John II, count of Namur (d. 1335)

Eldest son of John I of Flanders, count of Namur, and Marie of Artois. He became count of Namur at his father’s death in 1330. He provided refuge for his uncle, Robert III of Artois, who had been exiled from France. He did not marry and died childless in 1335 while returning from an expedition in Prussia. He was succeded by his younger brother Guy II.

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 (p. 35–6); Werner Paravicini, Die Preußenreisen des europäischen Adels, vol. 2 (Sigmaringen: Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 1989), p. 73–5.

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