Nobility. Born the son of Thierry de Flandre and Sibylle de Anjou, also known as Matthieu d'Alsace. He abducted Marie de Blois from a monastery to marry her in 1160. She bore him two daughters before the marriage was annulled in 1170. By this marriage he had become Count of Boulonge by right of his wife and continued to reign there even after the annulment. A year later he remarried Eleonore de Vermandois. He was killed in the battle of Driencourt and buried at Saint Josse. His gisant is today at the museum of Boulonge-sur-Mer.
Nobility. Born the son of Thierry de Flandre and Sibylle de Anjou, also known as Matthieu d'Alsace. He abducted Marie de Blois from a monastery to marry her in 1160. She bore him two daughters before the marriage was annulled in 1170. By this marriage he had become Count of Boulonge by right of his wife and continued to reign there even after the annulment. A year later he remarried Eleonore de Vermandois. He was killed in the battle of Driencourt and buried at Saint Josse. His gisant is today at the museum of Boulonge-sur-Mer.
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