Arnould I st of Guines

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ARNOUL van Gent

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son of WENEMAR [I] Burggraf van Gent & his second wife Gisela de Guines (-Newton, England 1169, bur Saint-Inglevert). He succeeded as Comte de Guines in 1146 after his great-niece Beatrix de Bourbourg was divorced by her first husband Aubrey [III] de Vere Earl of Oxford, who had been Comte de Guines de iure uxoris. "Arnoudus comes Ghisnensis" granted tax exemptions in his county to Gant Saint-Pierre by charter dated to [1127/69], signed by "Walterus comes, Alelmus de Ghisnes…Arnulfus vicecomes…"[633]. “Arnulfus…Gisnensium comes et Mathildis [%E2%80%A6de S. Audomaro] comitissa uxor mea et Balduinus filius meus” donated property to "Abbati Gunfrido de Claromaresch" by charter dated to [1145][634]. The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium records the death of "comes Arnoldus" in 1169[635]. The Chronica Andrensis records the death of "Arnoldus comes Gisnensis" while in England "in propria mansione sua apud Nevetona" and his burial "in Sontingeveld"[636].

m MATHILDE de Saint-Omer, daughter of GUILLAUME [II] Châtelain de Saint-Omer & his wife Mélisende de Picquigny (-after [1145]). The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium names "Mathildis" as daughter of "Willelmus Andomarensis castellanus" & his wife, specifying that Mathilde married "Arnoldus Gandavensis" and brought Tournai as her dowry[637]. “Arnulfus…Gisnensium comes et Mathildis [%E2%80%A6de S. Audomaro] comitissa uxor mea et Balduinus filius meus” donated property to "Abbati Gunfrido de Claromaresch" by charter dated to [1145][638].

Comte Arnoul & his wife had thirteen children

• Baudoin II
• Guillaume
• Manasses
• Siger
• Arnoul
• Marguerite
• Beatrix
• Adelaide
• Euphemia
• Lutgarde
• Mathilde
• Gisela
• Agnes

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Châtelain de Gand, seigneur de Borneghem

References

• The History of the Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres. By Lambert of Ardres. GoogleBooks
• http://racineshistoire.free.fr/LGN/PDF/Guines.pdf