William II, Marquis of Namur

Wilhelm II (* January 22, 1355; † January 10, 1418 ) was Count of Namur 1391-1418.

Life

Wilhelm II was born in 1355 as the eldest son of Count William I of the House of Dampierre and Catherine of Savoy. 1384 he married Mary bar, a daughter of Duke Robert I from the Lorraine House Scarponnois and Maria of France (a subsidiary of King John II ); The marriage remained childless. In 1391 he inherited when his father died, the county of Namur. 1393, after Mary's death, he married Jeanne d' Harcourt (* 1372, † February 16, 1456 ) from the Norman house Harcourt, daughter of Jean III, Comte d' Harcourt et d' Aumale, and Catherine de Bourbon ( one daughter. the Duke Pierre I de Bourbon ). From this marriage William had an unnamed son, who died as a small child.

His reign was largely peaceful, so that he could focus on the expansion of the economy and the expansion of the defenses. 1408 he participated in the suppression of the uprising by the inhabitants of Liege against the Bishop of Liege, which ended with the Battle of Othée.

Since William II died without a legitimate offspring, the county in 1418 went to his brother John III. over, the Namur in 1421 to Duke Philip III. selling of Burgundy.