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Yolande de Dreux

Female - 1255


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Yolande de Dreux (daughter of Sir Pierre de Vreux, Duke of Brittany and Alix de Thouars, Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Richmond); died in 1255.

    Notes:

    Parents: von Redlich (1941) gives her father as Robert, Count of Dreux.

    Family/Spouse: Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy. Hugh was born in 1212; died in 1272. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Alix of Burgundy died on 23 Oct 1273.

    Family/Spouse: Hugh XI de Lusignan, Count of Ponthieu, la Marche and Angoulême . Hugh (son of Hugh X "le Brun" de Lusignan, Count de la Marche and Angoulême and Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England) was born in 1220; died in 1260. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Hugh XII de Lusignan, Count de la Marche and Angoulême died in 1282.
    2. Gui de Lusignan, Sire of Cognac

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sir Pierre de Vreux, Duke of Brittany was born about 1187 (son of Robert II, Count of Dreux and Braine and Yolande de Coucy); died in 1240.

    Notes:

    Death: The Directory of Royal Genealogy gives his death date as 22 June 1250.

    Name:
    He was also known as Pierre Mauclerc de Braine.

    He was also the Earl of Richmond.

    Pierre married Alix de Thouars, Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Richmond in 1213. Alix (daughter of Gui de Thouars, Duke of Brittany and Constance, Duchess of Brittany) was born in 1201; died in 1221; was buried on 24 Nov 1225 in Abbey of Villeneuve, Les Sorinières, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Alix de Thouars, Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Richmond was born in 1201 (daughter of Gui de Thouars, Duke of Brittany and Constance, Duchess of Brittany); died in 1221; was buried on 24 Nov 1225 in Abbey of Villeneuve, Les Sorinières, Pays de la Loire, France.
    Children:
    1. John of Brittany "the Red", Duke of Brittany died in 1286.
    2. 1. Yolande de Dreux died in 1255.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert II, Count of Dreux and Braine was born in 1154 (son of Robert I "le Grand", Count of Dreux, Perche and Braine and Agnès de Baudément, Countesss of Braine-sur-Vesle); died on 28 Dec 1218; was buried in Saint-Yved de Braine, Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military: 1191, Acre, Holy Land; He was at Acre in 1191 during the Third Crusade.
    • Military: 27 Jul 1214; At the Battle of Bouvines, 27 July 1214, he fought against the Emperor Otto and the English.

    Notes:

    Name:


    Military:

    Robert married Yolande de Coucy in 1184. Yolande (daughter of Raoul I de Coucy, Sire de Coucy and Marle and Agnes of Hainault) was born about 1168; died on 8 Mar 1222; was buried in Saint-Yved de Braine, Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Yolande de Coucy was born about 1168 (daughter of Raoul I de Coucy, Sire de Coucy and Marle and Agnes of Hainault); died on 8 Mar 1222; was buried in Saint-Yved de Braine, Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France.
    Children:
    1. 2. Sir Pierre de Vreux, Duke of Brittany was born about 1187; died in 1240.
    2. Philippa de Dreux, Dame de Coucy was born in 1192 in France; died on 17 Mar 1242.

  3. 6.  Gui de Thouars, Duke of Brittany (son of Geoffroi IV, Vicomte de Thouars); died on 13 Apr 1213 in Chemillé-Melay, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried on 24 Nov 1225 in Abbey of Villeneuve, Les Sorinières, Pays de la Loire, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    Death: Weis (1982) gives his death date as 1218.

    History:
    Gui de Thouars served between 1203 and 1213 as Regent of Brittany on behalf of his daughter, Alix.

    On October 1203, King Philip Augustus of France, granted him the castles of Chemillé and Brissac.

    Gui married Constance, Duchess of Brittany in 1199 in Angers, Pays de la Loire, France. Constance (daughter of Conan IV "la Petit", Duke of Brittany and Margaret de Huntingdon) was born about 1162; died on 5 Sep 1201 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried on 24 Nov 1225 in Abbey of Villeneuve, Les Sorinières, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Constance, Duchess of Brittany was born about 1162 (daughter of Conan IV "la Petit", Duke of Brittany and Margaret de Huntingdon); died on 5 Sep 1201 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried on 24 Nov 1225 in Abbey of Villeneuve, Les Sorinières, Pays de la Loire, France.
    Children:
    1. 3. Alix de Thouars, Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Richmond was born in 1201; died in 1221; was buried on 24 Nov 1225 in Abbey of Villeneuve, Les Sorinières, Pays de la Loire, France.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Robert I "le Grand", Count of Dreux, Perche and BraineRobert I "le Grand", Count of Dreux, Perche and Braine was born about 1123 (son of Louis VI "le Gros", King of France and Adelaide of Maurienne); died on 11 Oct 1188 in Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Saint-Yved de Braine, Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title(s): 1137; He received the County of Dreux as an appanage from his father, the King in 1137.
    • Military: 1148, Damascus, Syria; Robert I participated in the Second Crusade and was at the Siege of Damascus in 1148. He was credited for bringing the Damask rose from Syria to Europe.
    • Military: 1158; In 1158 he fought against the English.
    • Last Full Review: 2 Oct 2020

    Notes:

    Name:


    Robert married Agnès de Baudément, Countesss of Braine-sur-Vesle in 1152. Agnès (daughter of Guy de Baudemont, Count de Braine and Alix) was born in 1130 in Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France; died on 24 Jul 1204 in Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Saint-Yved de Braine, Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Agnès de Baudément, Countesss of Braine-sur-VesleAgnès de Baudément, Countesss of Braine-sur-Vesle was born in 1130 in Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France (daughter of Guy de Baudemont, Count de Braine and Alix); died on 24 Jul 1204 in Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Saint-Yved de Braine, Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Last Full Review: 2 Oct 2020

    Children:
    1. 4. Robert II, Count of Dreux and Braine was born in 1154; died on 28 Dec 1218; was buried in Saint-Yved de Braine, Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France.
    2. Henry, Bishop of Orléans was born in 1155; died in 1199.
    3. Alix was born in 1156.
    4. Philippe, Bishop of Beauvais was born in 1158; died in 1217.
    5. Isabella was born in 1160; died in 1239.
    6. Peter was born in 1161; died in 1186.
    7. William, Lord of Braye, Torcy, and Chilly was born in 1163.
    8. John was born in 1164.
    9. Mamilie was born in 1166; died in 1200.
    10. Margaret was born in 1167.

  3. 10.  Raoul I de Coucy, Sire de Coucy and Marle was born about 1135 (son of Enguerrand II, Sire de Coucy, Marle and Le Fere and Agnes de Beaugency); died in Nov 1191 in Acre, Holy Land.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military: say 1185; He followed Philip Augustus on the third Crusade.

    Notes:

    Burial: Stuart (2002) states he was buried in Foisny, but where this is, I do not know.

    Name:


    He was an adherent of Philip Augustus.

    Died:
    He was killed in battle.

    Raoul married Agnes of Hainault before 1164. Agnes (daughter of Baldwin IV "le Bâtisseur", Count of Hainaut and Alice de Namur) was born about 1142; died between 1168 and 1173. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Agnes of Hainault was born about 1142 (daughter of Baldwin IV "le Bâtisseur", Count of Hainaut and Alice de Namur); died between 1168 and 1173.
    Children:
    1. 5. Yolande de Coucy was born about 1168; died on 8 Mar 1222; was buried in Saint-Yved de Braine, Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France.

  5. 12.  Geoffroi IV, Vicomte de Thouars
    Children:
    1. 6. Gui de Thouars, Duke of Brittany died on 13 Apr 1213 in Chemillé-Melay, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried on 24 Nov 1225 in Abbey of Villeneuve, Les Sorinières, Pays de la Loire, France.

  6. 14.  Conan IV "la Petit", Duke of Brittany (son of Alan II, Earl of Richmond and Bertha of Brittany); died on 20 Feb 1171.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    History:
    He was also the Earl of Richmond.

    Conan married Margaret de Huntingdon in 1160. Margaret (daughter of Henry of Huntingdon, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland and Ada de Warenne) was born in 1154 in Northumberland, England; died in 1201. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 15.  Margaret de Huntingdon was born in 1154 in Northumberland, England (daughter of Henry of Huntingdon, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland and Ada de Warenne); died in 1201.
    Children:
    1. 7. Constance, Duchess of Brittany was born about 1162; died on 5 Sep 1201 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried on 24 Nov 1225 in Abbey of Villeneuve, Les Sorinières, Pays de la Loire, France.