Events
Date of Birth: about 1137.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The date is given by Cawley.
Date of Death: 25 December 1173.
Place of Death: Driencourt (killed in battle).
The date and place are given by Cawley.
Place of Burial: Abbaye de Saint-Josse.
The place is given by Cawley.
Relationships
Father: Thierry I, count of Flanders.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:721), by Keats-Rohan (p. 224), by van Eickels, and by Tanner.
Mother: Sybil of Anjou.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:721), by Keats-Rohan (p. 224), by van Eickels, and by Tanner.
Spouse: Marie of Blois, countess of Boulogne.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:722), by Keats-Rohan (p. 224), by van Eickels, and by Tanner.
Spouse: Eleanor of Vermandois. Married 1171.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:722) and by van Eickels.
Children (by Marie):
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)
Ida (about 1160 - 21 April 1216) married (1) Matthew; married (2) Gerard of Guelders; married (3) Berthold IV, duke of Zähringen; married (4) Renaud de Dammartin.
Matilda (1170 - 16 October 1210) married Henry I “the Courageous”, duke of Lower Lorraine, duke of Brabant.
References
Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).
Cawley, Charles. “MATHIEU de Flandre” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Eickels, Karl van. Flandern genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.
Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).
Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).