Bouchard IV d'Avesnes

Abt 1181 - 1244  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Bouchard IV d'Avesnes
  Birth	Abt 1181  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	1182  [2]
  Death	7 Sep 1244  [1, 3]
  Person ID	I16984	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	31 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Jacques d'Avesnes,   b. 1150   d. 7 Sep 1191, Arsuf, Palestine (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Adela of Guise
  Marriage	1180  [1]
  Family ID	F12994	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret II of Flanders,   b. Abt 1202   d. 10 Feb 1280 (Age ~ 78 years)
  Marriage	Bef 23 Jul 1212  [4]
  Children	+ 1. John d'Avesnes,   b. Apr 1218, Houffalize, Luxembourg (now Belgium) d. 24 Dec 1257, Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age ~ 39 years) + 2. Baudouin d'Avesnes,   b. Sep 1219   d. 10 Apr 1295 (Age ~ 75 years)
  Family ID	F10601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2019

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia: Bouchard began his career as a cantor and subdeacon in the church of Laon. In 1212, he was named bailiff of Hainaut. In this capacity, he served as tutor and guardian of the young Margaret, sister of Joanna, Countess of Flanders and Hainault. He later married Margaret in 1212, though she was only ten years old and the marriage could not be consummated. Neither Joanna nor Count Ferdinand gave their consent, and tried to have the marriage stopped, they failed. Bouchard lived a war-like life. He invaded the territory of his brother Walter, who had received most of their patrimony. He then invaded Flanders and forced Joanna and Ferdinand to recognise his marriage to Margaret. He then fought at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214, under the (losing) Flemish banner. Philip Augustus, the king of France and victor of Bouvines, then counselled the pope, Innocent III, to declare the marriage of Bouchard and Margaret illegal. Innocent eventually excommunicated Bouchard on 19 January 1216. They took refuge in Luxembourg. In 1219, Bouchard was captured in battle and would be imprisoned in Ghent for two years. To obtain his release, Margaret accepted the dissolution of the marriage and Bouchard left for Italy to fight for the Holy See. Upon his return, he was decapitated at Rupelmonde on the orders of Joanna.

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler. [S160] Wikipedia. [S1526] The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, Wife of Reverend John Owsley, Generations 1-15, Fourth Preliminary Edition, by Ronny O. Bodine and Bro. Thomas Spalding, Jr. 2013., year only. [S1526] The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, Wife of Reverend John Owsley, Generations 1-15, Fourth Preliminary Edition, by Ronny O. Bodine and Bro. Thomas Spalding, Jr. 2013.