Wilhelm II (Nevers)

Caricature to Nevers

Wilhelm II ( Guillaume ) († August 20, 1148 ) was a Count of Nevers , Auxerre and Tonnerre from the House of Monceaux . He was a son of Count Rainald II of Nevers and his second wife, Agnes von Beaugency.

Life

On the crusade of 1101 Wilhelm led his own contingent to the east, accompanied by his younger brother, Robert. After a march through Italy, he crossed from Brindisi to Romania (Balkans). He reached Constantinople shortly after Count Stephen of Blois and Stephan of Burgundy had crossed over to Asia Minor with their Lombard army. With the intention of catching up with them, he hurriedly continued his march, only to be found by the dukes Wilhelm IX. to be missed by Aquitaine and Welf IV of Bavaria , who in turn had arrived in Constantinople. Wilhelm lost track of Stephane marching ahead in Ankara and therefore decided to turn against Konya . A conquest of the city failed, whereupon he moved on towards Cilicia . At Heraclea he came in August 1101 ambush of the Seljuks under Kilij Arslan I. that aufrieben his army completely. Only Wilhelm and a few faithful were able to flee alive from the battlefield to Tarsus , while his brother was presumably one of the fallen. From Tarsus he reached safe Antioch a few weeks later . His brother-in-law Joscelin von Courtenay , who later became Count von Edessa , probably also moved into Wilhelm's army .

When Wilhelm returned to his French homeland, he supported King Ludwig VI. the fat in the fight against the barons. After taking part in the battle against Thomas von Marle in 1115 , he was captured on his way to Nevers by Count Theobald II of Champagne (Theobald IV of Blois). He was only released again in 1119. 1124 Wilhelm joined the royal army, which as far as Lorraine against Emperor Henry V moved. In 1126 he supported the king's campaign in the Auvergne .

In 1146 Wilhelm gave his property to his eldest son and entered the La Grande Chartreuse monastery as a monk , where he died.

He was married to Adelheid, about whom nothing further is known. Your children were:

• William III. († November 21, 1161)
• Rainald (X 1148), Count of Tonnerre
• Anna, ∞ with William VIII , Count of Auvergne

literature

• Steven Runciman : History of the Crusades

predecessor	Office	successor
Rainald II.	Count of Nevers 1097–1146	William III.
Wilhelm I.	Count of Auxerre 1097–1146	William III.
Wilhelm I.	Count of Tonnerre 1097–1146	Rainald II.