Image:Jean_Ier_de_Hainaut.png '''John II of Avesnes''' (1247 – August_22 1304) was Count_of_Hainaut from 1280 to his death, succeeding his grandmother, Margaret II. John continued the war between the House_of_Dampierre and the House_of_Avesnes against count Guy of Flanders for imperial Flanders. He became Count_of_Holland in 1299 with the death of John_I,_Count_of_Holland, through his mother Adelaide_of_Holland, heiress and regent of this county. His descendants maintained this Personal_union between the counties. His nephew, count Floris V, was fighting against Flanders for Zeeland. He sought help of France against Flanders. The French defeated the Flemish in 1300 and 1301. The rebels in Zeeland were defeated as well. The brother of John, Guy of Avesnes, became Bishop_of_Utrecht. So all main enemies were gone. The tide changed dramatically after a Flemish uprising and the defeat of the French army at the Battle_of_Courtrai in 1302. Flemish patriots attacked Hainaut and Zeeland supported by the dissatisfied population there. Guy_of_Namur defeated Johns son, William, in a battle on the island of Duiveland. Bishop Guy of Utrecht was taken prisoner. Guy_of_Namur and duke John II of Brabant conquered most of Utrecht, Holland and Zeeland. Guy_of_Namur was finally defeated in 1304 by the fleet of Holland and France at the naval Battle_of_Zierikzee. John II regained most of his authority when he died in the same year. ==Family and children== In 1270, John married Philippine_of_Luxemburg, daughter of Count Henry_II_of_Luxemburg and Marguerite_of_Bar. They children were: # John, senior de Beaumont, Count of Ostervant (d. 11_July 1302). # Henry, a canon in Cambrai, (d. 1303). # Simon. # William_III,_Count_of_Hainaut. # Jean, senior de Beaumont, (1288 – 11_March 1356). He was married to Marguerite, Countess de Soissons. # Margaret, (d. 18_October 1342), married Robert_II_of_Artois. # Alix, (d. 26_October 1317), married 1290 Roger_Bigod,_5th_Earl_of_Norfolk. # Isabelle, (d. 1305), married Raoul de Clermont, senior de Nesle. # Jeanne, a nun at Fontenelles. # Marie (1280–1354), married Louis_I,_Duke_of_Bourbon. # Matilda, Abbess of Nivelles. # Willem de Cuser (b. 1290) {{euro-noble-stub}} == References== *Encyclopedia: Grote Winkler Prins *French wikipedia on this subject ===See also=== *Counts_of_Hainaut_family_tree *Counts_of_Holland_family_tree {{start box}} {{succession box two to one| before1=Margaret| title1=Count_of_Hainaut| years1=| after=William III| before2=John I| title2=Count of Holland and Zeeland
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