John II of Nesle

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John II of Nesle (French: Jean II de Nesle ; † December 22, 1239 ) was a Lord of Nesle and Burgrave of Bruges from the House of Nesle . He was a son of Johann I von Nesle († 1197/1200) and Elisabeth van Peteghem.

Johann was a participant in the fourth crusade and in 1202 commanded a fleet of his liege lord, Count Balduin IX. from Flanders to the Iberian Peninsula to the port of Marseille , where he spent the winter of 1202/03. There he took the wife of his Count, Marie of Champagne , and Count Guigues III. from Forez on. Instead of joining the main fleet of the crusade, Johann steered directly to Palestine, which he reached in Acre in the spring of 1203 . While Count Baldwin took part in the conquest of Constantinople in 1204 and was then appointed emperor, Johann fought against the Saracens in the Holy Land. In 1206 he returned to his Flemish homeland.

In the following years Johann became the leading head of the pro-French faction among the Flemish barons. But with this he came into conflict with Count Ferrand , who operated a detachment from the French crown. The count withdrew his possessions, whereupon Johann moved to the royal court in Paris . For King Philip II August he fought in the victorious battle of Bouvines in 1214 , which allowed him to return to Flanders. There he still had a difficult time among the anti-French-minded forces due to his attitude, which is why he decided to move permanently to the royal court. He sold the Burgraviate of Bruges in 1234 to Countess Johanna I of Flanders .

In 1226 he accompanied King Louis VIII on the Albigensian Crusade and took part in the coronation of King Louis IX. (Saint Louis) part. In 1234 he escorted the bride, Margaret of Provence , from her home to Paris.

Johann was married to Eustachie von Saint-Pol († before 1241), a daughter of Count Hugo IV of Saint-Pol . He had no children with her, which is why his nephew, Raoul I. de Clermont-Ailly ( House of Clermont ), inherited him in Nesle. In 1202 Johann founded a Cistercian abbey near Paris ( Abbaye-aux-Bois ), in which he was buried after his death.

John II of Nesle, or his father of the same name, are often taken for the Trouvère Blondel de Nesle . The prose novel Perlesvaus ( Perceval le gallois ) was dedicated to him.

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  1. ↑ Keith Busby, Roger Dalrymple: Arthurian Literature XXII (DS Brewer, 2005)
personal data
SURNAME John II of Nesle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord of Nesle and Burgrave of Bruges
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH December 22nd, 1239