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Birth:          ABT 1247 Brabant
Death:          22 Aug 1304 Valenciennes, Nord, France

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_II,_Count_of_Holland
John II of Avesnes (1247 – 22 August 1304) was Count of Hainaut, Holland, and 
Zeeland.
Life[edit]

John II, born 1247, was the oldest son of John I of Avesnes and Adelaide of Holland, 
daughter of Floris IV, Count of Holland.[1] He was Count of Hainaut from 1280 to his 
death and Count of Holland from 1299 until his death.[1] John continued the war 
between the House of Dampierre and the House of Avesnes against count Guy of 
Flanders for imperial Flanders.

He became Count of Holland in 1299 with the death of John I, Count of Holland,[2] 
through his mother Adelaide of Holland, heiress and regent of this county. The 
personal union he established between Hainaut and Holland–Zeeland lasted for 
another half-century.[2]

His cousin, Count Floris V, was fighting against Flanders for Zeeland.[3] He sought 
help of France against Flanders.[3] The French defeated the Flemish in 1300 and 
1301. The rebels in Zeeland were defeated as well. John's brother, Guy of Avesnes, 
became Bishop of Utrecht.[4] So all his main enemies were gone.

The tide changed dramatically after a Flemish uprising and the defeat of the French 
army at the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302, where his eldest son was killed 
fighting for the French. Flemish patriots attacked Hainaut and Zeeland supported by 
the dissatisfied population there. Guy of Namur defeated John's son, William, in a 
battle on the island of Duiveland. Bishop Guy of Utrecht was taken prisoner. Guy of 
Namur and Duke John II of Brabant conquered most of Utrecht, Holland, and Zeeland. 
Guy of Namur was finally defeated in 1304 by the fleet of Holland and France at the 
naval Battle of Zierikzee. John II regained most of his authority when he died in the 
same year.

Family[edit]

In 1270, John married Philippa of Luxembourg,[5] daughter of Count Henry V of 
Luxembourg and Margaret of Bar. Their children were:
1.John, Lord of Beaumont, Count of Ostervant. Killed in battle near (11 July 1302).[1]
2.Henry, a canon in Cambrai, (died 1303).[1]
3.William I, Count of Hainaut (c.?1286 – 7 June 1337) He succeeded his father in 
1304. Married Joan of Valois, daughter of Charles, Count of Valois.[1]
4.John of Beaumont (1288 – 11 March 1356). He was married to Margaret, Countess 
de Soissons.[1]
5.Margaret (died 18 October 1342), married Robert II of Artois, who was killed at the 
Battle of the Golden Spurs, 11 July 1302.[1]
6.Alice or Alix (d. 26 October 1317), who married 1290 Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of 
Norfolk, by whom she had no issue.[1]
7.Isabelle (died 1305), married Raoul de Clermont Lord of Nesle, who was killed in 
battle at the Battle of the Golden Spurs, 11 July 1302.[1]
8.Joan, a nun at Fontenelles.[1]
9.Mary of Avesnes (1280–1354), married Louis I, Duke of Bourbon.[1]
10.Matilda, Abbess of Nivelles.[1]
11.Willem de Cuser (illegitimate)[6]
12.Aleid van Zandenburg (illegitimate), who was married firstly to Wolfert II of 
Borselen, lord of Veere, and secondly to Otto III of Buren.[7]

Parents
D'AVESNES Jean I (John I) (1 May 1218 - 24 Dec 1257)
OF HOLLAND Adelaide (Aleida) (Alhildis) (Aleide) (ABT 1226 - 1284)

Siblings
D'AVESNES Jean II (John II) (ABT 1247 - 22 Aug 1304)

Marriage To DE LUXEMBOURG Philippa (ABT 1252 - 6 Apr 1311)
    m. 1270 

Notes

Parents
____ Henri III (II) "the Blond" (1216 - 24 Dec 1281)
DE BAR MOUSSON Margaret (Mathilde) (Marguerite) (ABT 1220 - 25 Nov 1275)

Children by DE LUXEMBOURG Philippa ABT 1252 - 6 Apr 1311
D'AVESNES William (Willem) III (1286 - 7 Jun 1337)

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