Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: about 25 December 1147.
Place of Death: Ephesus.
The date and place are given by Brunel (p. vi).
Relationships
Father: Guillaume (I) “Talvas”, count of Ponthieu.
This relationship is given by Du Cange (1:101), by Power, by Brunel (p. v), by Keats-Rohan (p. 236), and by Tanner.
Mother: Hélie de Bourgogne.
This relationship is given by Du Cange (1:102), by Power, by Keats-Rohan (p. 236), and by Tanner.
Spouse: Ida.
This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 100), by Power, and by Tanner.
Children:
Jean (I) (died 30 June 1191), count of Ponthieu, married (1) Mathilde; (2) Laure de Saint-Valéry; married (3) Béatrix de Saint-Pol.
Guy.
Agnès.
Evidence
Evidence for Guy's relationships:
From a charter of about 1144:
...et hoc assensu patris mei Willermi et domine Ele, matris mee, fratris mei Johannis et uxoris mee Ide et filii mei Johannis...
References
Brunel, Clovis. Recueil des actes des comtes de Pontieu (1026-1279), (Paris, 1930).
Cartulaire du comté de Ponthieu (M. Ernest Prarond) (Abbeville, 1897).
Cawley, Charles. GUY (II) de Ponthieu in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).
Du Cange, Charles Du Fresne. Histoire des comtes de Ponthieu et de Montreuil A. Le Sueur, ed. (Paris:1916)
Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).
Power, Daniel. The Norman Frontier in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries. (Cambridge University Press, 2004).
Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).