Yves II le Vieux of Nesle (Ives, Ivo) (d. 1178), son of Raoul I, Seigneur of Nesle, and his wife Rainurde (Ermentrude) of Eu-Soissons. Seigneur of Nesle, Count of Soissons. Upon the death of Renaud III, Count of Soissons, Yves was chosen as the next count by the Bishop of Soissons,[1] Joscelin de Vierzi.[2]

Following the preaching of Bernard of Clairvaux at Vézelay in 1146, Yves joined Louis VII and a host of French nobles in the Second Crusade.[3] He was part of the Council of Acre in June 1148 and was one of many suitors for Constance of Antioch following her husband's death in 1149.[4]

Yves married Yolande, a daughter of Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut, and his wife Alice of Namur.[5] They had no children.

Upon the death of Yves, his nephew Conon became Count of Soissons.[6]

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  1. ^ Bisson 1995, p. 21.
  2. ^ Slack 2001, p. 75.
  3. ^ Bradbury 2007, p. 154.
  4. ^ Hodgson 2007, p. 221.
  5. ^ Gislebertus of Mons 2005, p. 40.
  6. ^ Gislebertus of Mons 2005, p. 35.
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