Yolande of Flanders , Byzantine Empress 
Yolande of was born about 1175 in Flanders, France. Yolande of's father was Baudouin VIII Count (V of Hainault) of Flanders and her mother was Margaret of Alsace , Countess of Flanders. Her paternal grandparents were Baudouin IV "Le Batisseur" Count of Hainault and Alix de Namur; her maternal grandparents were Thierry III of Lorraine , Count of Flanders and Sybil d' Anjou. She had a brother and two sisters, named Baudouin IX Count (VI of Hainault) of, Isabella of and Sibyl van. She was the youngest of the four children. She died in August 1219 in Constantinople, Turkey.General Notes
The Emperor of Byzantium married 2nd Yolande (who did, however reach Constantinople and even reigned there). [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1108 in Mons, Hainault, Belgium d.08 Nov 1171
- b.1150 in Hainault, France d.17 Dec 1195 in Mons, Hainault, Belgium
- b.~ 1117 in Namur, Belgium d.Nov 1195
- b.~ 1175 in Flanders, France d.Aug 1219 in Constantinople, Turkey
- b.~ 1099 in Alsace & Lorraine, France d.17 JAN 1167/68
- b.< 1145 in Alsace, Lorraine, France d.12 Nov 1194
- b.~ 1105 in Anjou, France d.1166
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‌Yolande of and Peter II Count de were married in a religious ceremony before July 1st, 1193 in Soissons, Aisne, Picardy, France. They had two daughters named Yolande de and Eleanor de.
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Children
Yolande de Courtenay
Yolande de was born about 1194 in Courtenay, Gatinais, Isle-de-France, France. She died in 1233.
Eleanor de Courtenay
Eleanor de was born in 1208 in Courtenay, Rheims, France. She died at the age of 22 in 1230.
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