William II of Dampierre
William of Dampierre (franz: Guillaume de Dampierre, † September 3, 1231 ), was a gentleman of Dampierre -sur- l'Aube and Saint-Dizier and founder of the Flemish branch of the house of Dampierre. He was a younger son of Sire Guido II of Dampierre and Mathilde of Bourbon.
Wilhelm reached in 1221 by his older brother Archambault the establishment of the paternal inheritance, Dampierre and Saint- Dizier, and the transfer of the office of Constable of Champagne. His plan to get married Alice of Cyprus and thus to secure an entitlement to the County of Champagne, failed in 1223 to the opposition of the Pope, who refused a dispensation to necessary due to the near kinship. But in the same year married Wilhelm the Eventualerbin of Flanders and Hainault, Margaret, although she was related to him close. Also in this case the Pope at first refused a dispensation which this ratio, as already Margarete's first marriage with Burkhard of Avesnes, canon law was not legitimate. Only after the birth of her first four children received the pair of 1230, the dispensation, so their marriage as well as their children were legitimized.
William died before his wife the counties of Flanders and Hainaut could take over 1244. Their children were considered legitimate heirs, but Margaret's sons from his first marriage also presented claims to the inheritance, which the Flemish War of Succession was triggered. William was buried in the Cistercian Abbey of Orchies ( arrondissement Douai ), but in 1257 transferred to the abbey Flines.
William's children from his marriage with Margaret of Flanders were:
- Joan of Dampierre (* 1224, † 1246 ) ∞ with Count Hugo III. of Rethel
- ∞ with Count Theobald II of Bar
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- Medieval genealogie.de: William II of Dampierre. Archived from the original on 22 August 2004 accessed on 1 June 2012.
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