Enguerrand II. De Boves

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Enguerrand II. De Boves († before 1224) was a French nobleman and crusader from the House of Boves . He was the older son of Robert I. de Boves († 1191) and Beatrix, a daughter of Count Hugo III. from Saint-Pol . He inherited the castle of Boves from his father .

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In November 1199 he took the cross with his three brothers Robert, Hugo and Thomas for the fourth crusade . With his brothers and Simon de Montfort he separated from the main army during the siege of Zara, and after wintering in Hungary, he went to Syria to fight the Saracens.

In 1214 he fought for the French king in the Battle of Bouvines while his brother Hugo fought for the Holy Roman Emperor. In 1219 he took part in the siege of Damiette (fifth crusade) in Egypt.

He was married to Ade de Nesle († 1252/54), a daughter of Jean I de Nesle, Burgrave of Bruges. Your children were:

  • Robert II. De Boves († 1248/49), Lord of Boves
  • Elisabeth de Boves († 1263), ∞ with Nicolas V. de Rumigny

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gottfried von Villehardouin , Chronique de la prize de Constantinople par les Francs , ed. by Jean Alexandre C. Buchon in: Collections des chroniques nationales françaises vol. 3 (1828), p. 7
  2. ↑ Extrait d'une chronique française des rois de France par un Anonyme de Béthune , ed. by Léopold Delisle in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 24 (1904), p. 761
  3. ↑ L'Estoire de Eracles empereur Liv. 27, cap. XXII, in: Recueil des Historiens des Croisades (1859), Historiens Occidentaux II, p. 244
  4. ↑ Gottfried von Villehardouin, Chronique de la prize de Constantinople par les Francs , ed. by Jean Alexandre C. Buchon in: Collections des chroniques nationales françaises vol. 3 (1828), pp. 43–44
  5. ↑ Wilhelm der Breton , Gesta Philippi Augusti , ed. by Léopold Delisle in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 17 (1878), p. 106
  6. ↑ L'Estoire de Eracles empereur Liv. 32, cap. XII, in: Recueil des Historiens des Croisades (1859), Historiens Occidentaux II, p. 343
personal data
SURNAME Enguerrand II. De Boves
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord of Boves
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH before 1224