Peter of Flanders

Peter of Flanders († 1176 ) was a bishop of Cambrai in the 12th century.

As the younger son of Count Dietrich I of Flanders , Peter initially embarked on a spiritual career. He served as provost in Bruges and Saint-Omer before he was elected Bishop of Cambrai in 1167. After his older brother Matthew of Alsace was killed in battle against King Henry II of England in 1174 , he renounced his spiritual life. In 1175 Peter married the widow of Count Guido von Nevers , Mathilde of Burgundy, through which marriage he intended to take over the rule in Nevers as guardian of Mathilde's underage daughter Agnes . However, he died the following year.

Peter's marriage resulted in the daughter Sibylle, who later married Robert II. De Wavrin, Seneschal of Flanders.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Genealogica Comitum Flandriæ Bertiniana, Continuatio Leidensis et Divionensis , ed. by Georg Waitz , in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica SS 9 (1851), p. 307
2. ↑ Gesta Regis Henrici secundis et Gesta Regis Ricardi Benedicti abbatis , ed. by William Stubbs in: Rolls Series 49 (1867), Vol. 1, p. 49
3. ↑ Alberich von Trois-Fontaines , Chronica , ed. by Paul Scheffer-Boichorst in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica SS 23 (1874), p. 855
4. ↑ Gesta Regis Henrici secundis et Gesta Regis Ricardi Benedicti abbatis , ed. by William Stubbs in: Rolls Series 49 (1867), Vol. 1, p. 124

predecessor	Office	successor
Nicolas I.	Bishop of Cambrai 1167–1174	Robert I.