John I (Namur)

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Coat of arms of the Counts of Namur, in the burial place of the son-in-law, Elector Ruprecht I (Palatinate), Stiftskirche Neustadt an der Weinstrasse

John I of Dampierre (* 1267 ; † January 31, 1330 ) was Count of Namur from 1305 to 1330. He was the son of Guido von Dampierre , Count of Flanders and Margrave of Namur, and Isabella of Luxembourg.

Life

In March 1297 his parents ceded the government of the county of Namur to him, although Guido von Dampierre retained the title of Margrave of Namur until his death, which is why Johann was content with that of Count of Namur until then. Like his father, he was imprisoned in Paris from 1296 to 1298. In 1300 he signed a treaty with several towns in the Liège area , which placed them under his protection. When his father was arrested again in Paris, he and his brother Guido went against France, which was defeated in the Battle of Spurs in 1302 , but won the Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle in 1304 . The peace treaty was only concluded in 1307.

In 1307 he made the feudal oath to Count Wilhelm von Hennegau for the county of Namur and the dominion of Poilvache . In 1308 Charles of Valois laid claim to the margraviate as the husband of Catherine de Courtenay , granddaughter of Baldwin II of Courtenay , the former margrave of Namur, but King Philip IV of France decided the question in favor of John.

When Johann accompanied the Emperor Heinrich VII on his Italian campaign, his second wife Marie von Artois had to deal with an uprising that had broken out because of excessive taxes and which could only be suppressed in 1313 with the help of Count Arnold V. von Looz. In 1314 the emperor gave him rule over Cambrai , which he also took possession of, removing the bishop's officials , but was also excommunicated until 1317 . From 1318 to 1322 he finally waged war against the Bishop of Liège .

family

Johann married Margaret of Clermont (* 1289, † 1309), daughter of Robert of France , Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis , and Beatrix of Burgundy , Dame de Bourbon ; Margarete died the following year, the marriage remained childless.

In his second marriage in 1309 he married Marie von Artois (* 1291, † 1365), daughter of Philippe d'Artois , Seigneur de Conches-en-Ouche , and Blanka von Bretagne. Your children were:

  1. John II , † 1335, Count of Namur
  2. Guido II , † 1336, Count of Namur
  3. Heinrich, † 1333, canon
  4. Blanka , † 1363; ⚭ Magnus Eriksson , King of Sweden and Norway , † 1374
  5. Philip III , † 1337, Count of Namur
  6. Marie, † 1357; ⚭ I 1336 Heinrich II., Count of Vianden , ⚭ II 1342 Theobald von Bar, † 1354, Seigneur de Pierrepont
  7. Margarete, † 1383, nun in Peteghem
  8. William I the Rich , † 1391, Count of Namur; ⚭ I Johanna von Hennegau, † 1350, Countess of Soissons ( House of Avesnes ); ⚭ II Katharina von Savoyen, † 1388, daughter of Ludwig II. Von Savoyen-Vaud, widow of Azzo Visconti and Raoul II. De Brienne
  9. Robert , † 1391, Seigneur de Beaufort-sur-Meuse et de Renaix, Marshal of Brabant, 1369 Knight of the Order of the Garter ; ⚭ I Isabella von Hennegau, † 1361, daughter of Wilhelm III. , Count of Holland and Hainaut ; ⚭ II Isabeau de Melun
  10. Ludwig, † 1378/86, Seigneur de Peteghem et de Bailleul; ⚭ 1365 Isabelle de Roucy , † after 1396, Dame de Roucy, heirloom of Robert II, Count of Roucy ( House of Pierrepont )
  11. Elisabeth , † 1382; ⚭ 1350 Ruprecht I, Elector Palatinate , † 1390

literature

personal data
SURNAME Johann I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES John I of Dampierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Namur (1305-1330)
DATE OF BIRTH 1267
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1330