John I of Flanders, count of Namur (d. 1330)

He was born in October or November 1276 as the eldest son of Guy of Dampierre, count of Flanders, and his second wife, Isabel of Luxemburg. John was knighted in 1297. He became margrave (or count) of Namur in 1298. He married his second wife, Marie of Artois, in 1310 and had eleven children from her. He died in Paris in early 1330, probably on 31 January.

For his sons, see John II, Guy II, Philip, William I, Robert, Louis.

Bibliographic References:

Jean Bovesse, ‘Jean I^er, comte de Namur (1276–1330). Notes biographiques’, Annales de la Société archéologique de Namur, 45 (1949–50), 1–66.

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