, Nicholas D

Nicholas d ''Oisy, Lord of Avesnes, nicknamed le Beau ("the Handsome")(c.?1130 – c.?1170), was a son of Walter I, Lord of Avesnes and his wife,Ada of Tournai. He was Lord of Avesnes, Leuze and Condé. He built castlesin Landrechies and Condé.
Nicholas was married to Matilda de la Roche, the widow of Thierry deWalcourt. She was the daughter of Henry I of la Roche (c.?1100 – 1126),Count of la Roche and warden of Stavelot and Malmedy and his wife,Matilda of Limburg. Her paternal grandfather was Albert III, Count ofNamur; her maternal grandfather was Henry, Duke of Lower Lorraine.
They had the following children:
James, succeeded his father as Lord of Avesnes, died during the ThirdCrusade
Ida (d. c.?1205), married Ingelram, Count of Saint Pol and secondly,castellan William IV of Saint-Omer
Fastrad, warden of La Flamengerie Abbey. He had three children, of whomJames became bishop of Tournai
a daughter
possibly Radulf