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Mathilde de Dampierre Bourbon
- Preferred Name: Mathilde de Dampierre Bourbon[1] [2] [3] [4]
- Alternate Name: DE VIERZON
- Alternate Name: DE SULLY
- Alternate Name: DE FOREZ
- Alternate Name: DE DONZY
- Gender: F
- Death: 29 JUL 1257 in Coulanges-sur-Yonne, Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France at LATI: N7.5268 LONG: E0.54
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Dame de Bourbon with note: racineshistoire.free.fr/LGN/PDF/Sully.pdf - page 4
- Birth: 1188 in Dampierre-en-Montagne, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France at LATI: N7.4331 LONG: E0.5581
- FSID: K8J8-XHR
- Burial: AUG 1257 in Monceaux-le-Comte, Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France at LATI: N7.3297 LONG: E0.6604 with note: enterrée dans l'abbaye Notre-Dame du Réconfort de Saizy
- National Identification: with note: Description: 19,989
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
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Mathilda (Mahaut) de Courtenay, comtesse de Nevers, Auxerre et Tonnerre
Birthdate: 1188
Birthplace: (Constantinople), Istanbul, Turkey
Death: December 12, 1256 (67-68)
Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Pays de la Loire, France
Place of Burial: Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Pierre II de Courtenay, Emperor of Byzantium and Agnès I de Nevers, comtesse de Nevers, d'Auxerre et de Tonnerre
Wife of Hervé IV de Donzy de Vierzon, seigneur de Vierzo, Count of Nevers and Guigues IV(V) de Forez, comte de Forez et de Nevers
Mother of Agnès de Donzy, comtesse de Nevers, Auxerre et Tonnerre; Guillaume de Donzy and Artaude de Forez
Sister of NN de Courtenay
Half sister of Pierre de Courtenay, III; Marguerite (Sibylle) de Courtenay; Jolánta Yolande de Courtnay, Queen of Hungary; Philippe III "à la Lèvre" de Courtenay, Marquis de Namur; Sibylle de Courtenay; Elizabeth de Courtenay; NN de Courtenay; Robert de Courtenay, Emperor of Constantinople; Agnès de Courtenay; Marie de Courtenay; Eleanor de Montfort; Constance de Courtenay; Henri de Courtenay, Marquis de Namur and Baldwin II, Latin Emperor of Constantinople « less
Occupation: Comtesse de Nevers, Grevinna i Nevers, d'Auxerre och Tonnerre
Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
MATHILDE de Courtenay ([1188]-29 Jul 1257, bur Abbaye de Réconfort, near Monceaux-le-Comte). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Mathildem" as only daughter of "comitis Petris" & his first wife, specifying that she married firstly "Herveio Gaufridi filio de Giam et de Dunzeio" and secondly "comiti Gugoni Forensi"[45].
She succeeded her mother in 1193 as Ctss de Nevers, Ctss d'Auxerre, Ctss de Tonnerre, under the guardianship of her father. The Chronologia Roberti Altissiodorenses records the marriage in 1199 of "Petri Comitis Nivernensis filiam" and "Herveo de Giemo"[46].
Philippe II King of France granted permission for the marriage of “Herveus dominus Donziaci” and “filiam Petri comitis Nivernensis, cum comitatu", for which "nos et Renaldus frater noster" granted "Giemum cum tota castellania" to the king, by charter dated Oct 1199[47].
"Mathildis comitissa Nivernensis" donated property to the abbey of Corbigny by charter dated May 1226 for the soul of "H quondam bone memorie domini et mariti nostri comitis Nivernensis"[48]. "Guido Nivernensis comes et Mathildis comitissa uxor eiusdem comitis" took under their protection a family belonging to Saint-Cyr by charter dated Jan 1229[49].
"G. comes et M. comitissa Nivernensis et Forensis" donated property to the abbey of Bénissons Dieu, for the soul of "bonæ memoriæ quondam comitis Nivernensis", by charter dated Jan 1236[50]. The necrology of Sens cathedral records the death "IV Kal Aug" of "Matildis comitissa Nivernensis"[51]. [52]Betrothed (1193) to PHILIPPE de Flandre, son of BAUDOUIN VIII Count of Flanders [BAUDOUIN V Comte de Hainaut] & his wife Marguerite Ctss of Flanders (Valenciennes Mar 1174-15 Oct 1212, bur Namur, cathédrale de Saint-Aubin).
m firstly (contract Paris Oct 1199, Papal dispensation 20 Dec 1213) HERVE [IV] Seigneur de Donzy, de Gien et de Saint-Aignan, son of HERVE [III] Seigneur de Donzy et de Gien & his first wife Mathilde Goët Dame de Montmirail (-Château de Saint-Aignan 22 Jul 1222, bur Abbaye de Pontigny near Auxerre). He disputed possession of the château de Gien with Pierre de Courtenay, but defeated the latter and obliged him to agree to the hand in marriage of his daughter as well as the transfer of the county of Nevers. The arrangement was confirmed by Philippe II King of France in Nov 1199.
"Herveus comes Nivernensis et Mathildis comitissa uxor eiusdem comitis et neptis Guidonis comitis" granted privileges to the church of St Etienne, Nevers by charter dated [1206][53]. His father-in-law invested him as Comte de Tonnerre before leaving France in early 1217 following his appointment as Emperor of Constantinople.
He succeeded his father-in-law in 1219 as Comte d'Auxerre[54]. The necrology of the Cathedral of Nevers records the death "X Kal Feb" of "Herveus comes Nivernensis"[55].
m secondly (Jul 1226) as his third wife, GUY [IV] Comte de Forez, son of GUY [III] Comte de Lyon et de Forez [Albon] & his second wife Alix --- (-Castellaneta, Apulia 29 Oct 1241, bur Notre-Dame de Montbrison). He succeeded as Comte de Nevers in 1226, by right of his wife. He died while returning from Crusade with Thibaut King of Navarre, Comte de Champagne[56].
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=== Comtesse de Nevers and d' Auxerre Vicomt ===
Comtesse de Nevers and d' Auxerre Vicomtesse de Tonnerre
=== W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry P. ===
W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry P. 204 W Betham: Genealogical Tables Tab. 263
Preferred Parents:
Father: Guy de Dampierre II, b. 1155 in Montluçon, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France d. 18 JAN 1216 in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France
Mother: Mathilde de Bourbon, b. environ 1168 in Bourbon-l'Archambault, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Family 1: Henri DE SULLY I, b. 1225 in ,,France
Family 2: Guigues de Forez IV, b. environ 1190 in Bellegarde-En-Forez, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Française d. 26 OCT 1241 in Castellaneta, Taranto, Apulia, Italy
Family 3: Hervé de Donzy IV, b. 1173 in Donzy, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France d. 23 JAN 1222 in Saint-Aignan, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
- Agnès de Donzy, b. 1193 in Donzy, Nievre, Burgundy, France d. 1225
- Agnes de Donzy, b. 1204 d. 1228
Sources:
- Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LATIN%20EMPERORS.htm#MathildeCourtenaydied1257;
Note: MATHILDE de Courtenay ([1188]-29 Jul 1257, bur Abbaye de Réconfort, near Monceaux-le-Comte). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Mathildem" as only daughter of "comitis Petris" & his first wife, specifying that she married firstly "Herveio Gaufridi filio de Giam et de Dunzeio" and secondly "comiti Gugoni Forensi"[45].
She succeeded her mother in 1193 as Ctss de Nevers, Ctss d'Auxerre, Ctss de Tonnerre, under the guardianship of her father. The Chronologia Roberti Altissiodorenses records the marriage in 1199 of "Petri Comitis Nivernensis filiam" and "Herveo de Giemo"[46].
Philippe II King of France granted permission for the marriage of “Herveus dominus Donziaci” and “filiam Petri comitis Nivernensis, cum comitatu", for which "nos et Renaldus frater noster" granted "Giemum cum tota castellania" to the king, by charter dated Oct 1199[47].
"Mathildis comitissa Nivernensis" donated property to the abbey of Corbigny by charter dated May 1226 for the soul of "H quondam bone memorie domini et mariti nostri comitis Nivernensis"[48]. "Guido Nivernensis comes et Mathildis comitissa uxor eiusdem comitis" took under their protection a family belonging to Saint-Cyr by charter dated Jan 1229[49].
"G. comes et M. comitissa Nivernensis et Forensis" donated property to the abbey of Bénissons Dieu, for the soul of "bonæ memoriæ quondam comitis Nivernensis", by charter dated Jan 1236[50]. The necrology of Sens cathedral records the death "IV Kal Aug" of "Matildis comitissa Nivernensis"[51]. [52]Betrothed (1193) to PHILIPPE de Flandre, son of BAUDOUIN VIII Count of Flanders [BAUDOUIN V Comte de Hainaut] & his wife Marguerite Ctss of Flanders (Valenciennes Mar 1174-15 Oct 1212, bur Namur, cathédrale de Saint-Aubin).
m firstly (contract Paris Oct 1199, Papal dispensation 20 Dec 1213) HERVE [IV] Seigneur de Donzy, de Gien et de Saint-Aignan, son of HERVE [III] Seigneur de Donzy et de Gien & his first wife Mathilde Goët Dame de Montmirail (-Château de Saint-Aignan 22 Jul 1222, bur Abbaye de Pontigny near Auxerre). He disputed possession of the château de Gien with Pierre de Courtenay, but defeated the latter and obliged him to agree to the hand in marriage of his daughter as well as the transfer of the county of Nevers. The arrangement was confirmed by Philippe II King of France in Nov 1199.
"Herveus comes Nivernensis et Mathildis comitissa uxor eiusdem comitis et neptis Guidonis comitis" granted privileges to the church of St Etienne, Nevers by charter dated [1206][53]. His father-in-law invested him as Comte de Tonnerre before leaving France in early 1217 following his appointment as Emperor of Constantinople.
He succeeded his father-in-law in 1219 as Comte d'Auxerre[54]. The necrology of the Cathedral of Nevers records the death "X Kal Feb" of "Herveus comes Nivernensis"[55].
m secondly (Jul 1226) as his third wife, GUY [IV] Comte de Forez, son of GUY [III] Comte de Lyon et de Forez [Albon] & his second wife Alix --- (-Castellaneta, Apulia 29 Oct 1241, bur Notre-Dame de Montbrison). He succeeded as Comte de Nevers in 1226, by right of his wife. He died while returning from Crusade with Thibaut King of Navarre, Comte de Champagne[56].
- Title: histoire genealogique de la royale maison de savoye
Publication: Name: https://books.google.fr/books?id=GV6huq8mqtgC&pg=PA1196&lpg=PA1196&dq=alix+de+chacenay+armoirie+blason&source=bl&ots=RUe-f0Z0lR&sig=ACfU3U3QNqjX5NGpunTDpqtIuKFjfCUq0g&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwin5sTlzMfvAhWqzYUKHckaD38Q6AEwEnoECBsQAw#v=onepage&q=alix%20de%20chacenay%20armoirie%20blason&f=false;
- Title: Leo's Genealogics Website (Leo van de Pas), www.genealogics.org
Author: Leo's Genealogics Website (Leo van de Pas), www.genealogics.org, Marie de Dampierre-sur-l'Aube.
Note: Source Media Type: Electronic.
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[S:Titl] Leo's Genealogics Website (Leo van de Pas), www.genealogics.org
[S:Note] Source Media Type: Electronic
[Page] Marie de Dampierre-sur-l'Aube
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- Title: Mathilde de Courtenay
Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LATIN%20EMPERORS.htm#PierreIEmpdied1219B;
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