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nobleman. This was apparently a love match, though it was approved by
Margaret's sister Joan, who had herself recently married. The two sisters subsequently had a falling-out over Margaret's share of their inheritance, which led Joan to attempt to get Margaret's marriage dissolved. She alleged that
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condemned the marriage, though he did not formally annul it. Bouchard and
Margaret continued as a married couple, having 3 children, as their conflict with Joan grew violent and Bouchard was captured and imprisoned in 1219. He was released in 1221 on the condition that the couple separate and that
224:, acting as an arbitrator, gave the right to inherit Flanders to the Dampierre children, and the rights to Hainaut to the Avesnes children. This would seem to have settled the matter, but in 1253 problems arose again. The eldest son,
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Dampierre, originally only counts of Flanders, had managed to inherit the counties of Nevers (1280) and Rethel (1328) through a clever marriage policy. Through Louis II's mother, a daughter of King
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and just missed being killed in a skirmish. When Louis returned in 1254, he reaffirmed his earlier arbitration and ordered his brother to get out of the conflict. Charles returned to
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as well. The disputes regarding the validity of the two marriages and the legitimacy of her children by each husband continued for decades, becoming entangled in the politics of the
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of 4 July 1253, after which John I of
Avesnes was able to force Guy of Dampierre and his mother to respect the division of Louis and grant him Hainault.
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323:(r. 1346–1384), son of Louis I, Count of Flanders, Nevers, Rethel, Artois and Franche-Comté (inherited from his mother
317:(r. 1322–1346), grandson of Robert III, Count of Flanders, Nevers, and Rethel (inherited from his mother Joan in 1328)
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195:William II, Count of Flanders
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311:Count of Nevers (1272–1280).
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525:Spanish noble families
386:Isabelle of Luxembourg
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79:Mathilde of Bourbon
75:Guy II of Dampierre
510:House of Dampierre
457:Matilda of Bethune
354:Philip V of France
340:, Duke of Burgundy
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230:William of Holland
222:Louis IX of France
189:, a nobleman from
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478:Louis I of Nevers
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226:John I of Avesnes
211:Holy Roman Empire
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162:Margaret II
45:Middle Ages
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434:William II
422:Philip III
390:Burgundian
303:Robert III
428:William I
338:Philip II
272:William I
191:Champagne
120:Montlhéry
117:Milo I of
113:Montlhéry
49:Dampierre
489:See also
440:John III
327:in 1382)
325:Margaret
321:Louis II
292:suo jure
249:Provence
203:bigamous
110:Guy I of
410:John II
315:Louis I
260:Zeeland
173:Hainaut
138:Baldwin
98:Anthony
416:Guy II
404:John I
382:John I
347:Legacy
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