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Guillaume II de Nevers

Male Abt 1070 - 1148  (~ 78 years)


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