Matthew of Flanders

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).