Arnould 1er "de Oude" van Aerden, vicomte et baron de Ardres

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Arnould I er d'Ardres (died in 1093-1094)

Arnould I st Ardres, born of the second marriage, says the Confessed, lord of Ardres from 1049 to 1093 to 1094, develops its stronghold Ardres. From his youth, Arnould traveled a lot and acquired a great reputation during jousts, tournaments and other weapons exercises. He has to face the demands of his mother's two sons-in-law. The Lord of Alembon gave up quickly but not that of Fiennes. Arnould IIcaptures the sources that form a marsh at the foot of the hill of Ardres, establishes two locks to form a solid mound that he fortifies and installs a mill. According to legend, he possesses a precious stone which has the virtue of bringing happiness. He then had the castle of Selnesse demolished and had it transported stone by stone to Ardres where it was rebuilt. Arnould thus acquires the title of Lord of Ardres, His nickname of attorney comes from the fact that the monks of the abbey of Saint-Bertin de Saint-Omer establish him as attorney, protector and administrator of their property in the county of Guînes.

He attends in 1065 at the court of the king, to the award of a Charter of Philippe I er , King of France , sent to Corbie in favor of the abbey of Hasnon.

Eustache, count of Boulogne, ( Eustache II of Boulogne ), considering his reputation, appoints him Seneschal of Boulonnais and makes him his vigilante and bailiff on all his lands. Arnould fulfills these tasks with dignity and receives as a reward the lordships of Hénin-Liétard and the Lock near Douai . Eustache, Lord of Hénin and Baudouin de l'Écluse pay him homage and promise to render him the services and duties they rendered to the Count of Boulogne. Once again, he is up to the task, which brings the inhabitants of these places to come to Ardres to him. After having fortified the Château d'Ardres, Arnould Iis also fortify the city Baudouin I st of Guines , Comte de Guines ceded him and, against a donation of money, a full bushel, made by Arnould, is erected in a free city, despite its extended fart. Arnould made seigneuries dependent on his land, in 1070, twelve peerages or baronies, the peers of Ardres, ( Alembon , Andres , Fiennes , Hames , Hermelinghen , hamlet of Courtebourne in the current town of Licques , Balinghem , Audinghen…), And creates a market held every Thursday in the city. He appointed aldermen in Ardres to judge disputes between the bourgeoisie and the people, in accordance with the jurisdiction of the aldermen of Saint-Omer. With the consent of Drogon or Dreux, bishop of Thérouanne, by letters dating from 1069, to increase the reputation of the city, he founded a collegiate church in Ardres where he installed ten prebends for ten canons, to whom he gave for their maintenance, lands, the altar of Ardres with its dependencies, and in particular the tithe of Ferlinghem (current municipality of Brêmes ), the churches of Bonningues and Zouafques. He received in 1070, from the clergy of Thérouanne, at the request of De Drogon, goods located in Walaines and Popelinghem (probably Peuplingues ). Next to the primitive church, in 1073, he also had a large church built on the market square in honor of Mary (mother of Jesus) and Audomar de Thérouanne , known under the name of Saint Omer. , where he transferred the canons with all the ornaments he had given them and enriched it with relics received from the abbey of Saint-Bertin. He ordered that in the future the canons would celebrate the divine office in the new church as in his own chapel. The first church, vulgarly called the cemetery, is left to a priest in particular responsible for saying mass in honor of the deceased. In 1080, it is one of the witnesses, with Baudouin I st Aalst, lord of the county of Aalst , a past charter Messines by Robert the Frisian in favor of the abbey of Messines. He is also credited with the creation in 1086 of the Ardres hospital under the name of Saint-Nicolas, Gosselin, his lord of Ardres, attended the creation of theSaint-Médard d'Andres abbeyin 1080 (or 1084). Arnould attends the funeral of Christian Adele Holland, wife ofBaudouin I st of Guines, in the Saint-Médard Andres.

At the end of his life he quarreled with Baldwin I st of Guines, his suzerain by refusing to recognize it as such, and after several confrontations, carries his tribute to the Count of Flanders Robert I st of Flanders comes the rescue and raise the siege of Ardres led by Baudouin. He receives in return for this tribute the hereditary title of peer of Flanders, with the advantages and honors associated with this title, the peers or barons of Flanders are twelve, and the right to receive for one year the banished from Flanders on his domain on condition that they do nothing against the count or the countess his wife, new opportunity to enrich himself by what these banished could leave him in gratitude. He died in 1093 or 1094 at the abbey of Saint-Bertin where he had been carried at the time of his last illness and where he had taken the religious habit. He is buried in the cloister of the monastery.

Arnould I st wife, in 1067, on the advice of Eustache II de Boulogne, Mathilde or Mahaut of Porch , daughter Geoffrey, lord of Porch, Still layered and buried in Ardres. Then he married Clemence of Saint-Pol , widow of Hugues I st of Campdavaine , Comte de Saint-Pol , while his elder son accompanied William the Conqueror on his conquest of England, and receive many lands as a reward. Became guardian of the minor children of the count of Saint-Pol, bearing the title of count, Arnould, aware that Ardres constitutes his only asset, would have taken advantage of this marriage to transport to Ardres all that he could lawfully take from the county. of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise. After the death of Clémence, buried in the church of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise , in 1078, he completely turned away from this county. Arnould I first had three children of the first marriage and four of the second:

Arnould II d'Ardres, from the first bed, which follows.

Geoffroi d'Ardres, from the first bed, is part of William the Conqueror's expedition , receives from his brother Arnould II the land of Marquise, received from their mother, in exchange for his goods from England given by William as a reward for its services. Her descendants will take the name of Marquise where she will prosper [ 23 ] . His grand-son of Bauduin Marquise of Engoudessen and CAYEU married Adeline of Guines, her relative at 3 th degree, Christian daughter of Ardres and Baldwin II of Guines (see below).

Simon d'Ardres, from the first bed, died shortly after his mother died in childbirth.

Ermentrude D'Ardres, of the second bed, married to the Lord of Norhout.

Jocasta, of the second bed, also called Ivisie, of Ardres, marries Etienne de Brunenberg.

Emme d'Ardres, of the second bed, married Jean de Bellebrone, known as the Old Man, in Boulonnais .

Hellewide d'Ardres, of the second bed, allied to Hemfroy d'Ordres, former barony of Boulonnais.

Arnould I d'Ardres had several natural children.

Raoul d'Ardres, canon of Saint-Omer then of Ardres, born of a pretty girl from Saint-Omer. His father gave him the second prebend of the college of canons he had founded in Ardres. Raoul himself had several descendants.His eldest son also named Raoul was a valiant knight who, with the help of Renaud de Saint-Valéry, and his cousin Philippe, illegitimate child of Arnould II d'Ardres, for a time molested people. of Ardres. After a few races and booty, he finally reconciled with them.

Eustache d'Ardres also canon in Ardres.

Gautier d'Ardres, nicknamed the Chevalier, who had Raolin for his son, dit Du Bois.

Eve d'Ardres, without further information.

Alix or Adèle d'Ardres, mother of Lambert d'Ardres the famous chronicler according to M. Prevost. For Andre du Chesne, Adèle was the mother of Gautier de Cluse, who told Arnould de Guînes, son of Count Baudouin II de Guînes and future Arnould II de Guînes , the story of the Lords of Ardres, maternal ancestors of Arnould II de Guînes, as Lmabert d'Ardres did in writing.

Libert d'Ardres, son-in-law in Boquerdes, was father of Dreux dit Bothet, himself father of Eustache Bothet, whose son William Bothet married Agnes, daughter of Guillaume de Collewide.

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