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unusual facts about John II, Count of Hainaut



Adolph III, Count of Waldeck

It was not until 1421 that Adolph's brother-in-law, Count John II of Ziegenhain, managed to mediate a compromise between the two brothers and theirs sons, Otto III and Wolrad.

Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia

Margaret of Thuringia (1449 – 13 July 1501), who married John II, Elector of Brandenburg, and whose direct main heirs have been Electors of Brandenburg, then Kings of Prussia, and then German Emperors.

Bianca of Savoy

In an attempt to curb the expansionist policies of Bianca's uncle John II, Marquess of Montferrat, an alliance was established on the 22 October 1349 between Savoy, governed by Amadeus III of Geneva and Louis II of Vaud with Giovanni Visconti of Milan.

Bible Historiale

Some of the most lavish 14th- and early 15th-century manuscripts are luxury copies commissioned by bibliophile magnates or royalty; John, Duke of Berry owned at least eight, with other notable patrons including Mahaut, Countess of Artois, Joan III, Countess of Burgundy, and several kings of France, including Charles V and John II, whose first copy was captured with him at the Battle of Poitiers.

Boffille de Juge

When John of Anjou, duke of Calabria, was conquered in Italy (1461) and fled to Provence, Boffille followed him.

Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania

Early in 1625 he became ruler of all West Pomerania on the death of the last Duke of Wolgast, Philipp Julius, and on the 19 February he was married to Elisabeth (24 September 1580 - 21 December 1653), fifth daughter of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, by his first wife, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen.

Charles I de Croÿ

Charles was in 1519 one of the negotiators during the talks which led to a militar alliance with John II, Duke of Cleves.

Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg

In Ahrensbök on 28 February 1625 Christian married his cousin Eleonore Sophie (b. Sonderburg, 14 February 1603 - d. Ballenstedt, 5 January 1675), daughter of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, by his second wife Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt (sister of his father Christian I) and also by birth a princess of Denmark as a granddaughter in the male line of King Christian III.

Conseil du Roi

Certain kings were unable to reduce their importance (Louis X, Philip VI, John II, Charles VI), while others were more successful (Charles V, Louis XI, Francis I).

Elisabeth of Hanau, Countess of Hohenlohe

John II, the last Count of Ziegenhain, died in 1450 without a male heir.

Enno III, Count of East Frisia

Firstly, he married Countess Walburgis of Rietberg (1556–1586), daughter and heiress of Count John II of Rietberg, Lord of Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund and Countess Agnes of Bentheim-Steinfurt.

Guaimar II of Amalfi

Guaimar II was the duke of Amalfi, ruling alongside his father, Manso II, and under the suzerainty of his namesake, Guaimar IV of Salerno, from 1047, when his father first associated him, to his and his father's deposition in 1052 by his uncle, John II, after the assassination of the prince of Salerno.

Haderslevhus

When Hans the Elder was proclaimed duke of Slesvig and Holstein (today Southern Jutland and Northern Germany), he took up residence in Haderslevhus, which now, in 1544, was an old, and worn-out building.

House of Ligne

The lords of Ligne belonged to the entourage of the Count of Hainaut at the time of the Crusades.

Hugh II of Chalon-Arlay

Hugh II of Chalon-Arlay (1334–1388) was the son and successor as lord of Chalon-Arlay to John II.

John II, Count of Blois

In February 1372, he married Mathilde of Guelders (d. 1384), the daughter and co-heir of Duke Reginald II of Guelders, and became Lord of Schoonhoven and Gouda.

John II, Count of Oldenburg

John II of Oldenburg is also the male-line ancestor of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and thus of Charles, Prince of Wales and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.

John II, Count of Soissons

Matilda was the widow of Richard II, the viscount of Beaumont-sur-Sarthe.

John II, Count of Ziegenhain

The Counts of Hohenlohe, who based their claim on the fact that Albert I of Hohenlohe had married Elisabeth of Hanau, who was a granddaughter of Count Gottfried VIII of Ziegenhain via her mother, Elisabeth of Ziegenhain, who had married Lord Ulrich V of Hanau.

John II, Count of Ziegenhain (died 14 February 1450) was the second son of Count Gottfried VIII of Ziegenhain and his wife Agnes of Brunswick.

After the early death of his elder brother Engelbert III in 1401, he succeeded as Count of Ziegenhain and Nidda.

John II, Duke of Bavaria

#Ernest I of Bavaria-Munich (1373–2 July 1438, Munich).

He was the third son of Stephen II and Elizabeth of Sicily.

#William III of Bavaria-Munich (1375, Munich–1435, Munich).

Duke John II of Bavaria-Munich (1341 – 1397), (German: Johann II, Herzog von Bayern-München), since 1375 Duke of Bavaria-Munich.

Otto II, Duke of Bavaria

John II, Duke of Brittany

Marie of France

John II, Duke of Opava-Ratibor

In 1397, John II and other noble councillors accused Wenceslaus IV of neglecting his duties as King of the Romans and asked him to summon an Imperial Diet.

John II was high steward of King Wenceslaus IV and this made him one of the most powerful men in the Kingdom of Bohemia.

Sigismund rewarded Sigismund by transferring the rights to Krnov back to John II, who had to redeem Krnov from Duke Louis II of Brieg.

John II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

The definite partitioning of Saxony into Saxe-Lauenburg, jointly ruled by John II and his brothers and Saxe-Wittenberg, ruled by their uncle Albert II, took place before 20 September 1296, when the Vierlande, Sadelbande (Land of Lauenburg), the Land of Ratzeburg, the Land of Darzing (later Amt Neuhaus), and the Land of Hadeln are mentioned as the separate territory of the brothers.

John II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal

The deed was issued on the castle at Werbellin, a village in the Schorfheide area to the west of the monastery.

John II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

#Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, later Anhalt-Dessau (d. Coswig, 19 January 1405).

John Kinnamos

that covered the years 1118-1176, thereby continuing the Alexiad of Anna Komnene, and covering the reigns of John II and Manuel I, up until Manuel's unsuccessful campaign against the Turks, which ended with the disastrous Battle of Myriokephalon and the rout of the Imperial army.

John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Count John Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken (19 October 1472 in Saarbrücken – 4 June 1545, ibid.) was the posthumous son of Count John II and his second wife, Elisabeth of Württemberg-Urach.

John of Brunswick-Lüneburg

John II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (d. 1401), canon in Hildesheim, Einbeck and Mainz, son of Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

John of Burgundy, Bishop of Cambrai

John of Burgundy (1404 – 27 April 1479), also known as Jean de Bourgogne, was the illegitimate son of John the Fearless, through his mistress Agnes de Croy, daughter of Jean I de Croÿ and was appointed Archbishop of Trier, served as Bishop of Cambrai from 1439–1479, Provost of St. Donatian's Cathedral and St. Peter's Cathedral at Lille.

John VI, Duke of Brittany

While captured by the English John II, Duke of Alençon had sold his feifdom of Fougères to John VI in order to raise the ransom for his release.

Maddalena Visconti

From 1375 to 1392 Frederick ruled with his brothers Stephen III and John II, Maddalena therefore ruled as consort jointly with sister Taddea, but only for a few weeks, before Taddea died.

Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Sophia Hedwig of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia (Lauenburg upon Elbe, 24 May 1601 – 21 February 1660, Glücksburg); ∞ on 23 May 1624 in Neuhaus Philipp of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg (15 March 1584 – 27 September 1663), son of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg

Otto III, Count of Rietberg

John II (d. 1562), Count of Rietberg from 1553 to 1562.

Otto IV, Count of Rietberg

This led to many disputes between Otto IV and his half-brother John II from their father's second marriage.

Pierrekin de la Coupele

His literary connexions and his floruit can be established by his song Je chant en aventure, directed at an unnamed Count of Soissons, usually identified with Jehan de Nesle, called le Bon et le Bègue, who was certainly familiar with the trouvères, for his brother and predecessor, Ralph, was one.

Prince of Liège

King Albert II decided in 2001 to no longer award courtesy titles such as Count of Flanders, Count of Hainaut and Prince of Liège.

Viscounty of Léon

These conflict over authority in Léon continued down to the reign of John II.

Pierre of Brittany (1269-1312) - son of John II, Duke of Brittany granted the viscountship by his father- to settle his debts, Pierre resold the viscountship to his brother, Arthur II, Duke of Brittany in 1293.

Walburgis, Countess of Rietberg

Walburgis was the second daughter of Count John II of Rietberg and Agnes of Bentheim-Steinfurt in Rietberg.

William, Duke of Opava

George purchased the 1/3 share of Opava after Bolko's death from the latter's brother Nicholas I and in 1464, he purchased the other 2/3 in Opole in 1464 from John II, thereby considerable increasing his political and economic influence in Silesia.


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