John II of Namur, was Marquis of Namur

Marquis of Namur

Namur was a county of the Carolingian and later Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries. Its territories largely correspond with the present-day Belgian arrondissement Namur plus the northwestern part of the arrondissement Dinant....

 between 1330 and 1335.

He was the eldest son of John I, Marquis of Namur

John I, Marquis of Namur

John I of Namur was the ruler of Namur from 1305 to 1330. He was a member of the house of Dampierre, the son of Guy of Dampierre, Count of Flanders and Marquis of Namur, and his second wife Isabelle of Luxembourg...

, and Mary of Artois.

He succeeded his father on January 26 1330. He joined an alliance against John III, Duke of Brabant

John III, Duke of Brabant

Jan III van Brabant , also called John III, the Triumphant , was Duke of Brabant, Lothier, and Limburg...

, but by the intervention of King Philip VI of France

Philip VI of France

Philip VI , known as the Fortunate and of Valois, was the King of France from 1328 to his death. He was also Count of Anjou, Maine, and Valois from 1325 to 1328...

, a conflict was averted.

He died unmarried, but had an illegitimate son Philip, who was killed in 1380 defending Dendermonde

Dendermonde

Dendermonde is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde proper and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, Mespelare, Oudegem, Schoonaarde, and Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde...

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He was succeeded by his brother Guy

Guy II, Marquis of Namur

Guy II of Namur, , was Count of Namur between 1335 and 1336.He was the second son of John I, Marquis of Namur, and Mary of Artois....

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