Died January 18, 1216 Name Guy of | Mother Ermengarde of Mouchy | |
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Children Archambaud VIII of Bourbon, William II of Dampierre Grandchildren Guy, Count of Flanders Great grandchildren Robert III, Count of Flanders People also search for Archambaud VIII of Bourbon | ||
Guy II of Dampierre (died 18 January 1216) was constable of Champagne, and Lord of Dampierre, Bourbon and Montluçon. He was the only son of William I of Dampierre, Lord of Dampierre, and Ermengarde of Mouchy. William I of Dampierre was the son of Guy I, Lord of Dampierre and Viscount of Troyes, and Helvide de Baudémont.
Guy II participated in the Third Crusade as a member of an advance party who initiated the Siege of Acre in the fall of 1189. In 1191, in the Holy Land, he was considered a supporter of Conrad of Montferrat.
In 1212, King Philip II of France tasked Guy with overthrowing Count Guy II of Auvergne. Guy successfully completed this task by taking Tournoël Castle in December 1213. His participation in the Battle of Bouvines in 1214, was decisive in the French victory.
Marriage and offspring
In 1186, he married Mathilde of Bourbon, a daughter of Archambaud of Bourbon and Alix of Burgundy. She was a granddaughter of Archambault VII, Lord of Bourbon. Her father died before her grandfather, leaving him without a male heir. Consequently, she inherited Bourbon and thus the House of Dampierre acquired the Lordship of Bourbon.
Guy and Mathilde had seven children:
- around 1201 to Hervé of Vierzon
- in 1220 to Henry I of Sully