PONTHIEU Jean

Male Abt 1140 - Abt 1191  (51 years)

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  • Name PONTHIEU Jean 
    Birth Abt 1140  Comte de Ponthieu, Royaume de France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 30 Jun 1191  Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Jean de Ponthieu had three wives:[1]
      Laure de St. Valéry.
      Mathilde.
      Beatrix de St. Pol.
      Adela.
      Guillaume.
      Marguerite.
      Helene.
      In 1190, Jean de Ponthieu left for the Holy Land during the Third Crusade with King Philip Augustus. He died at the seige of Acre and is buried in the abbey of Saint-Josse de Dommartin on the slopes of Tortefontaine, Pas-de-Calais, France. [2]

      Sources
      ↑ Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Hosted online by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG), accessed 2025, Comtes de Ponthieu.
      ↑ Wikipedia:FR:Jean_Ier_de_Ponthieu.
      Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la Maison royale de France, Tome III (Anselme de Sainte-Marie, Les Libraires Associés, 1726-1733) pp. 300-1.
    Person ID I59928  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Father PONTHIEU Guy,   b. Abt 1090, Ponthieu, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1147, Ephesus, on crusade Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother UNKNOWN Ida,   b. Abt 1090, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F26608  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family St POL Beatrice,   b. Abt 1155, St Pol, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1204 (Age 49 years) 
    Children 
     1. PONTHIEU Guillaume,   b. 1179, Ponthieu, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Oct 1221, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F26606  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 


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