Guillaume (Hainaut) de Hainault
(abt. 1286 - 1337)
Guillaume(Willem III)"de Goede, Graaf van Henegouwen, Holland en Zeeland, heer van Friesland"de Hainault
formerly Hainaut aka van Henegouwen, van Holland, d'Avesnes
Guillaume (or Willem) III le bon, [Count of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland, lord of Friesland, 3rd but eldest surviving son and heir, born probably in 1286. He married by contract dated at Chauny (Aisne) 19 May 1305 JEANNE OF VALOIS, daughter of Charles of France, Chev., Count of Valois, Alencon, Chartres, and Perche, titular King of Aragon and Valencia, Count Barcclona, and, in right of his 1st wife, Count of Anjou and Maine, by his 1st wife, Marguerite, daughter of Charles II, King of Jerusalem and Sicily, Duke of Apulia, Prince of Capua, Salerno, and Taerento, Count of Anjou, Provence, and Forcalquier [see VALOIS 11 for her ancestry]. She was born about 1294. They had three sons, Jean (or Jan) (died young), Guillaume (or Willem) (IV) [Count of Hainault and Holland], and Louis (or Lodewijk) (died young), and six daughters Sibylla, Marguerite (or Margaretha), PHILIPPE, Jeanne (or Johanna), Agnes, and Isabelle (or Elisabeth). ....
GUILLAUME III, Count of Hainault, Holland, and Zeeland, died at Valenciennes (Nord) 7 (or 8) June 1337, and buried there in the Church of the Franciscans. He left a will dated 22 Feb. 1336, codicil dated 30 May 1337. His widow, Jeanne, became a num at Fontenelles Abbey near Valenciennes in 1337, before 8 Nov. JEANNE OF VALOIS, former Countess of Hainault and Holland, died at Fontenelles Abbey 7 March 1352, and was buried there.
Willem III (de Goede) van Avesnes Graaf van Henegouwen, Holland en Zeeland 1287-1337 Hij volgde in 1304 zijn vader, graaf Jan II van Avesnes, op als graaf van Henegouwen, Holland en Zeeland en zette de strijd met de Vlaamse erfvijanden met wisselende hevigheid voort tot de Vrede van Parijs (6 maart 1323), waarbij de graaf van Vlaanderen van alle leenheerschappij over Zeeland ten westen van de Schelde afzag. Inmiddels had hij zich weten op te werpen tot de feitelijke meester in het Sticht Utrecht, terwijl hij verderging met zijn macht over Friesland uit te breiden. [1][2]
There's a portrait in the City Hall of Haarlem with the inscription: Dits ghoede graef willem die daer na quam sconijncx suster van vranckrijck nam hij ten beghinne iohanna valoijs, en wan bij haer soomen vernam willem sijn navolgher, magriet die roomsche keijserinne philippa is conijghinne van enghelant en die gravinne johanne van gulick die vlaminghen verwan hij coen. Hij hielt te haerlem een hof acht daech soo ick bekind met xx graven c bannerheeren ende doen M ridderen, dees heer was na mijn bevroen stathouder des keijsers over veel heeren landen na xxxii iaer sijns regiments most hij te sterven spoen begraven te valencijn bevolen in godts handen. [3]
Titles
from 1304:
William III, Count of Avesnes
William III, Count of Holland
William II, Count of Zeeland
Marriage
m. Jeanne de Valois (Joan of Valois) before 1311. Issue: 8:
William II, Count of Hainaut (1307-1345)
John (died 1316)
Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut (1311-1356), married Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Philippa of Hainault (1311-1369), married King Edward III of England
Agnes (died 1327)
Joanna of Hainaut (1315-1374), married William V, Duke of Jülich
Isabelle of Hainaut (1323-1361), married Robert of Namur
Louis (1325-1328)
Illegitimate child of William, by and unknown mistress:
Elizabeth of Holland, nun at Stratford le Bow Abbey, Middlesex. She left a will dated 23 Sept. 1375, proved 25 Sept. 1375.
Mistresses
7 children with Trude Boudijnsdochter van der Poel and other mistresses
Charters
Datering: 1337 September 5 (te Haerlem des Vridaeghs na S. Gillis dach); Willem, graaf van Henegouwen enz., gelast zijn baljuw van Kenemerlant om abt en convent van Egmond te handhaven in het bezit van het goed en land, dat Aernd Gheridssone weer aan het convent had opgedragen en kwijtgescholden. [4]
Datering: 1344 April 29 (tot Haerlem des Donresdaechs na S. Marcusdach); Willaem, graaf van Henegouwen etc., geeft aan de abt en het godshuis van Egmonde het recht van collatie van de kerk van Wognem. [5]
Datering: 1357 Mei 15 (tot Biervliet); Hertog Willem van Beyeren, graaf van Henegouwen, Holland etc., oorkondt, dat hij de abt van Egmond in vrije eigendom geeft een woning en 4 morgen land met 2 hont land, gelegen in het ambacht van Akersloot, door dezen gekocht van Rengher Heynrixsoen, die dit van de graaf in leen had. [6]
↑ Archieven.nl; 356 Abdij van Egmond Inventaris Regesten Charter 5 September 1337 a. Oorspr. (Inv.no. 315). Het zegel van de graaf is verloren. b. Afschrift (Inv.no. 846, blz. 19). Organisatie: Noord-Hollands Archief
↑ Opgenomen in de brief d.d. 1392 Maart 24 (Reg.no. 609). Archieven.nl; 356 Abdij van Egmond Inventaris Regesten Charter 29 April 1344 Organisatie: Noord-Hollands Archief
↑ Archieven.nl; 356 Abdij van Egmond Inventaris Regesten Charter 15 May 1357 Oorspr. (Inv.no. 223). Met het beschadigde zegel van de oorkonder. Organisatie: Noord-Hollands Archief
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If Guillaume married Jeanne when he was 19, and died leaving her a widow, then why do we have him listed as married to three other women as well? I understand he had children with mistresses, but maybe they should just be listed in the biography and not as wives? I assume they are linked to the appropriate children.
I find a record of Willem III acknowledging a gift of "3 morgens of land, in the poeldike" from Jan van den Poel to wife Aleid, daughter of Jan Floris:
"1336 september 14 Den Haag Graaf Willem III bevestigt de schenking door Jan van den Poel aan diens echtgenote Aleid, dochter van Jan Florisz., van een lijftocht van drie morgen leengoed in Poeldijk." A: AGH 243 (klein register Noordholland), f. 105v, nr. 620 (primaire registratie).
It makes no mention of Jan (aged perhaps 16, if we accept "ca. 1320") being the son of Willem III
De Avesnes-64 and Hainaut-43 appear to represent the same person because: same person, please merge ... Hainaut is the correct LNAB per MedLands - GUILLAUME de Hainaut. A leader needs to fix the privacy for De Avesnes-64 in order to complete this merge.
Could you add more details about this person, please?
We are trying to identify he and his wife. Their identities are very similar to a couple who lived in the 13th century and it is causing confusion.
Hainaut-43 and De Avesnes-64 do not represent the same person because: Since their wives are different (rejected merge), they can't be the same person.
De Avesnes-64 and Hainaut-43 appear to represent the same person because: They are both Guillaume III de Hainaut (d'Avesnes) who married Jeanne de Valois - there's only one.
"1336 september 14 Den Haag Graaf Willem III bevestigt de schenking door Jan van den Poel aan diens echtgenote Aleid, dochter van Jan Florisz., van een lijftocht van drie morgen leengoed in Poeldijk." A: AGH 243 (klein register Noordholland), f. 105v, nr. 620 (primaire registratie).
It makes no mention of Jan (aged perhaps 16, if we accept "ca. 1320") being the son of Willem III
Thank you.
Could you add more details about this person, please? We are trying to identify he and his wife. Their identities are very similar to a couple who lived in the 13th century and it is causing confusion.
Thank you!