Henri de Bourbourg, Châtelain de Bourbourg

Also known as Henry de Ghisnes and Henry de Gand. He was born before 1089 in Bourbourg, Flanders. He died after 1162 and is buried in Saint-Bertin. Son of Themard (Theinard) Châtelain de Bourbourg and his wife (unknown name). He married (1) Sibylle (Rose) de Guines, daughter of Manasses, Comte de Guines and his wife Emma d´Arques; and (2) Beatrix van Aalst, daughter of Boudewijn Heer van Aalst & his wife Lutgarde van Grimberghe,

Children with his first wife:

1. Beatrix (Beatrice) de Bourbourg, born after 1120, died 1146. She married (1) Aubrey III de Vere, son of AUBREY II de Vere & his wife Adelisa (Alice) de Clare and (2) Baudouin Seigneur d'Ardres

Children with his second wife:

1. Baudouin. Married Elisabeth de Béthune, daughter of Robert V "le Roux" Seigneur de Béthune & his wife Adelaide -. No children.
2. Gauthier. Died young.
3. Henri. Died young after being knighted.
4. Gilbert. Gilbert lost his sight during a tournament
5. Raoul. Was elected bishop but died
6. Siger g Sainte-Marie). Diied soon after his brother Raoul.
7. Gauthier. Married Mathilde de Béthune, daughter of Robert V"le Roux" Seigneur de Béthune & his wife Adelaide --- May have had a second wife, ? de Houdain.
8. Mabile de Bourbourg . Married Baudouin de Bailleul, son of ---.
9. Mathilde de Bourbourg . Abbess of Bourbourg.
10. Luitgarde de Bourbourg . Married Arnaud de Cuerthedra, son of ---.
11. Adelaide de Bourbourg . Married Stefan van Sinninghem, son of ---.
12. Beatrix de Bourbourg . Remained unmarried.

Source

1. Medlands Northern France Nobility - Henri Bourbourg
2. Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, page: X:Appendix J:119 - 120

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HENRY I.
1115, April 10 (Vere. no. 67) - 1168 (Ann. Com. Fl. de France, VIII, p. 326). "Baro" (Vere. no. 120), "primas" (Bourbourg, 1, p. 37), "princeps" (Duchesne:
Guines, Pr., p. 215).
nob. (Lambert of Ardres, SS. xxiv, p. 632, c. 139; William of Andres, SS. xx1v,
p. 706).
Knight (Duchesne: Guines, Pr., p. 215 (1143, April 13) ).
Constable of Flanders (Haignere, 1, no. 210, pp. 92-93 (1151}; Afflighem, no. XCVIII, pp. 151-152).
x Sibyl-Rose of Guines (Lambert of Ardres, SS. XXIV, pp. 582-583, c. 43).
Daughter : Beatrice (Ibidem, loc. cit.).
x Beatrice of Aalst (Lambert of Ardres, SS. XXIV, pp. 620-621).
Children: Baldwin, Walter, Henry, Gilbert, Ralph, Siger, Walter, Mabilia,
Mathilda, Ludgarde, Adelide, Beatrice (Ibidem, loc. cit.)
(-Warlop, 702)