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King John II de Avesnes, Count of Holland

1247-1304
Born: Brabant, Brabant, Belgium
Died: Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

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    <span>John II, Count of Holland</span> <!-- /firstHeading --><!-- bodyContent --><div><!-- tagline --><div>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div><!-- /tagline --><!-- subtitle --><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Redirected from John II, Count of Hainaut)</div><!-- /subtitle --><!-- jumpto --><!-- /jumpto --><!-- bodycontent -->&nbsp;<div></div><div></div><div>John II, Count of Holland&nbsp;</div><div>Spouse(s) &nbsp;Philippa of Luxembourg</div><div>Noble family&nbsp;&nbsp;House of Avesnes</div><div>Father&nbsp;J ohn I of Avesnes</div><div>Mother &nbsp;Adelaide of Holland</div><div>Born &nbsp;1247</div><div>Died &nbsp;22 August 1304</div><div><strong>John II of Avesnes</strong>&nbsp;was the oldest son of John I of Avesnes and Adelaide of Holland.</div>&nbsp;<div>Contents<span>&nbsp;[hide]&nbsp;</span></div><ul><li><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Life</span></li><li><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Family</span></li><li><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></li><li><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></li></ul><div><span>Life</span> </div><p>John II was Count of Hainaut from 1280 to his death, succeeding his grandmother, Margaret II. John continued the war between the House of Dampierre and the House of Avesnes against count Guy of Flanders for imperial Flanders.</p><p>He became Count of Holland in 1299 with the death of John I, Count of Holland, through his mother Adelaide of Holland, heiress and regent of this county. His descendants maintained this personal union between the counties.</p><p>His cousin, Count Floris V, was fighting against Flanders for Zeeland. He sought help of France against Flanders. The French defeated the Flemish in 1300 and 1301. The rebels in Zeeland were defeated as well. John&#39;s brother, Guy of Avesnes, became Bishop of Utrecht. So all his main enemies were gone.</p><p>The tide changed dramatically after a Flemish uprising and the defeat of the French army at the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302, where his eldest son was killed fighting for the French. Flemish patriots attacked Hainaut and Zeeland supported by the dissatisfied population there. Guy of Namur defeated John&#39;s son, William, in a battle on the island of Duiveland. Bishop Guy of Utrecht was taken prisoner. Guy of Namur and Duke John II of Brabant conquered most of Utrecht, Holland, and Zeeland. Guy of Namur was finally defeated in 1304 by the fleet of Holland and France at the naval Battle of Zierikzee. John II regained most of his authority when he died in the same year.</p><div><span>Family</span> </div><p>In 1270, John married Philippa of Luxembourg, daughter of Count Henry V of Luxembourg and Margaret of Bar. Their children were:</p><ol><li>John, Lord of Beaumont, Count of Ostervant. Killed in battle near Kortrijk (11 July 1302).</li><li>Henry, a canon in Cambrai, (died 1303).</li><li>William I, Count of Hainaut. He succeeded his father in 1304. Married Joan of Valois, daughter of Charles, Count of Valois and his first wife Margaret of Naples.</li><li>John of Beaumont (1288 &ndash; 11 March 1356). He was married to Margaret, Countess de Soissons. They had five children.</li><li>Margaret (died 18 October 1342), married Robert II of Artois, who was killed in battle near Courtrai 11 Jul 1302.</li><li>Alix (died 26 October 1317), married 1290 Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk. No issue.</li><li>Isabelle (died 1305), married Raoul de Clermont Lord of Nesle, who was killed in battle near Courtrai 11 Jul 1302.</li><li>Joan, a nun at Fontenelles.</li><li>Mary of Avesnes (1280&ndash;1354), married Louis I, Duke of Bourbon.</li><li>Matilda, Abbess of Nivelles.</li><li>Simon.</li><li>William de Cuser (born 1290, date of death unknown)</li></ol><div><span>See also</span> </div><ul><li>Counts of Hainaut family tree</li><li>Counts of Holland family tree</li></ul><div><span>References</span> </div><ul><li>Encyclopedia: Grote Winkler Prins</li><li>French Wikipedia on this subject</li><li>Medieval Lands Project on Jean II de Avenes, Comte de Hainaut</li></ul>&nbsp;<div>John II, Count of Holland</div><div><strong>House of Avesnes</strong></div><div><span style="margin: 2em; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 90%"><font size="3"><strong>Born:</strong> 1247</font></span> <span style="margin: 2em; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 90%"><font size="3"><strong>Died:</strong> 22 August 1304</font></span>&nbsp;Preceded&nbsp;by<br><span style="font-weight: bold">Margaret</span>&nbsp;<strong>Count of Hainaut</strong><br>1280&ndash;1304&nbsp;Succeeded&nbsp;by<br><span style="font-weight: bold">William I</span>&nbsp;Preceded&nbsp;by<br><span style="font-weight: bold">John I</span>&nbsp;<strong>Count of Holland and Zeeland</strong><br>1299&ndash;1304Persondata&nbsp;Name&nbsp;John II, Count of Holland&nbsp;Alternative names&nbsp;John II, Count of Hainaut&nbsp;Short description&nbsp;Count of Hainaut (1280-1304) and Count of Holland and Zeeland (1299-1304)&nbsp;Date of birth&nbsp;1247&nbsp;Place of birth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Date of death&nbsp;22 August 1304&nbsp;Place of death&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- NewPP limit report Preprocessor node count: 2947/1000000 Post-expand include size: 17157/2048000 bytes Template argument size: 5740/2048000 bytes Highest expansion depth: 20/40 Expensive parser function count: 2/500 --><!-- Saved in parser cache with key enwiki:pcache:idhash:690965-0!*!0!!en!4!* and timestamp 20120622212239 --></div><!-- /bodycontent --><!-- printfooter --><div>Retrieved from &quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_II,_Count_of_Holland&amp;oldid=498485292&quot; </div><!-- /printfooter --><!-- catlinks --><div><div><div><div><div><div>Categories: </div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><ul><li>House of Avesnes</li><li>Counts of Holland</li><li>Counts of Zeeland</li><li>Counts of Hainaut</li><li>1247 births</li><li>1304 deaths</li></ul></div></div><!-- debughtml --><!-- /debughtml --></div><!-- /bodyContent -->

 
 
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