Simon Dammartin Comte de Aumâle

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ⁴⁹⁷
Son of Aubri/Alberic II, Count de Dammartin and Mahaut de Clermont, married before September 1208 Simon married Marie, Countess de Ponthieu, and they had at least two sons and five daughters.

Their sons were mentioned in 1221 when Marie made her peace with Philippe II, king of France. In 1225 Simon reconciled with the king, but by then the two sons had died; in his act of submission to Philippe it is clear that by 1225 his eldest daughter Jeanne was the heir to Ponthieu. Simon promised Philippe that he would not marry either of his eldest two daughters without the approval of the king of France.

His daughter Mathilde died from the plague in 1237 and in that year Simon and his wife Marie endowed prayers for Mathilde's soul by donating to the abbey of Epagne 4000 herrings from the bailiwick of Rue and 5000 from that of Moreaucourt. Simon died 21 September 1239, and Marie married Mathieu de Montmorency between September 1240 and 15 December 1241.

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Simon de Dammartin, son of Aubry [II] comté de Dammartin & his wife Mathilde [Mabile] de Clermont-en-Beauvaisis (-21 Sep 1239). The Chronicon Andrensis names "comes Bolonie Reinaldus et Simon frater eius", specifying that Simon married "filiam comitis Pontivi unicam" [Willelmi Chronica Andrensis 194, MGH SS XXIV, p. 755]. Comte d'Aumâle 1205/11. Comte de Ponthieu et de Montreuil 1231. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the death in 1239 of "comes de Pontivo Symon" [Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1239, MGH SS XXIII, p. 947].

Simón married Marie de Ponthieu, daughter of Guillaume [II] "Talvas" Comte de Ponthieu & his wife Alix de France (before 17 Apr 1199-Sep 1250). She succeeded her father in 1221 as Comtessa de Ponthieu. "Symon comes Pontivi et Monsteroli et Maria uxor mea" confirmed a donation of property to the abbey of Notre-Dame d'Ourscamp by "Johannes comes Pontivi" by charter dated 2 Mar 1230 [Ourscamp Notre-Dame CCLXVIII, p. 168]. She married secondly (Sep 1240/15 Dec 1241) Mathieu de Montmorency Seigneur d'Attichy.

Simon married Marie Comtesse de Ponthieu et Montreüil, daughter of Comte Guillaume II de "Talvas" Comte de Ponthieu et Montreüil and Alix Capet de France Comtesse d'Eu, Dame d'Arques. (Marie Comtesse de Ponthieu et Montreüil was born on 17 Apr 1199 and died in Sep 1250.)