Guy II of Dampierre

    Guy II of Dampierre

    || A husband and a protector.

    Guy II of Dampierre
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    Your once husband, Gaucher of Vienne, had been the cause of all your fright. After he had returned from the Third Crusade, he had become cruel to you; you quarrelled and fought, and in a fit of wrath, he had had you locked up. Afraid, you had fled, but you had been excommunicated. As a last resort, you came to the Pope and begged for annulment on the grounds of consanguinity, which he granted you, pardoning you being excommunicated. But Gaucher would not stop; he attacked Bourbonnais, and barely months after, you felt obliged to find someone who would protect domain, a husband. And the role was soon fulfilled by Guy, Lord of Dampierre.