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Personal data Guy II Talvas de Ponthieu Comte de Ponthieu 

• He was born in the year 1115 in Ponthieu, France.
• He died on December 25, 1147 in Ephesus on way to Holy Land, he was 32 years old.
• A child of Guillaume III "Talvas" de Bellême (de Bellêùe) and Hâelie de Bourgogne

Household of Guy II Talvas de Ponthieu Comte de Ponthieu

He had a relationship with Ida de Saint-Pol.

Child(ren):

1. Jean I Montgommery  ± 1142-1191 

Notes about Guy II Talvas de Ponthieu Comte de Ponthieu

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Guy II of Ponthieu (c. 1120–1147), the son of William III of Ponthieu and Ala of Burgundy, succeeded his father as Count of Ponthieu during William's lifetime. He died in Ephesus on the Second Crusade and was succeeded by his son John I of Ponthieu.

The County of Ponthieu was a province of Normandy centered on the mouth of the Somme, and its counts played an important role in the early history of Normandy. It eventually formed part of the dowry of Eleanor of Castile and passed to the English crown. Much fought-over in the Hundred Years' War, it eventually passed to the French royal domain, and the title Count of Ponthieu became a courtesy title for the royal family.

From Medlands:
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GUY [II] de Ponthieu, son of GUILLAUME [I] "Talvas" Comte de Ponthieu & his wife Hélie de Bourgogne [Capet] (-Ephesus [25 Dec] 1147). His parentage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis[913]. He succeeded before 1129 as Comte de Ponthieu. "Guido comes Pontivi" donated property to Cîteaux with the consent of "pater eius Willelmus comes…et mater eius Hela" by charter dated 18 Dec 1139, signed by "Guido comes et uxor sua Ida"[914]. He left on crusade in 1146.

m (before 18 Dec 1139) IDA, daughter of --- (-after 1177). "Wido comes Pontivii" confirmed freedoms over his lands, with the consent of "patris mei Willermi et domine Ele matris mee, fratris mei Johannis et uxoris mee Ide et filii mei Johannis" by undated charter[915]. "Guido comes Pontivi" donated property to Cîteaux by charter dated 18 Dec 1139, signed by "Guido comes et uxor sua Ida"[916]. "Jean comte de Ponthieu" founded l´Hôtel-Dieu d´Abbeville by charter dated 1158, witnessed by "Ide comtesse…"[917]. "Johannes comes Pontivi" confirmed rights of the monks of Val, with the consent of "Guidonis fratris mei et Beatricis comitisse uxoris mee", by charter dated 1177, which also names "mater mea Ida comitissa"[918].

Comte Guy [II] & his wife had three children

Guy II of Ponthieu (c. 1120–1147), the son of William III of Ponthieu and Helie of Burgundy, succeeded his father as Count of Ponthieu during William's lifetime. He died on the Second Crusade and was succeeded by his son John I of Ponthieu.

The County of Ponthieu was a province of Normandy centered on the mouth of the Somme, and its counts played an important role in the early history of Normandy. It eventually formed part of the dowry of Eleanor of Castile and passed to the English crown. Much fought-over in the Hundred Years' War, it eventually passed to the French royal domain, and the title Count of Ponthieu became a courtesy title for the royal family.

Guy II of Ponthieu (c. 1120–25 December 1147) was the son of William III of Ponthieu and Helie of Burgundy. He succeeded his father as Count of Ponthieu before 1129; this was during William's lifetime. Around 1137, he founded the Cistercian Valloires Abbey. in 1146, he joined the Second Crusade under King Louis VII of France. He died of a unknown disease on 25 December 1147 in Ephesus, Greece. He was succeeded by his son John I of Ponthieu. Marriage and issue: His wife was called Ida; whose last name is unknown, he had three children with her: John I (d. 1191), Count of Ponthieu Guido (d. between 1208 and 1218), Lord of Noyelles Agnes, abbess in Montreuil

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