Reginald I Count Guelders 1255-1326

In 1182 [his son-in-law] Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves and Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves were married. She the daughter of Reginald I Count Guelders and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant.

In 1240 [his father] Otto II Count Guelders [aged 25] and Margaretha Cleves Countess of Gulders [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Countess Guelders. She the daughter of Dietrich Cleves V Count Cleves and Mathilda Dinslaken Countess Cleves. He the son of [his grandfather] Gerard III Count Guelders and [his grandmother] Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Stephen I England.

Before 1250 Raoul Coucy II Lord Coucy and [his mother] Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Simon Dammartin and [his grandmother] Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu [aged 50]. They were third cousins.

In 1253 [his father] Otto II Count Guelders [aged 38] and [his mother] Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu were married. She by marriage Countess Guelders. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Simon Dammartin and [his grandmother] Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu. He the son of Gerard III Count Guelders and Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Stephen I England.

In 1255 Reginald I Count Guelders was born to Otto II Count Guelders [aged 40] and Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu. He a great x 3 grandson of King Stephen I England.

On 1st January 1271 [his father] Otto II Count Guelders [aged 56] died. His son Reginald [aged 16] succeeded I Count Guelders.

In 1276 Reginald I Count Guelders [aged 21] and Ermengarde Luxembourg I Duchess Limburg were married. She by marriage Countess Guelders. She the daughter of Waleran Luxembourg IV Duke Limburg and Judith Kleve Duchess Limburg. He the son of Otto II Count Guelders and Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Stephen I England.

In 1280 [his mother] Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu died.

In 1281 [his half-sister] Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves died.

On 14th November 1282 Alexander Dunkeld Prince Scotland [aged 18] and [his future wife] Margaret Dampierre Countess Guelders [aged 10] were married. She the daughter of [his future father-in-law] Guy Dampierre Count Flanders [aged 56] and [his future mother-in-law] Isabelle Luxembourg Countess Flanders [aged 35]. He the son of King Alexander III of Scotland [aged 41] and Margaret Queen of Scotland. They were half third cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In 1286 Reginald I Count Guelders [aged 31] and Margaret Dampierre Countess Guelders [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Countess Guelders. She the daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders [aged 60] and Isabelle Luxembourg Countess Flanders [aged 39]. He the son of Otto II Count Guelders and Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

Around 1287 Hugh Chatillon II Count Blois and [his sister-in-law] Beatrix Dampierre Countess Blois were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Guy Dampierre Count Flanders [aged 61] and [his mother-in-law] Isabelle Luxembourg Countess Flanders [aged 40]. He the son of Guy Chatillon III Count Saint Pol [aged 60] and Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol [aged 63]. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 4th October 1290 [his brother-in-law] John Dampierre Bishop Metz Bishop of Liège [aged 40] died.

On 5th April 1291 [his sister-in-law] Beatrix Dampierre [aged 31] died.

In 1295 [his son] Reginald "Black" I Duke Guelders was born to Reginald I Count Guelders [aged 40] and [his wife] Margaret Dampierre Countess Guelders [aged 23]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Stephen I England. He married (1) 11th January 1311 Sophia Berthout Berthout and had issue (2) May 1332 his second cousin once removed Eleanor of Woodstock Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II of England and Isabella of France Queen Consort England, and had issue.

On 7th March 1305 [his father-in-law] Guy Dampierre Count Flanders [aged 79] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Robert [aged 56] succeeded III Count Flanders.

In 1307 [his sister-in-law] Beatrix Dampierre Countess Blois died.

In 1308 [his brother-in-law] John Dampierre I Marquis Namur [aged 41] and Margaret Bourbon [aged 19] were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Robert Bourbon 1st Count Clermont [aged 52] and Beatrice Burgundy [aged 51]. He the son of [his father-in-law] Guy Dampierre Count Flanders and [his mother-in-law] Isabelle Luxembourg Countess Flanders. They were second cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1308 [his son-in-law] Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves [aged 17] and Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves were married. She the daughter of Reginald I Count Guelders [aged 53] and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant. He the son of Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves and Margaret Kiburg Laufenburg Countess Cleves. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

On 11th January 1311 Reginald "Black" I Duke Guelders [aged 16] and Sophia Berthout Berthout were married. He the son of Reginald I Count Guelders [aged 56] and Margaret Dampierre Countess Guelders [aged 39].

In 1318 Reginald I Count Guelders [aged 63] was imprisoned by his son Reginald "Black" I Duke Guelders [aged 23] who effectively ruled Guelders thereafter.

On 17th September 1322 [his brother-in-law] Robert Dampierre III Count Flanders [aged 73] died. His grandson Louis [aged 18] succeeded I Count Flanders.

On 9th October 1326 Reginald I Count Guelders [aged 71] died. His son Reginald [aged 31] succeeded II Count Guelders.

In 1331 [his former wife] Margaret Dampierre Countess Guelders [aged 59] died.

[his daughter] Philippa Guelders was born to Reginald I Count Guelders and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

[his daughter] Elisabeth Guelders Abbess Cologne was born to Reginald I Count Guelders and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

[his son] Guy Guelders was born to Reginald I Count Guelders and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant. He a great x 4 grandson of King Stephen I England.

Raoul Lusignan II Count of Eu and [his mother] Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu were married. She by marriage Countess Eu. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Simon Dammartin and [his grandmother] Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu.

[his daughter] Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves was born to Reginald I Count Guelders and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Stephen I England. She married (1) 1182 Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves and had issue (2) 1308 her sixth cousin Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves, son of Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves and Margaret Kiburg Laufenburg Countess Cleves, and had issue.