- The
Avesnes family pla**** an
important role
during the
Middle Ages. The
family has its
roots in the
small village Avesnes-sur-Helpe, in the
north of France...
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Avesnes is the name of
several villages and
towns in France:
Avesnes, département Pas-de-Calais
Avesnes (Somme), département Somme,
former muni****lity...
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Avesnes (French pronunciation: [avɛn], Picard: Avinne) is a
commune in the Pas-de-Calais
department in
northern France. The
commune is a very
small village...
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flows through the town.
Upstream of
Avesnes on the
river there is the Lac du Val-Joly, an
artificial lake.
Avesnes was
founded in the 11th century. The...
- 1321) was a
daughter of
Baldwin of
Avesnes and his wife
Felicitas of Coucy.
Baldwin was the son of
Bouchard IV of
Avesnes. In 1310, she
founded Beaumont Abbey...
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James of
Avesnes (also
Jacques or Jacob; 1152 – 7
September 1191) was a son of
Nicholas d'Oisy, Lord of
Avesnes and
Matilda de la Roche. He was the lord...
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Walter II of
Avesnes (b. 1170 – d. 1244) was lord of
Avesnes, Leuze, of Condé and Guise, and
through his
marriage to
Margaret of Blois, he
became count...
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Baldwin of
Avesnes (September 1219 in Oizy – 10
April 1295 in
Avesnes) was a son of
Bouchard IV of
Avesnes and his wife,
Margaret II of Flanders. His...
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three sons:
Baldwin of
Avesnes (1217 – 1219), who died in infancy. John of
Avesnes (1 May 1218 – 24
December 1257)
Baldwin of
Avesnes (September 1219 – 10...
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Nicholas d 'Oisy, Lord of
Avesnes,
nicknamed le Beau ("the Beautiful") (c. 1130 – c. 1170), was a son of
Walter I, Lord of
Avesnes and his wife, Ada of Tournai...
