Guillaume II de Nevers

Abt 1070 - 1148  (~ 78 years)

• Name	Guillaume II de Nevers
  Birth	Abt 1070  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Aug 1148  [1]
  Person ID	I12831	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Renaud II de Nevers   d. 5 Aug 1089
  Mother	Agnès de Beaugency
  Family ID	F7969	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adelaide
  Children	+ 1. Anne de Nevers + 2. Guillaume III de Nevers   d. 21 Nov 1161
  Family ID	F7968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 May 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Comte de Nevers. From Leo van de Pas: He took part in the crusade of 1101. He set out in February that year with 15,000 men, but his army failed to take the heavily garrisoned Konya and was decimated at the disastrous Battle of Heraclea Cybistra. He arrived in Antioch with only a handful of knights. Guillaume persuaded Louis VI, king of France, to break the peace with England's King Henry I and throw his support behind William Clito of Normandy, count of Flanders, in 1115. Guillaume was imprisoned shortly afterwards by Thibaut IV, comte de Blois et Chartres. Guillaume participated in the Council of Troyes which opened on 14 January 1129 and is known for his support of the Second Crusade. He died on 21 August 1148, and is believed to have been buried in Chartreuse.

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler.