About John I, Count of Aumale
Lived 1300 – 1302. John I, Count of Aumale was a military personnel.
John I of Ponthieu (died July 11, 1302, Kortrijk, County of Flanders, Kingdom of France) was Count of Aumale.
He was son of Ferdinand II, Count of Aumale, and Laura of Montfort.
After the death of his father in 1260, he became co-ruler in the County of Aumale with his grandmother Joan. They reigned together until her death in 1279.
John contested the claim of his aunt Eleanor of Castile to the County of Ponthieu from 1279 until being paid off by regent Edmund Crouchback in 1293.
John married Ida of Meulan, and had a son John II (1293–1343), who succeeded him.
John fought as a knight in the French army against the Flemish in the Battle of the Golden Spurs on July 11, 1302 near Kortrijk, and was one of the many nobles killed in the battle.
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Who was John I, Count of Aumale?
Count of Aumale
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John I, Count of Aumale was born in 1300.
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John I, Count of Aumale died on 11 July 1302 in Kortrijk.
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John I, Count of Aumale was a military personnel.
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