Guy of Dampierre, Count of Zeeland, also called Guy of Namur () (ca. 1272 – 13 October 1311 in

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), was a Flemish noble who was the Lord of

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and later the self-proclaimed

Count of Zeeland The County of Zeeland () was a county of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries and it later became one of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic. It covered an area in the Scheldt and Meuse delta roughly corresponding to the modern Dutc ...

. He was a younger son of

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and

Isabelle of Luxembourg Isabelle of Luxembourg (c. 1247–1298) was a countess consort of Flanders and a marquise consort of Namur by marriage to Guy of Dampierre. Life She was the daughter of Henry V of Luxembourg and Margaret of Bar. Isabelle was a member of the Hou ...

. In 1302, with his father in prison and

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under French occupation, he was sent by his elder brother

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, to take command of the rebellion there. He assembled the Flemish troops in

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. He led the troops from western Flanders at the

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, and received great acclamation for the victory there. He took the title of

and invaded

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; but the French raised new armies, and he was beaten at the 1304 naval

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and became a captive of the

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. Abandoning his designs on Zeeland, he went on campaign in

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with his cousin

Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII (German: ''Heinrich''; Vulgar Latin: ''Arrigo''; 1273 – 24 August 1313),Kleinhenz, pg. 494 also known as Henry of Luxembourg, was Count of Luxembourg, King of Germany ('' Rex Romanorum'') from 1308 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1312 ...

. There he married Margaret, daughter of

Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine Theobald II ( or ''Thiébaut''; 1263 – 13 May 1312) was the Duke of Lorraine from 1303 until his death in 1312. He was the son and successor of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine, Frederick III and Margaret of Navarre, Duchess of Lorraine, Margare ...

. He died soon thereafter, without issue.

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