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Bouchard d'Avesnes

Male 1180 - 1244  (64 years)


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  • Name Bouchard d'Avesnes 
    Born 1180  Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 07 Sep 1244  Pas-de-Calais, Estree, Soissons, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Beheaded 
    Person ID I482574  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 9 May 2016 

    Father Jacques d'Avesnes,   b. 1150, Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Sep 1191, Arsuf, Israel Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Ameline de Guise,   b. 1155, Guise, Aisne, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1210  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 1180 
    Family ID F179385  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marguerite II of Constantinople,   b. 02 Jun 1202, Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1278  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 23 Jul 1212 
    Divorced 1221 
    Children 
     1. Jan I d'Avesnes,   b. 01 May 1218, Houffalize, Luxembourg Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1257, Pas-de-Calais, Estree, Soissons, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
     2. Baudouin d'Avesnes,   b. Sep 1219, Houffalize, Luxembourg Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1295, Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F179384  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • In his capacity as bailiff of Hainaut he became tutor to young Margaret of Flanders. He soon married her though she was only ten and the marriage could not be consummated. Bouchard invaded Flanders and forced her guardians Margaret's sister Jeanne and her husband Count Ferdinand of Flanders to recognise the marriage.

      In 1214 on advice of Philip Augustus, King of France, who had beaten Bouchard in battle, the Pope condemned the marriage and ultimately excommunicated both in 1216. The couple fled to Luxemburg but Bouchard was captured and imprisoned in Ghent.

      The pair allowed the marriage to be dissolved and Bouchard was to ask for Papal absolution in return for freedom. Bouchard then went to off to fight for the Holy See in Italy. When he returned his sister-in-law Joanna had him beheaded.