1330  (63 years)

• Name	John I of Namur de Flandres
  Suffix	Marquis of Namur
  Birth	1267
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1305
  	ruler of Namur
  	was the ruler of Namur from 1305 to 1330
  Death	31 Jan 1330
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal20249 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_I,_Marquis_of_Namur He was a member of the House of Dampierre,
  Person ID	I12141	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Guy of Dampierre, Count of Flanders   d. 1305
  Mother	Isabelle of Luxembourg,   b. 1247   d. 1298 (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1265
  	In March 1265, Isabelle married Guy of Dampierre.[1] Her marriage was determined by events that occurred many years before her birth. Indeed, around 1165, her great-grandfather Henry IV the Blind, Count of Namur and Luxembourg, had no children from his first marriage. He named his brother Baldwin IV of Hainaut as his successor. Baldwin died in 1171, and Henry the Blind confirmed his nephew Baldwin V of Hainaut. But with one more attempt to have children, Henry the blind married his second wife Agnes of Gelderland. Agnes bore a daughter, Ermesinde and thus had broken the promise he had made to Baldwin. A war however ensued, with the result that Baldwin would be Henry's designated heir in Namur. Isabelle's father claimed his rights of Namur, being son of Ermesinde. Henry V failed on his claim to rule Namur. Isabelle's parents wanted to make peace with Guy over a dispute of Namur. Isabelle became Guy's second wife; his first wife, Matilda had died one year earlier. Guy already had eight children with Matilda. Isabelle gave-birth to another eight children:
  Family ID	F551618976	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret of Clermont,   b. 1289   d. 1309, Paris, France (Age 20 years)
  Marriage	1307
  	He was Margaret's second husband. She died after two years of marriage, in 1309.
  Family ID	F13991	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Marie of Artois, Lady of Merode,   b. 1291   d. 22 Jan 1365, Wijnendaele (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	6 Mar 1310
  	John's second wife was Marie of Artois (1291 \endash January 22, 1365, Wijnendaele), Lady of Merode, 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 the castle of Wijnendale in Flanders, ratified by the Count of Flanders (his half-brother, Robert III) in 1313.
  Children	1. John II de Flandres, Marquis of Namur,   b. 1311   d. 2 Apr 1335 (Age 24 years)   2. Guy II of Namur de Flandres, Marquis of Namur,   b. 1312   d. 12 Mar 1336 (Age 24 years)   3. Henry of Namur de Flandres, Canon at Chartres Cathedral,   b. Abt 1312   d. 8 Oct 1333 (Age ~ 21 years)   4. Philip III of Namur de Flandres, Marquis of Namur,   b. 1319   d. Sep 1337, Famagusta , Cyprus (Age 18 years)   5. Blanche (Blanka) of Namur, Queen-Consort of Sweden and Norway,   b. 1320   d. 1363 (Age 43 years)   6. William de Flandres, Marquis of Namur,   b. 1324   d. 1 Oct 1391 (Age 67 years)   7. Marie of Namur de Flandres,   b. 1322   d. Bef 29 Oct 1357 (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F5575	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett). [S1728] Wikipedia-The Free Encyclopedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page the free encyclopedia).