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    Holland and King of Germany. On 9 October 1246, Adelaide married John I of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut. Like her mother, she was a patron of religious houses...
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  • Guy of Avesnes. Müller, Pieter Lodewijk (1898). "Wilhelm II.". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 43 (Online ed.). pp. 208–209. Van der Aa...
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    van Cleve, oil on wood (16th century) Christ blessing the Virgin, Jacob Cornelisz van Amsterdam, oil on wood (16th century) The Virgin, the Infant Jesus...
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    of Avesnes 1317 (1317) – 1322 (1322): Frederik II van Sierck 1322 (1322) – 1322 (1322): Jacob van Oudshoorn 1322 (1322) – 1340 (1340): Jan III van Diest...
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    1563 from Foxe's Book of Martyrs Defaced tomb effigy of Bishop Guy of Avesnes, Utrecht cathedral Catacomb saints Destruction of cultural heritage by...
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    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...
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  • universally accepted. Frederick van Sierck was buried in a chapel named after him in the Dom Church. Slee, Jacob Cornelis van (1878). "Friedrich von Sirck"...
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    attendees included Leopold VI of Austria, Otto I of Merania, Walter II of Avesnes, and numerous archbishops and bishops. The war plan of John of Brienne...
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    the fief of Saint Abraham, to Geldemar Carpinel, the bishop Gerard of Avesnes, Hugh of Rebecques, Walter Mohamet and Baldwin of Saint Abraham. As a Frankish...
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  • Siege of Amsterdam William of Avesnes, commanding an army of the County of Holland captures Amsterdam from Jan I van Amstel, lord of Amstelland. Siege...
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    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),...
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    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...
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    Villars formed against each other in line of battle, this time along the Avesnes-le-Comte–Arras sector of the Lines of Ne Plus Ultra. Expecting another...
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  • WW1) 1764: St. Gummarus Church, Lier, Belgium 1766: city hall, Goes 1767: Avesnes-sur-Helpe 1767: Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, Brussels 1768:...
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    (1314–1369). Phillipa was the daughter of William I, Count of Hainaut of Avesnes and Holland, who was an ally of Charles IV. On 1 February, Charles IV died...
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    Dumont, "Handelsverdrag tussen Filips de Schone, koning van Frankrijk, en Jan van Avesnes, graaf van Henegouwen, 1297", tr. H. Coppens, in Doorheen de nationale...
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    are in the neo-Gothic style (19th century). It is built of stone from Avesnes (northern France), as well as the Dilbeek quarry, which is located in present-day...
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  • John of Beaumont (category Avesnes family)
    marine. Willem Bloys van Treslong (1529–1594), a captain of the Gueux de mer Jacob Arnout Bloys of Treslong (1756–1826), also called Jacob Arnold Bastingius...
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    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...
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  • 1793 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars) Battle of Avesnes-le-Sec – 1793 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)...
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    reconstruction of the tabernacle tower. It was constructed of natural stone (Avesnes limestone?), 35 Liège feet tall (ca. 10 meters), and consisted of six or...
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    assault for its rear. His plan appears to have been to allow the Frankish van and centre to proceed, in the hope that a fatal gap might be created between...
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    and the north: Bapaume (Artois) is 100 metres (330 ft) above sea level, Avesnes-sur-Helpe (Avesnois) is at 143 metres (469 ft) and Cambrai only 41 metres...
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  • 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. William...
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  • – Robert V de Brus, Scottish nobleman (b. 1215) April 10 – Baldwin of Avesnes, French nobleman (b. 1219) April 25 – Sancho IV (the Brave), king of Castile...
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  • Hyacinth of Poland, Polish missionary (b. 1185) December 24 – John of Avesnes, count of Hainaut (b. 1218) December 26 – Richard Blund (or Blundy), English...
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  • statesman (d. 1207) Imai Kanehira, Japanese general (d. 1184) James of Avesnes, French nobleman (d. 1191) Maria Komnene, Byzantine princess (d. 1182)...
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  • Siege of Martyropolis, 588 Battle of Maruli Maruzas Marwanids Mary of Avesnes Mary of Egypt Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples Mary the Younger Mary, Church...
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  • 13 – Philip I, archbishop of Cologne (b. 1130) September 7 – James of Avesnes, French nobleman September 9 – Conrad II, duke of Bohemia (b. 1136) September...
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  • Italian prioress and saint (b. 1268) May 23 – Guy of Avesnes, French bishop (House of Avesnes) (b. 1253) June 23 – Thawun Gyi, Burmese founder and ruler...
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