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Simon of Dammartin (1180 – 21 September 1239) was count of Ponthieu. In 1214 he fought against Philip Augustus at the battle of Bouvines. With the Capetian victory at Bouvines, he was exiled. Through negotiations of his wife Marie, he was allowed back in Ponthieu and agreed to not allow his daughters to marry with out royal consent.
3 days ago · Occupation: Count of Ponthieu. Count of Dammartin. Simon of Dammartin (1180 – 21 September 1239) was a son of Alberic II of Dammartin (Aubry de Dammartin) and his wife Mathildis of Clermont. Simon was the brother of Renaud I, Count of Dammartin, who had abducted the heiress of Boulogne, and forced her to marry him.
- Dammartin-en-Goële, Île-de-France
- Marie de Ponthieu, Comtesse de Ponthieu
- Île-de-France
- "Simon /de Mello/", "Count Simon"
Simon of Dammartin Count of Ponthieu was born on 1 November 1180, in Dammartin-en-Goële, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France. He married Marie de Ponthieu about 1212, in Aumale, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He died on 21 September 1239, in Abbeville, Somme, Picardie, France ...
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Simon was the brother of Renaud I, Count of Dammartin, who had abducted the heiress of Boulogne, and forced her to marry him. It is thought that in order to strengthen the alliance with the Dammartins, King Philip Augustus of France allowed Simon to marry Marie, Countess of Ponthieu, who was a niece of the king
As it happened, Joan's father Simon had become involved in a conspiracy of northern French noblemen against Philip Augustus and to win pardon from Philip's son King Louis VIII, Simon—who had only daughters—was compelled to promise that he would marry off neither of his two eldest daughters without the permission of the king of France.
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The County of Ponthieu (French: Comté de Ponthieu, Latin: Comitatus Pontivi), centered on the mouth of the Somme, became a member of the Norman group of vassal states when Count Guy submitted to William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy after the battle of Mortemer.
