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Yolande de Hainaut
- Preferred Name: Yolande de Hainaut[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
- Alternate Name: Yolande, Countess Of Flanders
- Alternate Name: de Hainaut
- Alternate Name: Yolande Countess Of Flanders
- Alternate Name: de CONSTANTINOPLE de COURTENAY
- Gender: F
- Occupation: Heiress of Namur with note: Occ
- Death: 24 AUG 1219 in Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey at LATI: N1.011 LONG: E8.9578
- MARR: 1 JUL 1193 in Soissons, Picardy, France at LATI: N9.381 LONG: E0.3244 with note: GEDCOM data
- FSID: LYJ9-YCD
- Birth: 1175 in Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France at LATI: N0.3576 LONG: E0.5235
- Occupation: Comtesse,Impératrice with note: Occu
- Burial: SEP 1219 in Cluny, Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France at LATI: N6.453 LONG: E0.6286
- Nickname:
- Christening: 1175 in Flandre, Belgique at LATI: N0.96 LONG: E0.21
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Yolanda (French: "Yolande de Hainault"; 1175 – August 1219), often called Yolanda of Flanders, was Empress of the Latin Empire in Constantinople, first as the wife of Emperor Peter from 1216 to 1217 and thereafter in her own right until her death in 1219. Peter was captured and imprisoned before he could reach Constantinople, so Yolanda assumed the duties of governing the Empire. She was ruling Marchioness of Namur from 1212 until 1217.
Yolanda was the daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, and Countess Margaret I of Flanders. Two of her brothers, Baldwin I and then Henry, were emperors in Constantinople.
In 1212, Yolanda became Marchioness of Namur after her brother, Marquis Philip I.
After the death of her brother emperor Henry in 1216 there was a brief period without an emperor, before Peter was elected to succeed her brother. On their way there, Peter sent Yolanda ahead to Constantinople, while he fought the Despotate of Epirus, during which he was captured. Because his fate was unknown (although he was probably killed), Yolanda governed Constantinople as a sole ruler for two years.
She allied with the Bulgarians against the various Byzantine successor states, and was able to make peace with Theodore I Lascaris of the Empire of Nicaea, who married her daughter, Marie. She died soon after in 1219.
Following Yolanda's death, her second son, Robert of Courtenay, became emperor because her oldest son, Philip, did not want the throne. Robert was still in France at the time.
Yolanda was, in her own right, Marchioness of Namur, which she inherited from her brother, Marquis Philip I, in 1212 and left to her eldest son, Marquis Philip II, when she went to Constantinople in 1216.
By Peter of Courtenay she had 10 children:
. Philip (d. 1226),[2] Marquis of Namur, who declined the offer of the crown of the Latin Empire
. Robert of Courtenay (d. 1228), Latin Emperor
. Henry (d. 1229), Marquis of Namur
. Baldwin II of Constantinople (d. 1273)
. Margaret, Marchioness of Namur, who married first Raoul d'Issoudun and then Henry count of Vianden
. Elizabeth, who married Walter (Gaucher) count of Bar and then Eudes sire of Montagu
. Yolanda de Courtenay, who married Andrew II of Hungary
. Eleanor, who married Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre
. Marie de Courtenay, who married Theodore I Lascaris of the Empire of Nicaea
. Agnes, who married Geoffrey II Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea
-- Wikiwand: Yolanda, Latin Empress
Yolande de Hainaut (1175-1219)
Yolande de Hainaut, née en 1175 et morte en 1219, est une impératrice latine de Constantinople de 1217 à 1219.
Sa famille
Elle est la fille du comte Baudouin V de Hainaut et de Marguerite Ire (1145-
BIO
BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLANDERS,%20HAINAUT.htm#BaudouinIXdied1205A as of 4/20/2016
YOLANDE de Flandre ([1175]-Constantinople 24 or 26 Aug 1219). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois
=== #Générale# Comtesse de Namur, Impératri ===
#Générale# Comtesse de Namur, Impératrice de Constantinopl e.
=== !AKA: Yolande of France, Countess and he ===
!AKA: Yolande of France, Countess and heir of Namur - Doc. Line 107-26 Yolande of Flanders, Countess and heir of name - Doc. Line 163A-28 !BIRTH: Date: ca. 1175 - Doc. Line 107-26, 163A-28 !DEATH: Date: August, 1219 - Doc. Line 107-26, 163A-28 Place: Constantinople - Doc. Line 107-26 !MARRIAGE: Yolande of France, Countess and Peter, Emperor - Doc. Line 107-26 Yolande of Flanders, Countess and Peter de Courtenay, Emperor Doc. line 163A-28 Date: Between June 24 and July 1, 1193 - Doc. Line 107-26, 163A-28
=== !"60 Colonists" line 163A-28. ! YOLA ===
!"60 Colonists" line 163A-28. ! YOLANDE OF FLANDERS, b. ca. 1175, d. Constantinople Aug. 1219, heiress and Countess of Namur, m. 24 Jun/1 July 1193 PETER DE COURTENAY (107-28, Count of Courtenay 1183, of Nevers 1184, etc., Marquis of Namur 1212, Emperor of Constantinople 1217, b. 1185, d. Epirus bef. Jan. 1218.
=== !Byzantium, The Decline and Fall, John J ===
!Byzantium, The Decline and Fall, John Julius Norwich, gen. tables; !#552-v2-T17; Yolanda v Hennegau 1212/1217 Countess v Namur 1217/19 Regent of Constantinople;
=== Ref: Weis Ancestral Roots 163A-28. Ref ===
Ref: Weis Ancestral Roots 163A-28. Ref: Weis Ancestral Roots 107-26. Heiress and Countess of Namur.
=== SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.20, 21, 23; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.10, 59; BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER Q929.2 B465G) TAB 253; TABLEAUX GENEALOGIQUE DES SOUVERAINES DE FRANCE ED DE SEU GRANDS FEUDATAIRES (GS NUMBER 944 D22G) VOL 2 TAB 35; TABLETTES CHRONOLOGIQUES (GS NUMBER 944 D22T) VOL 1 P.52; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
=== W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry P. ===
W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry P. 59
=== Sources: A. Roots 107, 163A; RC: 79; Kra ===
Sources: A. Roots 107, 163A; RC: 79; Kraentzler, 1073. Roots: Yolande of Flanders, heiress and Countess of Namur. K: Countess de Flandres and Hainault. Second wife of Peter. RC: Yolande of Flanders, Countess and heiress of Namur.
=== !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF CERTAIN AME ===
!SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF CERTAIN AMERICAN COLONISTS WHO CAME TO AMERICA BEFORE 1700, 7TH ED, PG 143 LINE 163A-28
=== Ref: Ancestral Roots, Weis, 7th edition, ===
Ref: Ancestral Roots, Weis, 7th edition, 1992, Line 163A-28, 107-26.
=== #Générale# Comtesse de Namur, Impératric ===
#Générale# Comtesse de Namur, Impératrice de Constantinopl e.
=== Weis. 163A-28. Yolande of Flanders was ===
Weis. 163A-28. Yolande of Flanders was heiress and Countess of Namur.
=== !Paul Theroff ===
!Paul Theroff
=== Kaiserin v. Konstantinopel 1217-1219 ===
Kaiserin v. Konstantinopel 1217-1219
=== My PAF Notes ===
from thepeerage.com, 3/2009:
Yolande de Hainaut1
F, #16931, b. 1175, d. 1219
Yolande de Hainaut|b. 1175\nd. 1219|p1694.htm#i16931|Baldwin V (VIII), Comte de Hainaut et Flandre|b. 1150\nd. 1194|p11360.htm#i113598|Margaret, Comtesse de Flandre|b. c 1145\nd. 1194|p10475.htm#i104742|Baldwin I. de Mons, Comte de Hainaut|b. a 1109\nd. 1171|p3107.htm#i31067|Alice de Namur|d. 1169|p3110.htm#i31098|Thierry d'Alsace, Comte de Flandre|b. 1099\nd. 1168|p10252.htm#i102513|Sybilla d'Anjou|b. bt 1112 - 1116\nd. 1165|p10250.htm#i102496|
Last Edited=23 Oct 2007
Consanguinity Index=0.2%
Yolande de Hainaut was born in 1175. She was the daughter of Baldwin V (VIII), Comte de Hainaut et Flandre and Margaret, Comtesse de Flandre .1 She married Peter de Courtenay, Emperor of Constantinople , son of Pierre de Courtenay and Elizabeth de Courtenay , in 1193 at Soissons, France .1 She died in 1219.
Yolande de Hainaut succeeded to the title of Empress Yolande of Constantinople in 1217.2
Children of Yolande de Hainaut and Peter de Courtenay, Emperor of Constantinople
Baldwin II de Courtenay, Emperor of Constantinople + d. 12732
Yolande de Courtney + d. 12331
Philippe de Courtenay, Marquis de Namur d. 12261
Robert de Courtenay, Emperor of Constantinople d. 12282
Henry de Courtenay, Marquis de Namur d. 12291
Margaret de Courtenay d. 12701
Elizabeth de Courtenay 1
Mary de Courtenay 1
Agnes de Courtenay 1
Eleanor de Courtenay 1
Citations
[S37 ] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1122. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
[S38 ] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 174. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Baldwin de Hainaut V, b. 1150 in Mons, Hainaut, Flemish Flanders d. 17 DEC 1195 in Mons, Hainaut, Flemish Flanders
Mother: Marguerite d'Alsace Comtesse de Flandre, b. 1140 in Agincourt, Lorraine, France d. 15 NOV 1194 in Mons, Hainaut, Flemish Flanders
Family 1: Pierre de Courtenay II, b. environ 1155 in Courtenay, Loiret, Centre, France d. 18 JAN 1217 in Epirus, Byzantine Empire, Greece
- m. contract 24 July 1193 (1 July 1193), Peter' second marriage in Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France
- m. 1190 in Courtenay, Loiret, France
- Elizabeth de Courtenay, b. 1199 in St. Pol. Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Courtenay, France d. 1232
- Baldwin de Courtenay II, b. 1217 in Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire, Turkey d. 15 OCT 1273 in Foggia, Kingdom of Sicily
- Eleanor de Courtenay, b. 1208 in Of, Constantinople, Constantinople, Turkey d. 1230 in L'abbaye De S.Antoine Des Champs, Paris, Seine-Et-Marne, France
- Yolanda Courtenay-házi Konstantinápolyi latin hercegnő magyar királyné, b. 1197 in Courtenay d. 1233. június in Esztergom, Komarom, Hungary
Sources:
- Title: Wikiwand: Latin Empire
Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Latin_Empire#/History;
Note: The Latin Empire, also referred to as the Latin Empire of Constantinople, was a feudal Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands captured from the Byzantine Empire. The Latin Empire was intended to replace the Byzantine Empire as the Western-recognized Roman Empire in the east, with a Catholic emperor enthroned in place of the Eastern Orthodox Roman emperors.
The Fourth Crusade had originally been called to retake the Muslim-controlled city of Jerusalem but a sequence of economic and political events culminated in the Crusader army sacking the city of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. Originally, the plan had been to restore the deposed Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos, who had been usurped by Alexios III Angelos, to the throne. The crusaders had been promised financial and military aid by Isaac's son Alexios IV, with which they had planned to continue to Jerusalem. When the crusaders reached Constantinople the situation quickly turned volatile and while Isaac and Alexios briefly ruled, the crusaders did not receive the payment they had hoped for. In April 1204, they captured and plundered the city's enormous wealth.
The crusaders selected their own emperor from among their own ranks, Baldwin of Flanders, and divided the territory of the Byzantine Empire into various new vassal crusader states. The Latin Empire's authority was immediately challenged by Byzantine rump states led by the Laskaris family (connected to the Angelos dynasty of 1185–1204) in Nicaea and the Komnenos family (which had ruled as Byzantine Emperors 1081–1185) in Trebizond. From 1224 to 1242 the Komnenos Doukas family, also connected to the Angeloi, challenged Latin authority from Thessalonica. The Latin Empire failed to attain political or economic dominance over the other Latin powers that had been established in former Byzantine territories in the wake of the Fourth Crusade, especially Venice, and after a short initial period of military successes it went into a steady decline due to constant war with Bulgaria to the north and the various Byzantine claimants. Eventually, the Nicaean Empire recovered Constantinople and restored the Byzantine Empire under Michael VIII Palaiologos in 1261. The last Latin emperor, Baldwin II, went into exile, but the imperial title survived, with several pretenders to it, until the 14th century.
Like the term "Byzantine Empire," "Latin Empire" was not a contemporary term used by the empire itself or the rest of the world. The Byzantines referred to the Latin Empire as the "Frankokratia" (Greek: "Φραγκοκρατία," lit. "rule of the Franks") or the Latinokratia (Λατινοκρατία, lit. "rule of the Latins") and the Latin Emperors themselves referred to the empire by various names, commonly "imperium Constantinopolitanum" (lit. "Empire of Constantinople"), but also imperium "Romaniae" (lit. Empire of Romania) and "imperium Romanorum" (lit. "Empire of the Romans"). The term "Romania" ("Land of the Romans") had been used unofficially by the population of the Byzantine Empire for their country for centuries.
Etymology
Much like the term "Byzantine," which was invented in the 16th century, "Latin Empire" was not a contemporary name used by or for the regime set up by the crusaders of the Fourth Crusade in Constantinople. Instead, both terms were invented much later by historians seeking to differentiate between the classical period of the Roman Empire, the medieval period of the Byzantine Empire, and the late medieval Latin Empire, all of which called themselves "Roman." The term "Latin" has been used by these later historians because the crusaders (Franks, Venetians, and other westerners) were Roman Catholic and used Latin as their liturgical and scholarly language. It is used in contrast to the Eastern Orthodox locals who used Greek in both liturgy and common speech. The Byzantines referred to the Latin Empire as the "Frankokratia" ("Φραγκοκρατία," lit. "rule of the Franks") or the "Latinokratia" ("Λατινοκρατία," lit. "rule of the Latins").
Founding treaties issued by the crusaders specifically refer to the empire as the "imperium Constantinopolitanum" ("Empire of Constantinople"). Although this is a marked departure from the standard Byzantine nomenclature and ideology (designating the empire as the "Basileía Rhōmaíōn," "Empire of the Romans"), "imperium Constantinopolitanum" was the standard name used for the eastern empire in western sources, such as in papal correspondence, and suggests that the Latin leaders viewed themselves as "taking over" the empire rather than “replacing” it. It would have been difficult for the crusaders to justify referring to the empire as "Roman" considering that Western Europe generally held the Germanic Holy Roman Empire to represent the legitimate Roman Empire.
Nevertheless, the crusaders were well aware of the fact that Constantinople was the capital of the Roman Empire and that the Greek-speaking inhabitants of the empire saw themselves as "Romaioi" (Romans). The full title actually used by the first Latin Emperor, Baldwin I, was "Balduinus dei gratia fidelissimus in Christo imperator a Deo coronatus Romanorum moderator et semper augustus." His title is a near perfect replication of the title used by Byzantine Emperor Alexios IV Angelos, placed on the throne by the crusaders previously, in a letter (only known in its Latin version) to Pope Innocent III: fidelis in Christo imperator a Deo coronatus Romanorum moderator et semper augustus. Letters by Baldwin to Pope Innocent III give his title as "imperator Constantinopolitanus," possibly altered by Papal scribes as the Pope recognized the Holy Roman Emperor as the "imperator Romanorum." In his seals, Baldwin abbreviated "Romanorum" as "Rom.," conveniently leaving it open for interpretation whether he referred to "Romaniae" ("land of the Romans") or "Romanorum" ("the Romans"). It is probably more likely that he meant "Romanorum." The term "Romania" had been used unofficially by the population of the Byzantine Empire for their country for centuries.
Baldwin's successor Henry used three different versions of his imperial title; Henricus Dei Gratia Imperator Romaniae ("Emperor of Romania"), "Henricus Dei Gratia Imperator Romanorum" ("Emperor of the Romans") and "Henricus Dei Gratia Imperator Constantinopolitani" ("Emperor of Constantinople"), possibly intended for different recipients. Usage of the title Emperor of Constantinople may not just have been to appease the Pope and Western Europe, but might also have been used to legitimize the rule of the Latin Emperors in regards to the Byzantines that they ruled. Possession of the city itself was a key legitimizing factor that set the Latin Emperors apart from Byzantine claimants in Nicaea, Trebizond and Thessalonica.
History
Origins
See also: Frankokratia
After the fall of Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade, the crusaders agreed to divide up Byzantine territory. In the "Partitio terrarum imperii Romaniae," signed on 1 October 1204, three eighths of the empire — including Crete and other islands — went to the Republic of Venice. The Latin Empire claimed the remainder and exerted control over:
. areas of Greece, divided into vassal fiefs:
. the Kingdom of Thessalonica
. the Principality of Achaea
. the Duchy of Athens
. the Duchy of the Archipelago
. the short-lived Duchy of Philippopolis in north Thrace
Further duchies were projected in Asia Minor, at Nicaea (for Louis of Blois), Nicomedia (Thierry de Loos), Philadelphia (Stephen du Perche), and Neokastra. These duchies remained theoretical, due to the establishment of the Empire of Nicaea in the area. Nicaea itself was never occupied and Louis of Blois was killed in 1205. Thierry de Loos was captured by the Nicaeans in 1207 and, although released, left the Latin Empire two years later. After a brief Nicaean reconquest, Nicomedia returned to Latin control, but the "ducatus Nichomedie" remained part of the Imperial domain. Philadelphia never came under actual Latin control, although the Latin emperor Henry of Flanders laid claim to the region after defeating the local strongman, Theodore Mangaphas, in 1205. The duchy of Neokastra ("ducatus Novi Castri") on the other hand was never accorded to a single holder, but was divided among the Knights Hospitaller (one quarter) and other feudatories. The term "duchy" in this case reflects the earlier Byzantine use of the term "thema," usually governed by a "doux," to designate a province.
The Doge of Venice did not rank as a vassal to the Latin Empire, but his position in control of three-eighths of its territory and of parts of Constantinople itself ensured Venice's influence in the Empire's affairs. However, much of the former Byzantine territory remained in the hands of rival successor states led by Byzantine Greek aristocrats, such as the Despotate of Epirus, the Empire of Nicaea, and the Empire of Trebizond, each bent on reconquest from the Latins.
The crowning of Baldwin I (16 May 1204) and the establishment of the Latin Empire had the curious effect of creating five simultaneously existing entities claiming to be successors of the Roman Empire: the Latin Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, and the three remnants of the Byzantine Empire, the Despotate of Epirus, the Empire of Nicaea, and the Empire of Trebizond. None of these polities actually controlled the city of Rome, which remained under the temporal authority of the Pope.
In Asia Minor
The initial campaigns of the crusaders in Asia Minor resulted in the capture of most of Bithynia by 1205, with the defeat of the forces of Theodore I Laskaris at Poemanenum and Prusa. Latin successes continued, and in 1207 a truce was signed with Theodore, newly proclaimed Emperor of Nicaea. The Latins inflicted a further defeat on Nicaean forces at the Rhyndakos river in October 1211, and three years later the Treaty of Nymphaeum (1214) recognized their control of most of Bithynia and Mysia...
- Title: Geni: Yolanda of Flanders
Author: Added by: Shelly Lynne Mason on August 7, 2007 Managed by: Knut Stangenberg and 80 others Curated by: Ric Dickinson
Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Yolanda-of-Flanders/6000000010787155837;
Note: Yolanda of Flanders
Yolanda, Comtesse de Hainaut
Gender: Female
Birth: 1175
Flanders, Belgium
Death: August 1219 (43-44)
Constantinople, Turkey
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Baldwin V, count of Hainaut & of Flanders, Margrave of Namur and Marguerite de Lorraine, Countess of Flanders
Wife of Pierre II Capet, Emperor of Byzantium
Mother of Pierre de Courtenay, III; Yolande - Jolánta de Courtenay, Queen of Hungary; Marguerite (Sibylle) de Courtenay; Philippe III "à la Lèvre" de Courtenay, Marquis de Namur; Sibylle de Courtenay and 9 others
Sister of Isabelle de Hainaut, Reine de France; Baldwin I, Latin Emperor of Constantinople; Philippe I de Hainaut, comte de Namur; Henry, Latin Emperor of Constantinople; Sybille de Hainaut and 1 other
Half sister of Marguerite and Godefroi
Abouthistory
Wikipedia: Yolanda of Flanders - English, Yolande de Hainaut - French, Yolande van Henegouwen - Nederlands
Yolanda of Flanders (1175–1219) ruled the Latin Empire in Constantinople for her husband Peter II of Courtenay from 1217 to 1219.
She was the daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, and Countess Margaret I of Flanders. Two of her brothers, Baldwin I and then Henry, were emperors in Constantinople.
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- Title: Wikiwand: Constantinople
Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Constantinople;
Note: Constantinople (/ˌkɒnstæntɪˈnoʊpəl/; Greek: "Κωνσταντινούπολις" "Kōnstantinoupolis"; Latin: "Constantinopolis"; Ottoman Turkish: قسطنطينيه, romanized: "Ḳosṭanṭīnīye") was the capital city of the Roman Empire (330–395), the Byzantine Empire (395–1204 and 1261–1453), the brief Crusader state known as the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and capital as "Istanbul" (Turkified form) of the Ottoman Caliphate (1453–1922).
In 324, the ancient city of Byzantium was renamed "New Rome" and declared the new capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine the Great, after whom it was renamed, and dedicated on 11 May 330. From the mid-5th century to the early 13th century, Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city in Europe. The city became famous for its architectural masterpieces, such as Hagia Sophia, the cathedral of the Eastern Orthodox Church, which served as the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the sacred Imperial Palace where the Emperors lived, the Galata Tower, the Hippodrome, the Golden Gate of the Land Walls, and opulent aristocratic palaces. The University of Constantinople was founded in the fifth century and contained artistic and literary treasures before it was sacked in 1204 and 1453, including its vast Imperial Library which contained the remnants of the Library of Alexandria and had 100,000 volumes. The city was the home of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and guardian of Christendom's holiest relics such as the Crown of thorns and the True Cross.
Constantinople was famed for its massive and complex fortifications, which ranked among the most sophisticated defensive architecture of Antiquity. The Theodosian Walls consisted of a double wall lying about 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) to the west of the first wall and a moat with palisades in front. Constantinople’s location between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara reduced the land area that needed defensive walls. The city was built intentionally to rival Rome, and it was claimed that several elevations within its walls matched Rome’s "seven hills." The impregnable defenses enclosed magnificent palaces, domes, and towers, the result of prosperity Constantinople achieved as the gateway between two continents (Europe and Asia) and two seas (the Mediterranean and the Black Sea). Although besieged on numerous occasions by various armies, the defenses of Constantinople proved impregnable for nearly nine hundred years.
In 1204, however, the armies of the Fourth Crusade took and devastated the city and, for several decades, its inhabitants resided under Latin occupation in a dwindling and depopulated city. In 1261 the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos liberated the city, and after the restoration under the Palaiologos dynasty, enjoyed a partial recovery. With the advent of the Ottoman Empire in 1299, the Byzantine Empire began to lose territories and the city began to lose population. By the early 15th century, the Byzantine Empire was reduced to just Constantinople and its environs, along with Morea in Greece, making it an enclave inside the Ottoman Empire; after a 53-day siege the city eventually fell to the Ottomans, led by Sultan Mehmed II, on 29 May 1453, whereafter it replaced Edirne (Adrianople) as the new capital of the Ottoman Empire.
Names
Before Constantinople
According to Pliny the Elder in his "Natural History," the first known name of a settlement on the site of Constantinople was "Lygos," a settlement likely of Thracian origin founded between the 13th and 11th centuries BC. The site, according to the founding myth of the city, was abandoned by the time Greek settlers from the city-state of Megara founded "Byzantium" (Ancient Greek: "Βυζάντιον," "Byzántion") in around 657 BC, across from the town of Chalcedon on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus.
The origins of the name of "Byzantion," more commonly known by the later Latin "Byzantium," are not entirely clear, though some suggest it is of Thracian origin. The founding myth of the city has it told that the settlement was named after the leader of the Megarian colonists, Byzas. The later Byzantines of Constantinople themselves would maintain that the city was named in honor of two men, Byzas and Antes, though this was more likely just a play on the word Byzantion.
The city was briefly renamed "Augusta Antonina" in the early 3rd century AD by the Emperor Septimius Severus (193–211), who razed the city to the ground in 196 for supporting a rival contender in the civil war and had it rebuilt in honor of his son Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (who succeeded him as Emperor), popularly known as Caracalla. The name appears to have been quickly forgotten and abandoned, and the city reverted to Byzantium/Byzantion after either the assassination of Caracalla in 217 or, at the latest, the fall of the Severan dynasty in 235.
Names of Constantinople
Main article: Names of Constantinople
Byzantium took on the name of "Kōnstantinoupolis" ("city of Constantine," "Constantinople") after its foundation under Roman emperor Constantine I, who transferred the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium in 330 and designated his new capital officially as "Nova Roma" ("Νέα Ῥώμη") "New Rome." During this time, the city was also called "Second Rome," "Eastern Rome," and "Roma Constantinopolitana." As the city became the sole remaining capital of the Roman Empire after the fall of the West, and its wealth, population, and influence grew, the city also came to have a multitude of nicknames.
As the largest and wealthiest city in Europe during the 4th–13th centuries and a center of culture and education of the Mediterranean basin, Constantinople came to be known by prestigious titles such as "Basileuousa" (Queen of Cities) and "Megalopolis" (the Great City) and was, in colloquial speech, commonly referred to as just "Polis" ("ἡ Πόλις") "the City" by Constantinopolitans and provincial Byzantines alike.
In the language of other peoples, Constantinople was referred to just as reverently. The medieval Vikings, who had contacts with the empire through their expansion in eastern Europe (Varangians) used the Old Norse name Miklagarðr (from mikill 'big' and garðr 'city'), and later Miklagard and Miklagarth.[18] In Arabic, the city was sometimes called Rūmiyyat al-Kubra (Great City of the Romans) and in Persian as Takht-e Rum (Throne of the Romans).
In East and South Slavic languages, including in medieval Russia, Constantinople has been referred to as "Tsargrad" ("Царьград") or "Carigrad," "City of the Caesar (Emperor)," from the Slavonic words "tsar" ("Caesar" or "King") and grad "'city"). This was presumably a calque on a Greek phrase such as "Βασιλέως Πόλις" ("Vasileos Polis"), "the city of the emperor [king]."
Modern names of the city
The modern Turkish name for the city, "İstanbul," derives from the Greek phrase "eis tin Polin" ("εἰς τὴν πόλιν"), meaning "(in)to the city." This name was used in Turkish alongside "Kostantiniyye," the more formal adaptation of the original "Constantinople," during the period of Ottoman rule, while western languages mostly continued to refer to the city as Constantinople until the early 20th century. In 1928, the Turkish alphabet was changed from Arabic script to Latin script. After that, as part of the 1920s Turkification movement, Turkey started to urge other countries to use Turkish names for Turkish cities, instead of other transliterations to Latin script that had been used in Ottoman times. In time the city came to be known as Istanbul and its variations in most world languages.
The name "Constantinople" is still used by members of the Eastern Orthodox Church in the title of one of their most important leaders, the Orthodox patriarch based in the city, referred to as "His Most Divine All-Holiness the Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch." In Greece today, the city is still called "Konstantinoúpoli(s)," ("Κωνσταντινούπολις/Κωνσταντινούπολη") or simply just "the City" ("Η Πόλη").
History
Foundation of Byzantium
Main article: Byzantium
Constantinople was founded by the Roman Emperor Constantine I (272–337) in 324 on the site of an already-existing city, Byzantium, which was settled in the early days of Greek colonial expansion, in around 657 BC, by colonists of the city-state of Megara. This is the first major settlement that would develop on the site of later Constantinople, but the first known settlements was that of Lygos, referred to in Pliny's Natural Histories. Apart from this, little is known about this initial settlement. The site, according to the founding myth of the city, was abandoned by the time Greek settlers from the city-state of Megara founded Byzantium (Βυζάντιον) in around 657 BC, across from the town of Chalcedon on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus.
Hesychius of Miletus wrote that some "claim that people from Megara, who derived their descent from Nisos, sailed to this place under their leader Byzas, and invent the fable that his name was attached to the city." Some versions of the founding myth say Byzas was the son of a local nymph, while others say he was conceived by one of Zeus' daughters and Poseidon. Hesychius also gives alternate versions of the city's founding legend, which he attributed to old poets and writers:
"It is said that the first Argives, after having received this prophecy from Pythia,
Blessed are those who will inhabit that holy city,
a narrow strip of the Thracian shore at the mouth of the Pontos,
where two pups drink of the gray sea,
where fish and stag graze on the same pasture,
set up their dwellings at the place where the rivers Kydaros and Barbyses have their estuaries, one flowing from the north, the other from the west, and merging with the sea at the altar of the nymph called Semestre"
The city maintained independence as a city-state until it was annexed by Darius I is 512 BC into the Persian Empire, who saw the site as the optimal location to construct a pontoon b...
- Title: Wikiwand: Yolanda, Latin Empress
Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Yolanda,_Latin_Empress;
Note: Yolanda (French: "Yolande de Hainault"; 1175 – August 1219), often called Yolanda of Flanders, was Empress of the Latin Empire in Constantinople, first as the wife of Emperor Peter from 1216 to 1217 and thereafter in her own right until her death in 1219. Peter was captured and imprisoned before he could reach Constantinople, so Yolanda assumed the duties of governing the Empire. She was ruling Marchioness of Namur from 1212 until 1217.
Biography
Yolanda was the daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, and Countess Margaret I of Flanders. Two of her brothers, Baldwin I and then Henry, were emperors in Constantinople.
In 1212, Yolanda became Marchioness of Namur after her brother, Marquis Philip I.
After the death of her brother emperor Henry in 1216 there was a brief period without an emperor, before Peter was elected to succeed her brother. On their way there, Peter sent Yolanda ahead to Constantinople, while he fought the Despotate of Epirus, during which he was captured. Because his fate was unknown (although he was probably killed), Yolanda governed Constantinople as a sole ruler for two years.
She allied with the Bulgarians against the various Byzantine successor states, and was able to make peace with Theodore I Lascaris of the Empire of Nicaea, who married her daughter, Marie. She died soon after in 1219.
Legacy
Following Yolanda's death, her second son, Robert of Courtenay, became emperor because her oldest son, Philip, did not want the throne. Robert was still in France at the time.
Yolanda was, in her own right, Marchioness of Namur, which she inherited from her brother, Marquis Philip I, in 1212 and left to her eldest son, Marquis Philip II, when she went to Constantinople in 1216.
Issue
By Peter of Courtenay she had 10 children:
. Philip (d. 1226),[2] Marquis of Namur, who declined the offer of the crown of the Latin Empire
. Robert of Courtenay (d. 1228), Latin Emperor
. Henry (d. 1229), Marquis of Namur
. Baldwin II of Constantinople (d. 1273)
. Margaret, Marchioness of Namur, who married first Raoul d'Issoudun and then Henry count of Vianden
. Elizabeth, who married Walter (Gaucher) count of Bar and then Eudes sire of Montagu
. Yolanda de Courtenay, who married Andrew II of Hungary
. Eleanor, who married Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre
. Marie de Courtenay, who married Theodore I Lascaris of the Empire of Nicaea
. Agnes, who married Geoffrey II Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea
- Title: rootsweb > Finding Our Past: Family of Peter II + and Yolanda +
Publication: Name: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~dearbornboutwell/fam4720.html;
Note: Husband: Peter II + (1155- )
Wife: Yolanda + (1175-1219)
Children: Margaret (1194-1270)
Philip (1195-1226)
Yolanda + of COURTENAY (1198-1232)
Elizabeth of COURTENAY (1199-1269)
Henry (c. 1201-1229)
Agnes (c. 1203- )
Marie of COURTENAY (1204- )
Eleanor + of COURTENAY (1208-1230)
Robert of COURTENAY (c. 1210-1228)
Baldwin II of CONSTANTINOPLE (1217- )
Marriage 1 Jul 1193 Soissons, Picardie, France
Husband: Peter II +
Name: Peter II +
Sex: Male
Father: Peter I + of COURTENAY ( -1183)
Mother: Isabelle + of COURTENAY (1127-1205)
Birth 1155 Courtenay, Loiret, France
Occupation Emperor of the Latin Empire
Title Emperor of the Latin Empire
Death "6/1219" Epirus, Turkey
Wife: Yolanda +
Name: Yolanda +
Sex: Female
Father: Baldwin V + (1150-1195)
Mother: Marguerite + (1144-1194)
Birth 1175 Flanders, Belgium
Occupation Countess of Flanders
Title Countess of Flanders
Death 26 Aug 1219 (age 43-44) Constantinople, Turkey
Child 1: Margaret
Name: Margaret
Sex: Female
Spouse 1: Raoul (c. 1189- )
Spouse 2: Henry I (c. 1189- )
Birth 1194
Occupation Marchioness of Namur
Death 17 Jul 1270 (age 75-76) Marienthal
Burial Convent of Marienthal
Child 2: Philip
Name: Philip
Sex: Male
Birth 1195
Occupation Margrave of Namur
Title frm 1212 to 1226 (age 16-31) Margrave of Namur
Death 1226 (age 30-31)
Cause: killed near Saint-Flour in the Aubergne
Child 3: Yolanda + of COURTENAY
Name: Yolanda + of COURTENAY
Sex: Female
Spouse: Andrew II + (1176-1235)
Birth 1198 Courtenay, Loiret, France
Occupation Queen Consort of Hungary
Title frm 1215 to 1233 (age 16-35) Queen Consort of Hungary
Death 1232 (age 33-34)
Child 4: Elizabeth of COURTENAY
Name: Elizabeth of COURTENAY
Sex: Female
Spouse 1: Walter ( -1219)
Spouse 2: Eudes I (c. 1195- )
Birth 1199
Death 1269 (age 69-70)
Child 5: Henry
Name: Henry
Sex: Male
Birth 1201 (est)
Occupation Marquis of Namur
Death 1229 (age 27-28)
Child 6: Agnes
Name: Agnes
Sex: Female
Birth 1203 (est)
Child 7: Marie of COURTENAY
Name: Marie of COURTENAY
Sex: Female
Spouse: Theodore I LASCARIS (1174-1222)
Birth 1204
Occupation Empress of Nicaea
Title frm 1219 to Nov 1221 (age 14-17) Empress of Nicaea
Death "9/1228"
Child 8: Eleanor + of COURTENAY
Name: Eleanor + of COURTENAY
Sex: Female
Spouse: Philip + of MONTFORT (1204-1240)
Birth 1208 Courtenay, Isle-de-France, France
Death 1230 (age 21-22) l'Abbaye de St. Antoine des Champs, Paris, Seine-et-Marne, France
Child 9: Robert of COURTENAY
Name: Robert of COURTENAY
Sex: Male
Birth 1210 (est)
Death 1228 (age 17-18)
Child 10: Baldwin II of CONSTANTINOPLE
Name: Baldwin II of CONSTANTINOPLE
Sex: Male
Birth 1217
Death "10/1273"
Note on Husband: Peter II +
Peter of Courtenay (French: Pierre de Courtenay) (died 1219) was emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople from 1216 to 1217.
He was a son of Peter of Courtenay (d. 1183), the youngest son of Louis VI of France and his second Queen consort Adélaide de Maurienne. His mother was Elizabeth of Courtenay.
Peter first married Agnes of Nevers, via whom he obtained the three counties of Nevers, Auxerre, and Tonnerre. He took for his second wife, Yolanda of Flanders (d. 1219), a sister of Baldwin and Henry of Flanders, who were afterwards the first and second emperors of the Latin Empire of Constantinople. Peter accompanied his cousin, King Philip Augustus, on the crusade of 1190 and fought (alongside his brother Robert) in the Albigensian Crusade in 1209 and 1211, when he took part in the siege of Lavaur. He was present at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214.
When his brother-in-law, the emperor Henry, died without sons in 1216, Peter was chosen as his successor, and with a small army set out from France to take possession of his throne. Consecrated emperor at Rome, in a church outside the walls, by Pope Honorius III on 9 April 1217, he borrowed some ships from the Venetians, promising in return to conquer Durazzo for them; but he failed in this enterprise, and sought to make his way to Constantinople by land. On the journey he was seized by the despot of Epirus, Theodore Komnenos Doukas, and, after an imprisonment of two years, died, probably by foul means. Peter thus never governed his empire, which, however, was ruled for a time by his wife, Yolanda, who had succeeded in reaching Constantinople. Two of his sons, Robert and Baldwin, in turn held the throne of the Latin Empire.
By his first wife Agnes I, Countess of Nevers he had one child, Matilda I, Countess of Nevers.
By his second wife Yolanda of Flanders, he had 10 children:
Philip (d. 1226), Marquis of Namur, who declined the offer of the crown of the Latin Empire
Robert of Courtenay (d. 1228), Latin Emperor
Henry (d. 1229), Marquis of Namur
Baldwin II of Constantinople (d. 1273)
Margaret, Marchioness of Namur, who married first Raoul d'Issoudun and then Henry count of Vianden
Elizabeth of Courtenay who married Walter count of Bar and then Eudes sire of Montagu
An unnamed daughter who married Tsar Boril of Bulgaria
Yolanda de Courtenay, who married Andrew II of Hungary
Eleanor, who married Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre
Marie de Courtenay, who married Theodore I Lascaris of the Empire of Nicaea
Agnes, who married Geoffrey II Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea
Note on Wife: Yolanda +
Yolanda of Flanders (1175–1219) ruled the Latin Empire in Constantinople for her husband Peter II of Courtenay from 1217 to 1219.
She was the daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, and Countess Margaret I of Flanders. Two of her brothers, Baldwin I and then Henry, were emperors in Constantinople. After the death of the latter in 1216 there was a brief period without an emperor, before Peter was elected. Peter sent Yolanda to Constantinople while he fought the Despotate of Epirus, during which he was captured. Because his fate was unknown (although he was probably killed), Yolanda ruled as regent. She allied with the Bulgarians against the various Byzantine successor states, and was able to make peace with Theodore I Lascaris of the Empire of Nicaea, who married her daughter. However, she soon died, in 1219.
Her second son, Robert of Courtenay, became emperor because her first son did not want the throne. As Robert was still in France at the time, there was technically no emperor until he arrived in 1221.
Yolanda was, in her own right, Marchioness of Namur, which she inherited from her uncle, Marquis Philip I, in 1212 and left to her eldest son, Marquis Philip II, when she went to Constantinople in 1216.
By Peter of Courtenay she had 10 children:
Philip (d. 1226), Marquis of Namur, who declined the offer of the crown of the Latin Empire
Robert of Courtenay (d. 1228), Latin Emperor
Henry (d. 1229), Marquis of Namur
Baldwin II of Constantinople (d. 1273)
Margaret, Marchioness of Namur, who married first Raoul d'Issoudun and then Henry count of Vianden
Elizabeth, who married Walter count of Bar and then Eudes sire of Montagu
Yolanda de Courtenay, who married Andrew II of Hungary
Eleanor, who married Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre
Marie de Courtenay, who married Theodore I Lascaris of the Empire of Nicaea
Agnes, who married Geoffrey II Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea
- Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: YOLANDE de Flandre ([1175]-Constantinople 24 or 26 Aug 1219)
Author: Foundation for Medieval GenealogyFoundation for Medieval Genealogy https://fmg.ac/
Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NAMUR.htm#Yolandedied1219;
Note: YOLANDE de Flandre ([1175]-Constantinople 24 or 26 Aug 1219). "The Historia Walciodorensis Monasterii" names "Petro Autisiodorensi comite et uxore sua Yolende, sorore istius Philippi [comes Namurcensis]." She succeeded her brother in 1213 as YOLANDE Marquise de Namur. She was crowned Empress of Constantinople with her husband by the Pope 9 Apr 1217 at Rome. She was appointed regent of the Latin Empire of Constantinople after arriving safely by sea in 1217, in the absence of her husband whose fate at that time was unknown. She was able to stop the attacks of Theodoros Emperor of Nikaia, and arranged his marriage to her daughter Marie to seal the peace which was agreed. m (contract 24 Jul 1193, Soissons 1 Jul 1193) as his second wife, PIERRE [II] Seigneur de Courtenay, Comte de Nevers et d'Auxerre, son of PIERRE de France Seigneur de Courtenay & his wife Elisabeth de Courtenay Dame de Courtenay ([1155]-Epirus after Jun 1219). He succeeded as Marquis de Namur in 1213, by right of his second wife. He was elected to succeed his brother-in-law Henri de Flandres in 1216 as PIERRE I Emperor of Constantinople. Pierre & his wife had children:
- Title: Geneanet > comrade28: Yolanda Of Flanders
Publication: Name: https://gw.geneanet.org/comrade28?lang=en&p=yolanda+of&n=flanders;
Note: Yolanda Of Flanders
Yolande of /Namur/
Born in 1175 - Valenciennes, Flanders, France
Deceased in 1219 - France, aged 44 years old
Parents
Count Baldwin V Of Hainaut 1150-1195
Countess Margaret I Of Flanders †1194
Spouses and children
With Emperor Peter of the Latin Empire 1158-1219 (Parents : Peter Of Courtenay 1126-1183 & Elizabeth Of Courtenay 1139-1205) with
M Emperor Baldwin II of the Latin Empire 1217-1273 With Marie Of Brienne 1225-1275
M Prince Philip of the Latin Empire †1226
F Princess Agnes of the Latin Empire
F Princess Marie of the Latin Empire
F Princess Eleanor of the Latin Empire
F Princess Elizabeth of the Latin Empire
F Princess Margaret of the Latin Empire †1270 Married in 1210 to Count Raoul I Lusignan 1160-1217
M Prince Henry of the Latin Empire †1229
M Emperor Robert of the Latin Empire †1228
F Princess Yolande of the Latin Empire † Married in 1215 to King Andrew II Of Hungary 1175-1235
Siblings
F Isabelle Of Hainaut 1170-1190
M Marquis Philip I Of Namur 1175-1212
M Henry Of Flanders 1176-1216
F Sybille Of Hainaut 1179-1217
M Emperor Baldwin I of the Latin Empire 1172-1205
M Eustace Of Hainaut †1219
M Godfrey Of Hainaut
Notes
Individual Note
Yolanda of Flanders
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Yolanda of Flanders (d. 1219) ruled the Latin Empire in Constantinople for her husband Peter of Courtenay from 1217 to 1219.
She was the daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, and Countess Margaret I of Flanders. Two of her brothers, Baldwin I and then Henry, were emperors in Constantinople. After the death of the latter in 1216 there was a brief period without an emperor, before Peter was elected. Peter sent Yolanda to Constantinople while he fought the Despotate of Epirus, during which he was captured. Because his fate was unknown (although he was probably killed), Yolanda ruled as regent. She allied with the Bulgarians against the various Byzantine successor states, and was able to make peace with Theodore I Lascaris of the Empire of Nicaea, who married her daughter. However, she soon died, in 1219.
She was succeeded by her second son Robert of Courtenay because her first son did not want the throne. As Robert was still in France at the time, there was technically no emperor until he arrived in 1221.
Yolanda also held Namur, which she inherited from her uncle Philip of Namur in 1212 and left to her eldest son Philip when she went to Constantinople in 1216.
By Peter of Courtenay she had 10 children:
Philip (d. 1226), Marquis of Namur, who declined the offer of the crown of the Latin Empire
Robert of Courtenay (d. 1228), Latin Emperor
Henry (d. 1229), Marquis of Namur
Baldwin II of Constantinople (d. 1273)
Margaret, Marquioness of Namur, who married first Raoul d'Issoudun and then Henry count of Vianden
Elizabeth, who married Walter count of Bar and then Eudes sire of Monta
Yolanda, who married Andrew II of Hungary
Eleanor, who married Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre
Marie, who married Theodore I Lascaris of the Empire of Nicaea
Agnes, who married Geoffrey II de Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea
Preceded by:
Peter Latin Empress
12171219 Succeeded by:
Robert
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Count Baldwin III Of Hainaut 1088-1120 Yolande (Adelheid) Of Wassenberg 1089-ca 1120 Count Godfrey Of Namur 1067-1139 Countess Ermesinde Of Luxembourg 1080-1143 Duke Theodoric II Of Lorraine 1056-1115 Gertrude Of Flanders 1070-1126 Count Fulk V *The Young* Of Anjou 1089..1092-1143 Ermengarde Of Maine ca 1094-1126
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- Title: Wikiwand: County of Namur
Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/County_of_Namur;
Note: Namur (Dutch: "Namen") was a county of the Carolingian and later Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries. Its territories largely correspond with the present-day Belgian arrondissement Namur plus the northwestern part of the arrondissement Dinant, both part of the modern province of Namur, and previously part of the French Republican department of Sambre-et-Meuse.
Prehistory to the Roman period
The city of Namur most likely arose around "the Champeau," a rocky hill between the Sambre and the Meuse. Numerous prehistoric flint weapons have been found in the area. During Roman times the region around Namur was first mentioned in Julius Caesar's "Commentarii de Bello Gallico" in the second half of the 1st century BC. To the west of Namur were the Nervii, and to the east the Germani cisrhenani, but it has been suggested that Namur itself may have been home to the Aduatuci who Caesar described as descendants of the Cimbri and Teutones. (Today it is considered more likely to have been at Thuin.) In Caesar's wars the Roman legions conquered numerous Belgic cities and settlements. After this defeat the Belgae and their territory were incorporated into the Roman Empire.
The Medieval period
The county of Namur (Latin: "in pago Namurcensis") was first listed as part of the Lommegau ("pagus or comitatus Lommensis") in the year 832 in a document by Emperor Louis the Pious. In 992, Emperor Otto III titles Albert I count of Namur for the first time.
The first count of note was Albert III (1063–1102), who acquired wardship over the prince-abbacy of Stavelot-Malmédy. Until the start of the 12th century, Namur was threatened by its powerful neighbours Brabant, Hainaut and Liège. Important parts of the county were annexed; the city of Dinant, for example, came into possession of Liège. From the 12th century on, the counts of Namur managed to more or less compensate for the losses they had suffered. Count Godfrey, for example, acquired the county of Longwy, thanks to his marriage with Ermesinde of Luxembourg. The last important figure from the first house that ruled Namur was Henry I (1139–96). Henry I inherited the counties of Durbuy, La Roche-en-Ardenne and Luxembourg. After Henry's death, a fierce succession war broke out between Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut, and Henry's daughter Ermesinde. Baldwin V eventually received the county of Namur while Ermesine received Luxembourg, Laroche and Durbuy. The situation remained more or less stable until 1263. In this year, the count of Namur, Baldwin II of Courtenay, sold his county to the count of Flanders, Guy of Dampierre. The house of Dampierre would rule until 1421, when the county of Namur was sold to the Burgundian duke Philip the Good.
The Burgundian and Habsburg periods
After the county of Namur was bought by Philip the Good, he integrated it into a large territorial and political union, called the Burgundian Netherlands. From the 15th century on, the Southern Netherlands (and with it the county of Namur) were ruled by the Habsburgs. Under their new rule, the military importance of the city of Namur steadily grew. The Burgundians and Habsburgs strengthened the city and built new walls around it. During the 16th and 17th centuries the city became an important military stronghold, and was repeatedly besieged for this reason.
The Spanish period
During the Spanish period (16th and 17th century), Namur received a bishopric's seat. The Spanish king Philip II wanted to turn Namur into a catholic bastion as a bulwark against the rise of Calvinism. Thus Philip II required several religious orders to establish themselves in Namur. In consequence the city gained a specific catholic character. Philip II also managed to make considerable reïnforcements to the Citadel of Namur. In 1577, Philip II sent Don Juan of Austria to the Netherlands as the new governor. In Namur, Don Juan received Margaret of Valois (the sister of the French king), and organised a magnificent celebration in her honor.
Troubled times and changing rulers
Namur has had a crucial military role throughout history. After the Spanish period, the strategically important city was repeatedly besieged. In 1692, the troops of Louis XIV of France took the city after a lengthy and furious siege. Louis and his legendary military engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban personally oversaw the siege. Three years later, in 1695, William III of Orange retook Namur. But the Dutch occupation did not last long. At the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713, the Southern Netherlands came under the rule of the Austrian house of Habsburg. Though the Austrians ruled over the city, the strategically important citadel remained in the hands of the Dutch. The Austrian rule returned peace and calm to the Netherlands.
The French revolutionists and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
In 1790 the county of Namur was one of the founders of the United States of Belgium. In 1794 the revolutionary France occupied Namur, immediately introducing a repressive regime. Namur became part of the French department of Sambre-et-Meuse. The French occupation was abruptly ended following Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. In the Congress of Vienna that followed, the southern and Northern Netherlands were combined to form the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. In this period the citadel was again rebuilt and more or less received its present-day looks. The kingdom of the Netherlands would not last long. In 1830 the Belgian revolution broke out, in which Belgium became independent from the Netherlands. The strategically important bastion of Namur played a decisive role in the battles associated with the Belgian revolution.
Economic activities
The economic activities of the County of Namur were diverse. Next to the cultivation of grapes in the river valleys, the agriculture also cultivated flax, that formed the basis of the wool industry. Clay formed the raw materials for the ceramic-production and for the making of molds for the so-called dinanderie, the overall name for the yellow copper brass art objects such as lecterns, candleholders, tableware and others. The metal industry was also important: In the 16th century the mouth of the Meuse (Dinant, Bouvignes, Namur, but also Huy and Liège) was the central region for metallurgy in the Southern Netherlands. Along the banks of the Meuse, limestone was mined and exported.
- Title: WikiTree: Yolande (Flandre) de Flandre (abt. 1175 - 1219)
Author: Profile manager: PE Rosner Profile last modified 30 Mar 2021 | Created 28 Feb 2012
Publication: Name: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Flandre-6;
Note: Yolande "Margravine of Namur" de Flandre formerly Flandre aka de Hainaut
Born about 1175 in Flanders
ANCESTORS
Daughter of Baudouin Hainaut and Margaretha (Alsace) Flandre
Sister of Isabelle (Hainaut) de Hainaut, Baudoin (Hainaut) Constantinople, Philippe (Namur) de Namur, Henry I (Hainaut) Constantinople, Alard Fleming and Sibyl (Henegouwen) Hainaut
Wife of Pierre (Courtenay) Constantinople — married
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Marguerite (Courtenay) de Vianden, Philippe (Courtenay) de Courtenay, Pierre (Courtenay) de Courtenay, Sibyl (Courtenay) de Courtenay, Yolande (Courtenay) Árpádházi, Robert (Courtenay) de Courtenay, Agnes Courtenay, Elizabeth (Courtenay) de Montagu, Marie (Courtenay) Lascaris, Henri Courtenay, Éléonore (Courtenay) de Courtenay, Constance (Courtenay) de Courtenay and Baldwin Courtenay
Died 26 Aug 1219 in Constantinople
Biography
Ioland (Yolande) de Hainaut, or Yolande de Flandre, was the daughter of Baudouin V, comte de Hainaut, and Marguerite d'Alsace, comtesse de Flandres. She married Pierre II de Courtenay (contract May 1193), was crowned empress of Constantinople with her husband on 9 April 1217. She died shortly after June 1219.
Pierre de Courtenay and Yolande had the following children:
1. Philippe, marquis de Namur, died in 1226, unmarried
2. Pierre, a religious clerk in 1210
3. Robert, Emperor of Constantinople, left France at the end of 1220, died in 1228 without issue
4. Henry, marquis de Namur, died 1229
5. Baudouin, Emperor of Constantinople
6. Marguerite-Sibylle, married Raoul d'Issoudun, and secondly Henry, count of Vianden
7. Elisabeth, married Gaucher de Bar-sur-Seine, and secondly Eudes de Bourgogne, seigneur de Montaigu
8. Ioland, married Andrew II, King of Hungary
9. Marie, married Théodore Lascaris
10. Agnès, married Geoffroy de Villehardouin
11. Eléonore, married Philippe de Montfort
12. Constance
13. Sibylle, a nun at Fontevrault
Sources
. "Europäische Stammtafeln, Band II, Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven," 1975, Isenburg, W. K. Prinz von. page 10. http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00004822&tree=LEO
. Royal Ancestry by D. Richardson Vol. IV p. 225. Children of Pierre de Curtenay, by Yolande of Flanders: 1. BAUDOUIN (II) DE COURTENAY, Emperor of Constantinople, Marquis of Namur, married MARIE DE BRIENNE. 2.YOLANDE DE COURTENAY, married ANDRAS II, King of Hungary.
. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NAMUR.htm#Yolandedied1219
. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la Maison royale de France, Tome I, Anselme de Sainte-Marie, Les Libraires Associés (1726-1733) page: 477, Oct 2019 via Gallica
- Title: Henri I and II, Comtes de Champagne, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CHAMPAGNE%20NOBILITY.htm#HenriIChampagnedied1181B [See document in the Memories section]
Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/142435728;
Note: Henri I and II, Comtes de Champagne, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CHAMPAGNE%20NOBILITY.htm#HenriIChampagnedied1181B [See document in the Memories section]
Page: Henri I and II, Comtes de Champagne, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CHAMPAGNE%20NOBILITY.htm#HenriIChampagnedied1181B [See document in the Memories section]
- Title: Baudouin V, Comte de Hainaut, also known as Baudouin VIII, Comte de Flanders, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HAINAUT.htm#BaudouinIXdied1205A [See document in the Memories section]
Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/142434567;
Note: Baudouin V, Comte de Hainaut, also known as Baudouin VIII, Comte de Flanders, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HAINAUT.htm#BaudouinIXdied1205A [See document in the Memories section]
Page: Baudouin V, Comte de Hainaut, also known as Baudouin VIII, Comte de Flanders, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HAINAUT.htm#BaudouinIXdied1205A [See document in the Memories section]
- Title: Counts of Hainaut Family Tree, 1055-1433 [See document in the Memories section]
Note: Counts of Hainaut Family Tree, 1055-1433 [See document in the Memories section]
Page: Counts of Hainaut Family Tree, 1055-1433 [See document in the Memories section]
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