NICOLAS [IV] de Rumigny, son of NICOLAS [III] Seigneur de Rumigny & his wife Eva de Chièvres ([1150/55]-[19/20] Feb 1205). The Chronicon Hanoniense names "Nicholaum…Ruminium possedit…et Hugonem qui Florinas castrum tenuit" as sons of "Nicholaus qui et Ruminium et Florinas castra posedit" & his wife[409]. Seigneur de Rumigny. A charter of Henri Comte de Namur et de Luxembourg dated 1179 records that “Nicolas IV de Rumigny” consented to a donation made by “son frère Hugues seigneur de Florennes” to Alne abbey[410]. A charter dated 1190 records the rights of “la commune des Autels” and that “Nicholaus dominus de Rumigniaco” noted that “soror mea Juliana et nepos meus Rogerus dominus de Roseto cum fratre suo Nicholao sub manum mean cub cujus tutela erant” had promised to respect the provisions[411]. “...Nicholas de Romenhi et frater suus Hugo de Florines...” subscribed the charter dated [6 Apr/1 Jul] 1197 under which Albert Bishop of Liège restored property to Huy Notre-Dame taken by “Iohannes miles de Flauion”[412].The Breve Chronicon Buciliensis records that “Nicolaus dominus de Rumigniaco” settled disputes with the church of Bucilly in 1181, with the agreement of “Hugo frater ipsius Nicolai”, and with “dominus Jacobus de Guisia, dominus Raynaldus de Roseto et dominus Nicolaus de Barbenchon” as guarantors[413]. “Nicholaus dominus Rumigniaci” donated harvest production to Ghislenghien monastery by charter dated Feb 1203 (O.S.)[414]. The necrology of Brogne records the death "XI Kal Mar" of "Nicholaus miles de Rumigniaco"[415].
[m firstly ---. The possibility of this first marriage is indicated by the discussion of the charter dated 1188 in which Nicolas’s son Gaucher is named (see below).]
m [secondly] as her first husband, MATHILDE d'Avesnes, daughter of JACQUES Seigneur d'Avesnes & his wife Adeline de Guise ([1170]-5 Nov, 1237 or after). The late 13th century genealogy by Balduinus de Avennis names "Machtildem, Aelidem, Adeluyam et Agnetem" as the four daughters of "Nicolai Plukelli filius primogenitus Jacobus" and his wife, adding that "primogenita" married "comiti de Cisneio" and (incorrectly) as her second husband "domino Nicolao de Rumengni", and naming their three sons "Nicolaum, Hugonem et Jacobum"[416].The Chronicon Hanoniense refers to one of the daughters of "Iacobum [filium Nicholai…de Avethnes]" & his wife as wife of "Nicholao…Nicholay de Ruminio et Damison de Cirvia filio" but does not name her[417]. She married secondly Louis IV Comte de Chiny. “Nicholaus de Rumigniaco dominus de Florinis” accepted the arbitral decision relating to damage caused to Saint-Nicaise, relating to property inherited “post decessum bone memorie N. patris mei jure hereditario” and committing to obtain the consent of “matrem meam”, by charter dated Sep 1229[418].“Mathildis domina de Rumegny” donated “duo diurnalia vinearum apud Ars” to Orval, with the consent of “abbas Aureævallis et soror mea de Rosoir”, by charter dated Jul 1237[419].The necrology of Orval records the death “Non Nov” of “Matildis comitissa de Chiny uxor Ludovici junioris” and her donation of “molendinum de Tonelle et...prati ante Ivodium”[420].
Nicolas [IV] & his [first wife had one child]