Count of Hainault William D'Avesnes III (Willem de Avesnes, Guillaume III D'Avesnes) 
William was born in 1286 in Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, France.1 William's father was Count of Flanders, Count of Hainault Jan Avesnes of Holland II and his mother was Philippa of Luxemburg. His paternal grandparents were Count of Hainault Jean de Avesnes of Flanders I and Countess Aleidis of Hainault; his maternal grandparents were Henry (The Great, The Blonde) of Luxemburg III and Mathilde Marguerite de Bar. He had a sister named Yolande. He had a half-brother named William. He died at the age of 51 on June 7th, 1337 in Valenciennes, Nord, France.1 General Notes
William III, Count of Holland
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William III of Avesnes (1286 – June 7, 1337) was count William I of Hainaut, count William III of Holland and count William II of Zeeland from 1304 to his death, succeeding his father, John II.
Before becoming count, he was defeated by Guy of Namur at the battle on the island of Duiveland in 1304. Guy and duke John II of Brabant then conquered most of Zeeland and Holland, but these territories were recovered again when william became the new count in the same year. William continued the war with Flanders until the peace of Paris in 1323, where the count of Flanders denounced all claims on Zeeland.
William had occupied most of the bishopric of Utrecht and tried to conquer Friesland. Many of his daughters married with important rulers of Europe and he was called the father in law of Europe. The king of England and the Holy Roman Emperor were married to his daughters, while he was married to the sister of the king of France. William tried to gain support of surrounding counties and duchies for a anti-French coalition.
Internally, William restored order and founded new institutions, like the treasury and the chancellory. The council of the count got more responsibilities.
He married Jeanne of Valois, sister of king Philip VI of France, in 1305 and had the following children:
William IV of Hainaut (1307-1345)
John (died 1316)
Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut (1311-1356), married Louis IV Wittelsbach, 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)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- d.1169
- b.1150 d.07 Sep 1191 in Arsouf, Palestine
- b.1120
- b.1180 d.1244 in Entraeungt, Nord, France
- b.1125 d.1166
- b.1155 in Guise, Aisne, France d.1207
- b.1130
- b.01 May 1218 in Etraeunt, Nord, France d.24 Dec 1257 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.1150 in Hainault, Belgium d.22 Dec 1196
- b.Jul 1171 in Valencienes, France d.11 Jun 1205
- b.1135 in Alsace, France d.20 Nov 1195
- b.02 Jun 1202 in Valenciennes, Nord, France d.10 Feb 1279
- b.1126 in Champagne, France d.16 Mar 1180
- b.1174 d.09 Aug 1204
- b.1145 in France d.Mar 1196
- b.1246 in Brabant, France d.22 Aug 1304 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.1141 in Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d.01 Aug 1190 in Antioch, Hatay, Turkey
- b.1167 in Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d.04 Feb 1221
- b.1146 in Huntington, Huntingtonshire, England d.11 Jan 1208
- b.24 Jun 1210 in Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d.19 Jul 1234 in France
- b.1150 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands d.30 Apr 1207 in Gelderland, Netherlands
- b.1187 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands d.04 Feb 1217
- b.1173 in Kelheim, Niederbayern, Bavaria d.07 Sep 1231 in Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
- b.1225 in Netherlands d.1284 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.1140 d.21 Sep 1190
- b.1165 in Leuven, Flemish-Brabant, Flanders, Belgium d.05 Sep 1235 in Cologne, Germany
- b.1140
- b.1200 in Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands d.21 Dec 1267
- b.1137 d.25 Jul 1173
- b.1162 in Boulogne, France d.1271 in Louvain, France
- b.1136 d.25 Jul 1180
- b.1286 in Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, France d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.1111 d.Aug 1167 in Rome, Italy
- b.1140 d.21 Jun 1221
- b.1122 d.02 Jan 1144
- d.02 Jul 1226
- b.1120 in Saarbrucken, Rheinland, Preussen d.23 Jun 1182 in Saarbrucken, Rheinland, Preussen
- b.1150
- b.1134
- b.1218 in Luxembourg d.24 Nov 1281
- b.1067 in Namur, France d.19 Aug 1139 in Namur, France
- b.1113 d.1196
- b.1075 in Trier, Rhineland, Germany d.24 Jun 1143
- b.Jul 1186 d.12 Feb 1247
- b.1155
- b.1252 in Luxembourg d.06 Apr 1311 in Valencienes, France
- b.1115 in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Argonne, Lorraine, France d.25 Jul 1170
- b.1158 in France d.09 Feb 1214 in Bar-Le-Duc, Meuse, France
- b.1138 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.07 Aug 1207
- b.1190 in Bar Le Duc, Meusse, France
- b.1110 in Bar-sur-Seine, Aube, Champagne, France d.1159
- b.1158 in Bar-sur-Seine, Aube, Champagne, France d.1211
- b.1115 in Chacenay, Aube, Champagne, France
- d.23 Nov 1275
- b.1123 in Reims, Champagne, France d.11 Oct 1185 in Braine, Champagne, France
- b.1154 in Dreux, Eure Loire, France d.28 Dec 1218 in France
- b.1130 in Braine, Aisne, Picardy, France d.11 Jul 1218 in France
- b.1193 in France d.17 Mar 1239
- b.1139 in Boves, Somme, France d.01 Nov 1191 in Acre, Jerusalem
- b.1164 d.18 Mar 1222
- b.1142 in Mons, Hainault, Belgium d.1168
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Details of William's family with Joan Jeanne de Valois
1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I33371&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I4243&style=TABLE, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I015691
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I4243&style=TABLE, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I015691
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