Bouchard DE AVESNES

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Archdeacon of Laon and canon of St. Pierre de Lille
• Fact: Knight of Hainaut

Notes:

Note from "Royalty for Commoners": Bouchard d'Avesnes, Seigneur d'Avesnes and d'Etroen; Canon of St. Pierre de Lille; Archdeacon of Laon; held the Doctor Juris degree; at first a cleric but returned to the lay world, 1205; Knighted 1239.

Bouchard married Marguerite DE HAINAUT before 23 Jul 1212, and was divorced in 1221. Marguerite (daughter of Baldwin VI and Marie Of CHAMPAGNE) was born on 02 Jun 1202 in Constantinople, Turkey; died on 10 Feb 1279/80; was buried in Flines-Laes-Mortagne, Nord, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John I DE AVESNES was born on 01 May 1218 in Etraeungt, Nord, France; died on 24 Dec 1256/7 in Valenciennes, Nord, france; was buried in Valenciennes, Nord, france.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Seigneur d'Avesnes, Leuze, Conde and Guise; Constable of Flanders; Crusader

Notes:

Note: Jacques fell in the battle of Arsouf, Palestine, on the 3rd Crusade; in this battle, about ten miles from Jffa, the Crusaders, under Richard the Lion-Hearted, confronted Saladin's Turkish forces. the undisciplined knights charged prematurely and instead of a great victory, the enemy forces escaped into the woods.

Jacques married Adele DE GUISE in 1163/8. Adele (daughter of Bernard DE GUISE and ALELAIDEALIX) was born about 1155 in Guise, Aisne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Heiress of the seigneuries of Guise and Lesquilles