Simon von Dammartin

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Simon von Dammartin († 1239 ) was a count of Aumale and Ponthieu . He was a son of Count Aubry II of Dammartin, his older brother was Count Rainald I of Dammartin .

Life

At the end of the 12th century, Simon, along with his father and brother, sided with the House of Plantagenets against the French King Philip II August . After the death of Richard the Lionheart in 1199, he changed sides with his brother and supported King Philip in the fight against Johann Ohneland . As a reward for his services, he received the enfeoffment with the county of Aumale in 1206, which had belonged to Rainald since 1196, but who now received the counties of Mortain. In addition, Simon was able to marry Marie († 1250), the only daughter and heir of Count Wilhelm II. Talvas von Ponthieu and niece of the king, in 1208 , thus securing the right to her inheritance.

In the following years, however, Simon and his brother distanced themselves from King Philip, who had restricted the power of the feudal nobility in favor of royal authority. In 1211 they stood in open rebellion against the king and joined the Anglo-Guelph alliance against France with Count Ferrand of Flanders . On July 27, 1214, they fought unsuccessfully in the Battle of Bouvines , Rainald was captured, and Simon had to flee to exile in England. His possessions were confiscated by King Philip and given to his son Philipp Hurepel .

After the death of King Philip Augustus in 1223, Simon tried to conquer the county of Ponthieu from England, to which he had claimed since the death of his father-in-law in 1221. He was able to take Abbeville for a short time , but was driven out again by the population of the city and a relief army of King Louis VIII . A little later he submitted to the king and received their inheritance with his wife, albeit greatly reduced, as they had to hand over Saint-Riquier and Doullens to the Count of Alençon , who was a relative of Mary. In 1234, Simon even got Aumale back after the death of Philipp Hurepel.

After his death, Simon was buried in the Cistercian Abbey of Valloires. His granddaughter, Eleanor of Castile , was with the English King Edward I married.

From his marriage to Marie von Ponthieu from the Mello family , he had four children:

personal data
SURNAME Simon von Dammartin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Aumale and Ponthieu
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1239