William II, Count of Hainaut

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William II, Count of Hainaut
William II, Count of Hainaut
Born1307
Died(1345-09-26)26 September 1345
Warns, near Stavoren
Noble familyHouse of Avesnes
Spouse(s)Joanna, Duchess of Brabant
FatherWilliam I, Count of Hainaut
MotherJoan of Valois

William II (1307 – 26 September 1345) was Count of Hainaut from 1337 until his death. He was also Count of Holland and Count of Zeeland. He succeeded his father, William I, and married Joanna of Brabant in 1334, but had no issue.[1]

Military career and death

Holland, 1/4 groat, struck in Geertruidenberg by William IV as Count of Holland.

William fought in France as an ally of the English (he was the brother-in-law of Edward III). He went on crusade against the Saracens and the Lithuanians. He besieged Utrecht, because his one-time favourite bishop John van Arkel of Utrecht had turned against him. He died at Warns, near Stavoren, during one of the battles of Warns against the Frisians in 1345.

After his death

William was succeeded by his sister, who was married to emperor Louis IV. Hainaut, Holland and Zeeland became a part of the imperial crown domains.

Ancestry

See also

William II, Count of Hainaut
Born: 1307 Died: 26 September 1345
Preceded by Count of Hainaut
1337–1345 		Succeeded by
Count of Holland and Zeeland
1337–1345

References

  1. ^ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 4


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