 Ca 1137 - 1173 (36 år)
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AV BOULOGNE, Matthew |
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Ca 1137 |
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Mann |
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1173 |
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I14452 |
Geelmuyden_etc |
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26 Okt 2013 |
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- Matthew, Count of Boulogne
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Coat of arms of the county of Boulogne
Spouse(s) Marie de Boulogne
Eleanor of Vermandois
Noble family House of Metz
Father Thierry, Count of Flanders
Mother Sibylla of Anjou
Born c.?1137
Died 1173
Matthew, Count of Boulogne, also known as Matthew of Alsace (c.? 1137–1173) was the second son of Thierry, Count of Flanders and Sibylla of Anjou. Matthew forcibly abducted the nun Marie de Boulogne, daughter of Stephen, King of England, and constrained into marriage, claiming the title of Count of Boulogne jure uxoris in 1160. The forced marriage was opposed by the Church and finally annulled in 1170, but he continued as Count until his death.
Their elder daughter was Ida, Countess of Boulogne. Their other daughter, Maud of Boulogne, married Henry I, Duke of Brabant. In 1171, Matthew remarried to Eleanor, daughter of Ralph I, Count of Vermandois, they had one short-lived daughter. [1]
He was a supporter of Henry the Young King, and received lands in England. He died fighting at the siege of Trenton (now Neufchatel-en-Bray), in the 1173–74 revolt of Henry II of England's sons, under the leadership of Philip of Flanders. Wounded by a crossbow bolt, he did not recover.[2]
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ FLANDERS COUNTS, Medieval Lands
Jump up ^ John Gillingham, Richard the Lionheart (2nd edition 1989), p.67.
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[1]Preceded by
Marie I Count of Boulogne
1160–1173
with Marie Succeeded by
Ida
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