23638790.
Count Simon II de Dammartin of Aumale & 23638791. Countess Marie of
Ponthieu
1180, Simon
born in Dammartin-en-Goele, Seine-et-Marne, France, s/o 40003894. Count
Aubrey II of Dammartin & 40003895. Mahaut de Trie.
9/18/1180,
Philip Augustus succeeded as King of France.
1/1195, By treaty,
Aumale remained in the hands of King Richard I of England.
4/17/1199,
Marie born in Ponthieu, Picardie, France; d/o 47277582. William de
Montgomerie & 47277583. Alais de Capet.
5/27/1199, John crowned king of England.
4/1200, King John of England, in the event he died without a male heir,
“feodum comitis Albemarle citra mare Anglie.”
9/19/1200,
Aubrey’s father died. (S) Araviae Regiae, Brydges, 1820, P39.
Aft. 1203,
Aumale [Albemarle], now in French hands, given by Philippe-Auguste to Simon.
(S) Catholic World, V45, 1887, P259.
1208, King
Philip gave permission to Simon to arrange a marriage with Marie. (S)
Aristocratic Life in Medieval France, Baldwin, 2002, P59.
[––Simon
& Marie––]
1211, Simon,
count of Aumale, married Marie. (S) Araviae Regiae, Brydges, 1820, P39.
7/27/1214,
Simon sided with Ferrand, Count of Flanders [and King John of England] against
King Philip Augustus, Marie’s Uncle; on the losing side at the Battle of
Bouvines. Simon retreated to England.
7/27/1214, William, earl of Salisbury, leader of
the English forces supporting Otto IV of Germany against France, at the
[disastrous for King John] battle of Bouvines, near Tournai in Flanders. The
French King’s forces of 10,000 defeated an alliance of England, the Holy Roman
Empire and rebellious French principalities, numbering 15,000.
5/5/1215, Revolting Barons in England formally
renounced their allegiance to King John and invited the King of France to
invade England. [The barons in revolt together held more castles and knights fees
than John did as King. Intervention by the King of France prevented by the
Pope.]
5/12/1216,
King Louis VIII of France, after a successful landing, crowned King of England
in London. Simon supported his effort to be crowned King. (S) English Historical Review, V110, 1995,
P296.
10/19/1216,
Henry III, age 9, succeeded John as King of England. Louis of France also
claimed the throne.
10/28/1216,
Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
9/12/1217, For 10,000 marks and land exchanges, Prince
Louis forfeited his claim to the English crown by the treaty at
Kingston-on-Thames.
5/3/1218,
The count of Aumale, the earl Warenne, J. constable of Chester, the constable
of Tickhill, Robert de Ros and Hugh de Balliol were summoned … to answer why
they have hindered the sheriff of Yorkshire. (S) FRsHIII.
1221, King
Philip seized Ponthieu to stop Simon succeeding on the death of Marie’s father.
(S) Anglo-Norman Castles, Liddiard, 2003, P362.
10/4/1221,
Marie’s father died; Marie countess of Montgomerie [but not Ponthieu].
5/7/1222,
The “writ of liberate” by the English royal council made important concessions
to Geoffrey de Neville, the earls of Chester and Pembroke, and Simon, count of
Aumale.
7/14/1223,
Louis VIII succeeded as king of France.
6/1225,
Marie ceded some of her lands to King Louis VIII and submitted to feudal
subordination. Marie was restored as countess of Ponthieu, and her children
were accepted as her heirs.
11/8/1226,
Louis IX succeeded as king of France.
3/1230, King
Louis IX pardoned Simon, allowing his return to France as a count; one of the
conditions being that none of his daughters should marry an enemy of the King.
[King Louis’ mother Blanche was acting regent during his minority.]
1231, Sir
Peter de Fauconberg held 8 carucates at Withernwick of Simon, count of Aumale.
9/13/1233,
Safe-conduct, until Michaelmas, for Mary, countess of Ponthieu, and those whom
she brings with her, coming to England on pilgrimage. (S) CPRs.
1234, Count
Simon and countess Marie of Ponthieu, and Countess Alice of Eu, each granted
refuge to the other in their land [except against the king of France.] (S)
Norman Frontier, Power, 2004, P250. [Refuge was also offered to monks.]
10/9/1234,
The king’s [Henry III of England] dearest friends Simon, count of Ponthieu, and
M. his wife, countess of Ponthier. The king is sending … in whose ear he has
put some secrets … about the business they signified the same way. (S) CPRs.
1235, Simon
proposed a marriage of his daughter Jeanne with King Henry III of England, and
had the marriage celebrated by proxy. [Formalization never occurred because of
intervention by Queen Blanche of France.] (S) Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres,
Adams, 2007, P131.
9/21/1239,
Simon died in Abbeville, Somme, France; his son-in-law Fernando III acquiring
Aumale. (S) Encyclopedia Britannica.
[––Marie––]
Marie
married 2nd Mathieu de Montmorenci.
9/1250,
Marie died in Montmorency, Val d’Oise, France.
(S) A
Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, Montgomery, 1863, P36. (S)
The Rec. of the House of Gournay, Gurney, 1845.
Children
of Simon and Marie:
i. Queen Jeanne de Dammartin (11819395), born 1219
in France.
ii. Agatha de Dammartin, born in France.
Agatha
married John, viscount de Chastelleraut.
iii. Philippa de Dammartin, born in France.
Philippa
married Raoul, lord of Coucy, Marla and Fere.
Aft. 1277,
Philippa died.
iv. Maria de Dammartin, born in France.
Maria
married John, count of Roncy, viscount de Marenil, lord of Pierrepont.
Aft. 1279,
Maria died.
