Guy van Avennes (also spelt as Guy van Avesnes; Dutch Gwijde van Avesnes) (c. 1253 – 23 May 1317, Utrecht) was Bishop of Utrecht from 1301 to 1317. He...

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...

John of 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...

saint Guy of Avesnes (1253–1317), Bishop of Utrecht Guy I (disambiguation) Guy II (disambiguation) Guy III (disambiguation) Guy, Count of Flanders (c...

of Avesnes (also Jacques or Jacob; 1152 – 7 September 1191) was a son of Nicholas d'Oisy, Lord of Avesnes and Matilda de la Roche. He was the lord of...

Bishop-Elect of Utrecht 1290 (1290) – 1296 (1296): John II van Sierck 1296 (1296) – 1301 (1301): Willem II Berthout 1301 (1301) – 1317 (1317): Guy of Avesnes 1317 (1317) –...

Matilda of Brabant, and a sister of William II, Count of Holland and King of Germany. On 9 October 1246, Adelaide married John I of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut...

near Castle Blodenburg. A fleet led by William and his uncle Guy of Avesnes, bishop of Utrecht however was defeated by the Flemings, the bishop being...

of his grandmother, Countess Margaret I of Hainaut. John continued the war between the House of Dampierre and the Avesnes family against Count Guy of...

relatively unscathed in the cathedral is that of the 14th-century Bishop Guy of Avesnes – the brother of John II, Count of Holland, Hainaut, and Zeeland. There...

Medea guilty of the death of many honest knights". He related that after the capture of Guy and John of Dampierre at Westkappel, John of Avesnes sought to...

coalition of the Dutch and his own rebellious subjects. His intended successor as bishop, Adolf II of Waldeck, was passed over in favour of Guy of Avesnes. Müller...

by John I of Avesnes, Guy was also Count of Namur from 1263 on. Robert III ("the Lion of Flanders") (r. 1305–1322), son of Guy I, Count of Flanders, by...

Countess of Blois, also known as Marie of Avesnes, (1200–1241) was countess of Blois from 1230 to 1241. She was the daughter of Walter of Avesnes and Margaret...

1252) April 20 – Agnes of Montepulciano, Italian prioress and saint (b. 1268) May 23 – Guy of Avesnes, French bishop (House of Avesnes) (b. 1253) June 23...

Baldwin of Avesnes (September 1219 in Oizy – 10 April 1295 in Avesnes) was a son of Bouchard IV of Avesnes and his wife, Margaret II of Flanders. His...

Guy II of Châtillon, Count of Blois (died 22 December 1397), the youngest son of Louis I of Châtillon and Joan of Avesnes, was Count of Blois and Soissons...

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...

effect of finished works on a "lone perceiver" or viewer. Woodcut of 1563 from Foxe's Book of Martyrs Defaced tomb effigy of Bishop Guy of Avesnes, Utrecht...

Blois and Lord of Avesnes 1307–1342. In 1310, he married Margaret of Valois, daughter of Charles of Valois and sister of Philip VI of France. They had...

Willem, French: Guillaume; c. 1286 – 7 June 1337) was count of Hainaut (as William I), Avesnes, Holland (as William III), and Zeeland (as William II) from...

of Flanders in 1246 to ensure that it would go to the Dampierre children of her second marriage, rather than the Avesnes children of her first.) Guy and...

1322) served as Bishop of Utrecht from 1317 until his death in 1322. Frederick van Sierck was the protégé of William III, Count of Holland, who had managed...

earliest history of the Castle Ten Goye is unknown. It was first mentioned in 1259, but was a lot older. In 1317, it was besieged by Guy of Avesnes, the Prince-Bishop...

Guy of Avesnes. In 1304, he inherited the lands of Ter Leede as he was the only surviving heir of the Ter Leede lineage. He was in favor of William I...

Louis II of Châtillon (died 26 August 1346), son of Guy I, Count of Blois and Margaret of Valois, was count of Blois and lord of Avesnes from 1342 to...

Nicosia in January 1330 Guy of Lusignan (d. 1343), titular Prince of Galilee, married second on September 9, 1347 Robert of Taranto, the titular Latin...

Guy of Dampierre. The contested division of the rights to Margaret's inheritance between the sons of Avesnes and those of Dampierre were the cause of...

John I of Avesnes. Margaret officially invested William as count in 1247. In November of that year, William married Beatrice of Brabant, daughter of Henry...

1252) April 20 – Agnes of Montepulciano, Italian prioress and saint (b. 1268) May 23 – Guy of Avesnes, French bishop (House of Avesnes) (b. 1253) June 23...