Guido II (Ponthieu)

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Guido II († December 25, 1147 in Ephesus ) was a Count of Ponthieu from the House of Montgommery . He was a son of Count Wilhelm Talvas von Ponthieu-Alençon († 1172) and his wife Hélie of Burgundy.

Before 1129, Guido received the county of Ponthieu from his father. Around 1137 he founded the Cistercian Abbey of Valloires . He joined the Second Crusade under King Ludwig VII in 1146 , on which he died on December 25, 1147 in Ephesus after an illness.

His wife was named Ida, with whom he had three children:

  • Johann I († 1191), Count of Ponthieu
  • Guido († 1208/18), Lord of Noyelles
  • Agnes, Abbess of Montreuil

literature

Individual proof

  1. ^ Wilhelm von Tire , Historia Rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum Lib. XVI, Cap. XXIV, ed. in: Recueil des historiens des croisades (1844), Historiens occidentaux I, p. 746
predecessor Office successor
William III. Armoiries Ponthieu.svg
Count of Ponthieu
before 1129–1147
Johann I.