Avesnes (1 May 1218 – 24 December 1257) was the count of Hainaut from 1246 to his death. Born in Houffalize, John was the eldest son of Margaret II of...

of Utrecht from 1296 until his death in battle in 1301. He succeeded Jan II van Sierck. Willem was a leader of the Berthout family, which ruled over the...

were: Friar Hendrik Wisse van Borselen Raas van Borselen, bastard brother Jan Mulart van Borselen, bastard brother Wolfert II and his siblings. These all...

John II van Sierck 1296 (1296) – 1301 (1301): Willem II Berthout 1301 (1301) – 1317 (1317): Guy of Avesnes 1317 (1317) – 1322 (1322): Frederik II van Sierck...

enormous influence in the 13th century. Their partisanship with John of Avesnes, Count of Holland was not without importance, but it increased when the...

stone was inscribed. Another discovery of hers was that Bishop Guy of Avesnes from Utrecht had visited the city in 1306 just before 17 September, known...

Holland and Brabant. He was a counsellor to the bishop of Utrecht, Guy of Avesnes. In 1304, he inherited the lands of Ter Leede as he was the only surviving...

July 1266. Floris was supported by the count of Hainaut of the house of Avesnes, who was an arch-enemy of the count of Flanders of the house of Dampierre...

Fontenelle. Joan and William had: William II, Count of Hainaut (1307–1345) John (died 1316) Margaret II of Avesnes, Holy Roman Empress (1311–1356), Countess...

County of Zeeland had been very restive after the death of the last male Avesnes count William IV of Holland and Zeeland. In 1349-1350 William of Bavaria...

the form of an 18-meter-high, nine-level tower. The tower made of white Avesnes stone was shipped in parts from Floris’ workshop in Antwerp to the church...

concise form. Wolfert II van Borselen (c. 1280–1317) Lord of Zandenburg, married Aleid of Avesnes, bastard daughter of John II, Count of Holland. He was...

Holland (present day provinces North and South Holland and Zeeland). Floris II was the first count who restyled his name from count of "West-Frisia", in...

in 1561. He died on 14 March 1561. His sons Peter II and Jan II continued the bellfoundry. Jan II died on 22 July 1573: he made some bells which can...

the Holy Family, Pieter van Avont, oil on wood Martyrdom of saint Maurice and his companions, Jan Boeckorst known as Lange Jan, oil on canvas (1661) Allegory...

Count of Holland awarded the Lordship of Woerden to his brother Guy of Avesnes, who became Bishop of Utrecht the following year. In 1311, Guy returned...

Dumont, "Handelsverdrag tussen Filips de Schone, koning van Frankrijk, en Jan van Avesnes, graaf van Henegouwen, 1297", tr. H. Coppens, in Doorheen de nationale...

Count of Aumale John II of Trie, Count of Dammartin John II of Brienne, Count of Eu John of Avesnes, Count of Ostrevent, son of John II, Count of Holland...

Raoul II/III of Clermont-Nesle (c. 1245 – Kortrijk, 11 July 1302) was Seigneur (Lord) of Nesle in Picardy (de), Viscount of Châteaudun (de), Grand Chamberlain...

HarperCollins. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-0-00-472079-1. Verbruggen, Jan F.; Verbruggen, Jan F. (1998). The art of warfare in Western Europe during the Middle...

1563 from Foxe's Book of Martyrs Defaced tomb effigy of Bishop Guy of Avesnes, Utrecht cathedral Dutch print, 1786 Weyn Ockers in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam...

Thérèse-Monique Carlin (1785–1844), Founder of the Sisters of Saint Thérèse of Avesnes (France) Perrine Éluère (rel. name: Marie of Saint Peter) (1816–1848),...

John the Evangelist; before 1147; illumination on parchment; 35.5 cm; Avesnes-sur-Helpe (France) The stoning of Saint Stephen; 1160s; fresco; height:...

Quesnoy in 1212, with Bouchard Avesnes, her teacher she had chosen herself, she had two surviving sons, John and Baldwin of Avesnes. She divorced, for reasons...

Bergues, Hazebrouck, Lille, Douai, Cambray, Valenciennes, Le Quesnoy, and Avesnes, while Pas-de-Calais comprised Arras, Bapaume, Béthune, Boulogne, Calais...

late 1940s, the building was then used by the Royal Grammar School John Avesnes from the 1960s to the early 1990s. Since the completion of the conversion...

over 1,666 km2 (643 sq mi), had a population of 1,515,061 that same year (Jan. 2020 census), the fourth most populated in France after Paris, Lyon, and...

claims over the County of Zeeland. He acknowledges William II the Good as count of Avesnes, Holland, and Zeeland as a state within the Holy Roman Empire...

history of the Hooglandse Kerk began when the bishop of Utrecht, Gwijde of Avesnes, granted permission on 20 December 1314 for the construction of a wooden...

and the consequent loss of fortified border towns such as Cambrai and Avesnes had sparked the need to found new forts to defend the border. The original...