biography
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Dampierre, Guy of
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Dutch Dampierre, Gwyde van
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pronunciation:
[dampyair]
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| lived:
| (1226–1305)
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| biography:
| Count of Flanders from 1278. On the death of his elder brother he became co-regent of Flanders with his mother, Margaret of Constantinople, in 1251. He became count in 1278, acquired Bethune and Dendermonde by his first marriage, and bought Namur in 1265. He quarrelled with his feudal suzerain Philip IV (the Fair) of France, and appealed for support to Edward I, betrothing his daughter to Edward's son. Philip the Fair managed to seize Guy's daughter, and in 1297 France invaded and annexed Flanders; Guy and his two sons, Robert of Bethune and William Crevecoeur were imprisoned in France. Guy died in captivity, but his actions were among the causes of the Bruges Matins (massacre of the French by citizens of Bruges) and the Battle of the Golden Spurs. His descendants ruled Flanders till 1384. |
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