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Birth:          ABT 1165 Bourbon-l'Archambault, Auvergne, France
Death:          18 Jun 1228 
Burial:         Fontrevault, Montelaux Moines

Notes
died as a nun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_II_of_Dampierre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathilde_of_Bourbon
Mathilde of Bourbon (French: Mahaut de Bourbon; c.?1165/69[1] – 18 June 1228) was 
a French noblewoman. She was the ruling Lady of Bourbon from 1171 until her death.
[2]
Life[edit]

Matilda was the only child of Archambault of Bourbon and his wife Alix (or Adelaide) of 
Burgundy. She was born in the second half of the 1160s.

Her father, the heir apparent of Bourbon, died in 1169, without ever inheriting the 
lordship. Her grandfather, Archambault VII, died in 1171. Mathilde, as his only 
surviving grandchild, succeeded him.

Before 1183, she married Gaucher IV of Vienne, Lord of Salins.[1] After he returned 
from the Third Crusade, they frequently quarreled. In the end, he became violent and 
had her locked up.[3]:p. 117 She fled to her grandmother's estate in Champagne[3]:p. 
217 During her escape, she allegedly also used violence,[3]:p. 117 and for this she 
was excommunicated by Archbishop Henri de Sully of Bourges.[4] After she arrived in 
Champagne, she asked Pope Celestine III for a divorce from her husband, arguing that 
Gaucher IV and she were close relatives and that the marriage therefore had been 
inadmissible. The Pope tasked the bishops of Autun and Troyes and the abbot of 
Monthiers-en-Argonne with investigating her claim. These men found that Mathilde and 
her husband were third cousins, as they were both great-great-grandchildren of 
William II, Count of Burgundy, and that, therefore, her claim that they were too closely 
related was justified. The pope granted the divorce,[5] and also lifted the 
excommunication.

In September 1196,[6] only a few months after her divorce, she married Lord Guy II of 
Dampierre. Thus, the Bourbonnais fell to the House of Dampierre. This marriage lasted 
20 years: he died in 1216.

Mathilde died twelve years after her husband. After her death, Margaret, her daughter 
from her first marriage claimed the Lordship of Bourbon. Guy II had initially recognized 
Margaret as heir of Bourbon, however, he later claimed the Lordship for his oldest son, 
Archambault VIII. In the end, Archambault prevailed.

Marriages and issue[edit]

Her first husband was Gaucher IV of Vienne, Lord of Salins. Together, they had one 
daughter:
Margaret of Vienne (c.?1190/95 – c.?1259), married: 1.William III of Forcalquier
2.Joceran, Lord of Brancion


Her second husband was Guy II of Dampierre. With him, she had seven children:[1]
Archambaud VIII (1189-1242), Lord of Bourbon
William II (1196-1231), married Margaret II, Countess of Flanders and Hainaut (d. 
1280), a daughter of Latin Emperor Baldwin I of Constantinople
Philippe (d. 1223), married in 1205 to Guigues IV, Count of Forez (d. 1241)
Guy III of Dampierre (d. 22 March 1275)
Marie, married: 1.around 1201 to Hervé of Vierzon
2.in 1220 to Henry I of Sully

Joan
Margaret
[marriage date probably is a typo, should be 1186]
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I06863

Parents
OF BOURBON Archambaud (29 Jun 1140 - 26 Jul 1169)
OF BURGUNDY Alix (Adelheid) (1146 - 1192)

Siblings
OF BOURBON Mathilda (ABT 1165 - 18 Jun 1228)

Marriage To ____ Gui II (ABT 1150 - 18 Jan 1216)
    m. Sep 1186 

Notes

Parents
____ William I (ABT 1130 - AFT 1161)
DE MOUCHY Ermengarde (ABT 1130 - )

Children by ____ Gui II ABT 1150 - 18 Jan 1216
DE BOURBON (DAMPIERRE-BOURBON) Archambaud VIII "the Great" (1189 - 23 Jul 1242)

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