Clemence de Bar-le-Duc

Countess of Dammartin

Events

Date of Birth: between about 1115 and 1120.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Mathieu (p. 29).

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Renaud I, count of Bar.

This relationship is given by Poull (p. 103) and by Mathieu (p. 28).

Mother: Gisèle de Vaudémont.

This relationship is given by Poull (p. 103) and by Mathieu (p. 28).

Spouse: a son of Pierre, count of Dammartin.

This relationship is suggested by Mathieu (p. 30). This spouse is often given as Lancelin de Bulles. Mathieu (p. 29) argues that this is impossible since Lancelin’s widow Adéläide was alive in 1134, and it was through her that Lancelin held his rights to Dammartin. Mathieu (p. 30) also rejects the hypothesis that this spouse was a hypothetical son, Aubry, of the same Adéläide through a previous marriage of hers to Aubri Payen de Mello: this hypothesis was meant to account for the name of Aubry II, but Aubry II’s father, Aubry le Chambrier, is known to have been still alive after the death of Renaud.

Spouse: Renaud II, count of Clermont. Married about 1135.

This relationship is given by Poull (p. 103) and by Mathieu (p. 28).

(possible) Spouse: Thibaut (III) de Crépy.

This is given by Poull (p. 103).

Children (by Renaud):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Raoul “le Roux” (died 15 October 1191), count of Clermont, married Alix de Breteuil.

Simon, lord of Ailly, married Mathilde de Breteuil.

Étienne.

Mathilde married Aubry II, count of Dammartin.

Guy.

Renaud.

Hugues, bishop of Metz.

Gauthier.

Marguerite married Guy (III) de Senlis.

Constance married Roricon de la Tournelle.

Children (by Thibaut):

Philippe, lord of Crépy (died about 1228).

Guy de Crépy (died about 1223).

Gaucher de Crépy.

References

Mathieu, Jean-Noël. “Recherches sur les premiers comtes de Dammartin” in Paris et Ile-de-France mémoires, tome 47, (Fédération de sociétés historiques et archéologiques de Paris et de l’Ile-de-France: Paris, 1996) pp. 1-59.

Poull, Georges. La Maison souveraine et ducale de Bar, (Presses Universitaires de Nancy, 1994).