23638806.
Comte Henri II de Bar & 23638807. Countess Philippa
de Dreux
1190, Henri
born in Bar, France, s/o 47277612. Thibaut I, Compte of Bar & 47277613.
Ermesinde de Brienne.
1192,
Philippa born in France, d/o 47277614. Robert II, Comte de Dreux &
47277615. Yolande de Coucy.
2/12/1214,
Henri succeeded his father as Comte de Bar.
7/27/1214,
Henri fought on the side of King Philip Augustus, the winning side at the
battle of Bouvines. (S) Encyclopedia Britannica, V3, 1910, P405.
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.
[––Henri
& Philippa––]
11/6/1219,
Henri contracted to marry Philippa. [Her father died the week they were
married.]
12/1219,
Henri married Philippa.
6/1220, Henry,
count of Bar-le-Duc, and Blanche of Champagne promised not to retain each
other’s Jews. (S) Towards a Definition of Antisemitism, Langmuir, 1996, P146.
7/14/1223,
Louis VIII succeeded as king of France.
1225, Henri
captured by Johanne Cabilonesi, son of comte Stephani. [Unknown how long held.]
11/8/1226,
Louis IX succeeded as king of France.
12/1229,
Henri, count of Bar, attacked the duke of Lorraine and burned a number of
villages. The duke and his ally, the count of Champagne, retaliated with similar
attacks.
9/1230, The
peace treaty at Compiegne settled the differences of the Counts of Boulogne and
Flanders, and the Count of Bar and the Duke of Lorraine.
5/9/1237,
Pope Gregory directed Henry de Dreux, archbishop of Rheims, to finance Henry,
count of Bar, if he needed help raising money for crusading. (S) A History of
the Crusades, V-II, Setton, 2006, P466.
5/1237,
Conrad IV crowned king of Germany.
4/1239,
Henri donated property to the abbey of Sainte-Holide.
9/1/1239,
Henri on crusade with Thibaut de Champagne, King of Navarre, landed at Acre.
1239, Henri diverted
a large number of crusaders from the main army to fight a force of Ayyubid
Muslims at Gaza, where he was captured.
11/13/1239,
Henri died of dysentery after being captured. (S) Provinces, Pays, and
Seigneuries of France, 1981, P9.
[––Philippa––]
2/1240,
‘Phelippe contesse de Bar … et Thiebaut son fil’, suzerains in respect of ‘la
terre de Chisni … que je tieng de par ma femme Jehanne la contesse’.
1/23/1242,
[Philippa] ‘Philippe contesse de Bar et Thiebaus mon fils’ confirmed the
donation of 4/1239.
Philippa
died.
(S)
Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
Family
notes:
·
Philippa
a member of the Capet royal families of France.
Children
of Henri and Philippa:
i. Thibaut II, comte de Bar, born 1221 in Bar-le-Duc,
France.
Thibaut
married Jeanne de Dampierre, widow of Hughes III, comte de Rethel.
10/1291,
Thibaut died.
ii. Marguerite of Bar le Duc (11819403), born ~1230
in Bar-le-Duc, France.
