Bessie Smith was born on September 26, 1937.
Reginald I of Guelders -LRB- 1255 -- Monfort , October 9 , 1326 -RRB- was Count of Guelders from January 10 , 1271 until his death .. Monfort. Montfort ( Limburg ). Count of Guelders. Count of Guelders. He was the son of Otto II , Count of Guelders and Philippe of Dammartin .. Count of Guelders. Count of Guelders. Philippe of Dammartin. Philippe of Dammartin. Otto II. Otto II, Count of Guelders. In 1276 he married Irmgard of Limburg , only daughter and heiress of Waleran IV , Duke of Limburg .. Irmgard. Ermengarde of Limburg. Waleran IV. Waleran IV, Duke of Limburg. Duke of Limburg. Duke of Limburg. In 1279 he became Duke-consort of Limburg and when Irmgard died childless in 1283 , he became the only ruler of the Duchy of Limburg .. Irmgard. Ermengarde of Limburg. Duchy of Limburg. Duchy of Limburg. He lost this title after losing the Battle of Woeringen in 1288 .. Battle of Woeringen. Battle of Woeringen. In 1286 he remarried Margaret of Flanders -LRB- 1272 -- 1331 -RRB- , daughter of Guy , Count of Flanders from his second marriage , with Isabelle of Luxembourg .. Margaret of Flanders. Margaret of Flanders, Countess of Guelders. Isabelle of Luxembourg. Isabelle of Luxembourg. They had 5 children  :. Reginald II -LRB- 1295 -- 1343 -RRB-. Reginald II. Reginald II of Guelders. Margaret , married Dietrich VIII , Count of Cleves. Guy. Elisabeth -LRB- died 1354 -RRB- , abbess at Cologne. Philippa , nun at Cologne .. Financially ruined after the Battle of Woeringen , Guelders came under the influence of his father-in-law , the Count of Flanders .. Battle of Woeringen. Battle of Woeringen. From 1318 , he was replaced by his son , who imprisoned his father in 1320 in the Montfort Castle .. Reginald I died here 6 years later .. Category  :1255 births. Category  :1326 deaths. Category  : People from Gelderland. Category  : Counts of Guelders