John, Count of Eu
John, Count of Eu, (died 26 June 1170), son of Henry I, Count of Eu, and Marguerite, daughter of William, Count of Sully, who was brother of Stephen, King of England.
John was Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings.
John obtained from Étienne d'Angleterre (later Stephen, King of England)
the honors of Tickhill and Blyth, being a descendant of their original owner, Roger de Busli, by his paternal grandmother Beatrice.
John lost his holdings after his capture by Ranulf de Gernon, the 4th Earl of Chester, at the Battle of Lincoln in February 1141.
In 1148, John returned to Hilaire, Bishop of Chichester, lands belonging to his diocese which his father had usurped during the troubled reign of Stephen.
John had to take refuge in the summer of 1167 in Drincourt (now Neufchâtel-en-Bray) during the invasion of his estates by the troops of Louis VII, an ally of Thierry, Count of Flanders.
John married Alice, daughter of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, and Adeliza of Louvain, the widow of King Henry I of England.
John and Alice had three children:
In addition,
Like his father Henry, John became canon at the abbey of Eu, where he died on June 26, 1170, after devoting the rest of his days to the monastic state.
He was placed in the tomb of his father behind the altar.
At the time of the destruction of the Abbey of Foucarmont in 1791, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre and Count of Eu, had the remains of the counts Henry and John reclaimed and moved to the chapel of the .
John was succeeded as Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings by his son Henry upon his death.
John was buried at Fécamp Abbey, where many of his sons and grandsons would also be interred.
Henry I, Count of Eu
Henry I, Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings (ca. 1075-12 July 1140) was the son of William II, Count of Eu, and
his wife Helisende d'Avranches was the sister of Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester.
Henry descended from Richard I, Duke of Normandy.
His father died in 1096, having revolted against King William II of England.
As the eldest son, Henry succeeded William as Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings.
In 1101, he supported Duke Robert Curthose against his brother Henry Beauclerc who has just seized the English throne.
Robert left Tréport, the domain of the county of Eu, to invade England.
Orderic Vitalis reports that in 1104, while still in Normandy, Henry submitted to the English king.
He fought for the king at the Battle of Tinchebray in 1106, where Duke Robert was taken prisoner, to remain in captivity for the rest of his life.
Henry the joined to cause of William Clito, the son of Duke Robert, in the coalition composed of Baldwin VII of Flanders, Fulk V of Anjou, and Louis VI the Fat.
In 1117, Henry and Hugh de Gournay were arrested at Rouen by Henry I.
On the promise of good behaviour and at the request of William de Warenne, they were released.
Nevertheless, Henry and Hugh, joining with Stephen of Aumale, led a rebellion in the northeast and provided military support to Baldwin VI.
The rebellion ended in September 1118 at the Battle of Bures-en-Brai, where Baldwin was mortally wounded.
Henry returned to the side of King Henry I.
A few months later, on August 20, 1119, Henry was one several barons who accompanied King Henry I when a meeting of the Norman and French royal armies gave rise to the Battle of Brémule.
The French were swept away, and Louis VI had to flee and take refuge in the fortress of Les Andelys.
In the following month, he took part in the defense of the town of Breteuil, which wais attacked by the French king and his ally Amaury III of Montfort.
Once again, the French were defeated.
In 1124, William of Grandcourt, one of Henry's sons, took part in the ambush at Bourgtheroulde..
He captured Amaury III of Montfort, but chose to desert rather than hand him over to Henry I.
In 1127, Henry again openly supported William Clito.
Henry first married Mathilde and secondly Hermentrude, both of unknown families.
He married thirdly Marguerite de Sully, daughter of William the Simple, Count of Sully, and his wife Agnes.
Henry and Marguerite had four children:
William of Grandcourt (d. 1150 or after) was also a son of Henry's but likely illegitimate.
Henry founded the Savignian abbey of Foucarmont in 1129, now known as La Fontaine Saint Martin.
Henry embraced a religious life by becoming the Augustinian canon of the abbey Notre-Dame d'Eu.
His death is marked on 12 July in the obituary of the abbey of Foucarmont, where he is buried.
Upon Henry's death, his son John became Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings.
Henry II, Count of Eu
Henry II, Count of Eu( died 1191), son of John, Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings, and Alice d'Aubigny.
Henry inherited the countship of Eu and lordship of Hastings upon the death of his father( 1170).
Henry married Matilda, daughter of Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, and Isabel de Warenne, 4th Countess of Surrey.
Henry and Matilda had:
Upon the death of Henry, his daughter became Countess of Eu and Lady of Hastings.
Henry was buried at Foucarmont.
William I, Count of Eu
William I, Count of Eu( 978- after 1057), illegitimate son of Richard I, Duke of Normandy.
Count of Eu and Count of Hiémois.
William succeeded his nephew, Gilbert, as Count of Eu and Hiémois after his murder in 1040.
William rebelled against his half- brother Richard II, Duke of Normandy, and was captured by Raoul d’ Ivry and imprisoned by Turquetil of Harcourt, former governor of William the Conqueror ..
He escaped five years later and, eventually, was pardoned by Richard and given leave to marry into the Harcourt family.
William married Lesceline, daughter of Turquetil.
William and Lesceline had three children: William ’s son, Robert, succeeded him as count of Eu.
William III of Geneva
William III of Geneva( 1280- 1320), Count of Geneva, from 1308 to 1320.
He was the son of count Amadeus II of Geneva, and Agnès, daughter of John, Count of Chalon.
John Westley
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He was the grandfather of John Wesley( founder of Methodism).
John II of Brienne, Count of Eu
John II of Brienne( died 11 July 1302 in Kortrijk) was the son of John I of Brienne, Count of Eu and Beatrice of Saint- Pol.
He succeeded his father as Count of Eu in 1294.
He married Jeanne, Countess of Guînes( d. 1331/ 32), the daughter and heir of Baldwin IV, Count of Guînes.
They had two children: John was killed at the Battle of the Golden Spurs.
Arnold V, Count of Loon
Arnold V de Looz,( died August 22, 1327) was Count of Loon from 1279 to 1323 and Count of Chiny( Arnulf III) from 1299 to 1310.
He was the son of John I, Count of Looz and Mathilde Jülich.
William II, Count of Eu
William II, Count of Eu, feudal baron of Hastings( d. circa 1095) was a first generation Anglo- Norman nobleman, Count of Eu and rebel.
William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu
William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu( 1374- 28 May 1420), was an English knight created by King Henry V 1st Count of Eu, in Normandy.

Question: Who is the paternal grandfather of John, Count Of Eu?
Answer: William II, Count of Eu