Bela of Saint Omer was a
French knight, descended from a
Fauquembergues family who were
castellans of the eponymous castle of
Saint-Omer
Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France.
It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Saint Audoma ...
.
[Lognon (1969), p. 244]
His father,
Nicholas I of Saint Omer, received lands in
Boeotia
Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia ( el, Βοιωτία; modern: ; ancient: ), formerly known as Cadmeis, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and its ...
in the aftermath of the
Fourth Crusade.
[Perra (2011)]
Οικογένεια Σεντ Ομέρ
/ref> He later married Margaret of Hungary
Margaret of Hungary (''Margit'' in Hungarian; born 1175, living 1223) was a Byzantine Empress by marriage to Isaac II Angelos and Queen of Thessalonica by marriage to Boniface of Montferrat. She was regent of Thessalonica during the minority of he ...
, the widow of Boniface of Montferrat
Boniface I, usually known as Boniface of Montferrat ( it, Bonifacio del Monferrato, link=no; el, Βονιφάτιος Μομφερρατικός, ''Vonifatios Momferratikos'') (c. 1150 – 4 September 1207), was the ninth Marquis of Montferrat ( ...
, Lord of Thessalonica (died 1207).[Bon (1969), p. 707] It is unclear when the marriage took place: traditional accounts mention that Nicholas died already in 1212[Van Tricht (2011), pp. 381–382 note 112]
Bela, who was named after his maternal grandfather, Béla III of Hungary
Béla III ( hu, III. Béla, hr, Bela III, sk, Belo III; 114823 April 1196) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1172 and 1196. He was the second son of King Géza II and Géza's wife, Euphrosyne of Kiev. Around 1161, Géza granted Béla a ...
, was the eldest son of the couple, and was followed by his brother William
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
.Guy I de la Roche
Guy I de la Roche (1205–1263) was the Duke of Athens (from 1225/34), the son and successor of the first duke Othon. After the conquest of Thebes, Othon gave half the city in lordship to Guy.
Life
Guy's early life is obscure. Since the 18th cen ...
. As part of her dowry
A dowry is a payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage. Dowry contrasts with the related concepts of bride price and dower. While bride price or bride service is a payment ...
, he received one half of Thebes as his domain.Nicholas II of Saint Omer
Nicholas II of Saint Omer was the lord of half of Thebes in Frankish Greece from 1258 to his death in 1294. From his two marriages he became one of the richest and most powerful barons of his time, building a splendid castle at Thebes as well as t ...
(d. 1294), who succeeded in Thebes, Otho of Saint Omer Otho of Saint Omer was the lord of half of Thebes in Frankish Greece from 1294 to ca. 1299.
He was a younger son of Bela of Saint Omer and Bonne de la Roche, sister of the Lord of Athens and Thebes, Guy I de la Roche. Upon their marriage, in ...
(d. before 1299), and John of Saint Omer (d. 1311), who became Marshal of the Principality of Achaea
The Principality of Achaea () or Principality of Morea was one of the three vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. It became a vassal of the Kingdom ...
.
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13th-century rulers in Europe
People of the Duchy of Athens
Year of birth unknown
Medieval Thebes
Christians of the Crusades
Saint Omer family