The Avesnes family played an important role during the Middle Ages. The family has its roots in the small village Avesnes-sur-Helpe, in the north of France.

One branch produced a number of counts of Holland during the 13th century.The family died out in the 16th century.

Contents 1 Members 1.1 Lords of Avesnes 1.2 Counts of Hainaut and Holland 1.3 Other members 2 See also 3 External links 4 Bibliography

[edit] Members

[edit] Lords of Avesnes

• Wédric le Sor or "le Roux", lord of Avesnes
• Wédric II le Barbu (? - 1076), lord of Avesnes, Condé, Leuze and Landrecies.
• Thierry d'Avesnes (? - 1106), lord of Avesnes, Condé, Leuze and Landrecies; son of Wédric II.
• Gossuin I le Borgne ( ? - 1120), lord of Avesnes, Condé, Leuze and Landrecies; son of Fastré d'Oisy and Ide, daughter of Wédric II.
• Gossuin II d'Avesnes ( ? - 1127), lord of Avesnes, Condé, Leuze and Landrecies; son of Gossuin I.
• Walter I of Avesnes Pulechel (1110-1147), viscount of Tournai, lord of Avesnes, Condé, Leuze and Landrecies; son of Gossuin II.
• Nicolas le Beau (1129-1171), lord of Avesnes, Condé, Leuze and Landrecies.
• James of Avesnes (1150-1191), lord of Avesnes, Condé, Leuze and Landrecies.
• Walter II of Avesnes (1180?-1246), lord of Avesnes, Condé, Leuze, Landrecies, Guise and Trélon.
• Bouchard IV of Avesnes (1182-1244), lord of Avesnes, Condé, Leuze, Landrecies, Guise and Trélon.

After the death of Bouchard, the lordship passed to the Counts of Blois.

[edit] Counts of Hainaut and Holland

• John I of Avesnes (1218–1257), count of Hainaut (r. 1246-1257)
• John II of Avesnes count of Hainaut and Holland (r. 1280-1304).
• William III of Avesnes (1286-1337), count of Hainaut and Holland (r. 1304-1337).
• William IV of Avesnes (r. 1337-1345).
• Margaret II of Hainaut, countess of Hainaut and Holland (r. 1345-1356) married Louis IV Wittelsbach, Holy Roman Emperor and Duke of Bavaria.

[edit] Other members

• Guy of Avesnes, bishop of Utrecht

[edit] See also

• Counts of Hainaut family tree

[edit] External links

• The History Files: The Kings of Holland (uses Dutch spellings of names)

[edit] Bibliography

• Adrien-Joseph Michaux, Chronologie historique des seigneurs de la terre et pairie d'Avesnes, Office d'édition et de diffusion du livre d'histoire, Paris, 1994 OCLC 36103867.

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