Seigneur Robert VII DE BÉTHUNE et de Richebourg, Warneton & Tenremonde 1
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- Died: 11 Nov 1248, Sardinia, on crusade
Research Notes:
“Willelmus dominus Bethuniæ et Teneremundæ et advocatus Attreb” confirmed a donation to Braine Saint-Yved made by “Walterus quondam dominus Teneremundæ”, with the consent of “uxor eius Mathildis, Daniel, Robertus et Balduinus filii eius, item Aelidis et Mathildis filiæ”, by charter dated 1194. "Willermus Attrebatensis advocatus, Bethuniæ ac Teneremundæ dominus et Matildis uxor mea…et filii nostri Daniel primogenitus et Robertus" donated property to Beaupré abbey by charter dated 1212. The 13th century Histoire des ducs de Normandie et des rois d’Angleterre names "Robert don fill" when recording the death of "Guillaumes li avoués de Biethune et li viscuens de Meleun". "Dominus Robertus, Wilhelmus, Joannes de Bethunia, fratres Danielis tunc temporis domini Bethuniensis, Atrebatensis advocati, et Amalricus de Fontenella, milites, Beatridis comitissa de Gisnes, et Katarina sorores" witnessed the charter dated Nov 1220 under which "Mathildis de Housdaing…domina de Chockes" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Choques. “Robertus de Betunia dominus de Tenremonde” donated the part of the dimes from Molenbeke belonging to "domina et amita mea Margareta de Tenremonde" to the church of Dendermonde by charter dated Feb 1226. 2
Marriage Information:
Robert married Elisabeth DE MORIALMÉ, Dame de Beloeil et de Fraire-La-Grande, daughter of Arnoul IV DE MORIALMÉ and Jeanne DE BELLOEIL. (Elisabeth DE MORIALMÉ was born in Fraire, Walloon Region, Belgium and died after 1258.)
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