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Personal data William II Count of (William II, Count of) Nevers 

• First name William II, Count of.
• He was born before 1089.
• He died on August 21, 1148.
• A child of Renauld II Count of Nevers and Agnes of Beaugency
• This information was last updated on June 15, 2023.

Household of William II Count of (William II, Count of) Nevers

He has/had a relationship with Adelais.

Child(ren):

1. William III Count of Nevers  ± 1107-1161 
2. Renaud of Nevers  ????-1148
3. Robert of Nevers  
4. Anne of Nevers   

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The routes through western Anatolia taken by the crusaders of 1101. William followed the southern route, past Konya, leading to the Battle of Heraclea Cybistra.
William II, Count of Nevers (born prior to 1089, reigned 1098 – 21 August 1148), was a crusader in the Crusade of 1101.

Family
He was a son of Renauld II, Count of Nevers and his second wife Agnes of Beaugency.[1]

He had an older half-sister, Ermengarde of Nevers, who married into the House of Courtenay. She was a daughter of Renauld II and his first wife Ida of Lyon and Forez. He had at least two younger brothers. The better known of them was Robert of Nevers, Viscount of Ligny-le-Château who joined his brother on the Crusade of 1101. The other was Hugh of Nevers, only mentioned in a charter dating to 1144.[2]

Count
The Origine et Historia Brevi Nivernensium Comitum mentions that Renaud II served as co-ruler to his father but predeceased him on 5 August 1089. His death left William I as the only Count of Nevers and William II as his heir apparent. On 20 June 1098, his grandfather died and William II succeeded to the County of Nevers. (William II should not be confused with his paternal uncle William of Nevers, Count of Tonnere).

He took part in the Crusade of 1101. He set out in February 1101 with 15,000 men, but his army failed to take the heavily garrisoned Konya and was virtually wiped out during the disastrous Battle of Heraclea Cybistra. He arrived in Antioch with only a handful of knights.[3]

He persuaded Louis VI to break peace with Henry I and throw his support behind William Clito in 1115.[4] He was imprisoned shortly afterwards by Theobald, Count of Blois.[4]

He participated in the Council of Troyes which opened on 14 January 1129[5] and is known for his support of the Second Crusade.

He is believed to have been buried in Chartreuse, where Bernard of Clairvaux attempted and failed to resurrect him.[6]

Marriage and children
William II married Adelais. Her family name and ancestry are unknown. They had at least four children.:[2]

William III, Count of Nevers (c. 1107 – 21 November 1161).[1]
Renaud of Nevers, Count of Torrene (d. 1148). Died while participating in the Second Crusade.[1]
Robert of Nevers. Only mentioned in a charter dating to 1134.[1]
Anne of Nevers. Married William VIII, Count of Auvergne.
References
Constance Brittain Bourchard, Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1188, (Cornell University Press, 1987), 342.
Constance Brittain Bourchard, Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1188, 346.
Richard, Jean. The Crusades, C. 1071-c. 1291. Cambridge University Press. p. 73. ISBN 0-521-62566-1.
Hollister, Charles Warren (2003). Henry I. Yale University Press. p. 244. ISBN 0-300-09829-4.
Barber, Malcolm (1995). The New Knighthood: A History of the Order of the Temple. Cambridge University Press. p. 14. ISBN 0-521-42041-5.
Kleinberg, Aviad M. (1992). Prophets in Their Own Country: Living Saints and the Making of Sainthood in the Later Middle Ages. University of Chicago Press. pp. 160. ISBN 0-226-43971-2.

French nobility
Preceded by
William I
Count of Nevers, Count of Auxerre
1098–1148Succeeded by
William III

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