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John I, Count of Ponthieu

John I, Count of Ponthieu

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John I of Ponthieu (c. 1140 – 1191) was the son of Guy II of Ponthieu and Ida.[1] He succeeded his father as Count of Ponthieu in 1147.[2]

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War with Normandy

John attacked Normandy in 1166 and 1168,[3] in response to King Henry II of England's confiscation of the castles at Alençon, La Roche-Mabile and the Alenconnais.[4] Henry, angry with John's rebellion, led his army on a path of destruction across Vimeu, the south-west part of Ponthieu.[5]

Family

John married Beatrice of Saint-Pol,[1] they had:

References

  1. [1]
    Tanner 2004, p. 295.
  2. [2]
    Holt 1985, p. 61.
  3. [3]
    Power 2014, p. 154.
  4. [4]
    Power 2004, p. 397-398.
  5. [5]
    Power 2004, p. 398.
  6. [6]
    Parsons 1977, p. 51.

Sources

  • Holt, James Clarke (1985). Magna Carta and Medieval Government. Hambledon Press.
  • Parsons, John Carmi (1977). The Court and Household of Eleanor of Castile in 1290. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
  • Power, Daniel (2004). The Norman Frontier in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries. Cambridge University Press.
  • Power, Daniel (2014). "The Preparations of Count John I of Sees for the Third Crusade". In Morton, Nicholas; John, Simon (eds.). Crusading and Warfare in the Middle Ages. Ashgate Publishing Limited.
  • Tanner, Heather (2004). Families, Friends and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England, c.879-1160. Brill.


John I, Count of Ponthieu
Born: c. 1140 Died: 1191
Preceded by Count of Ponthieu
1147–1191		 Succeeded by
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