Yolande of Dampierre

Yolande of Dampierre, also known as Yolande of Flanders, Yolande of Kassel and Yolande of Bar (15 September 1326 – 12 December 1395), was Countess of Bar by marriage to Henry IV, Count of Bar. She was Regent of the County of Bar between 1344 and 1349 during the minority of her son Edward II, Count of Bar, and for her son Robert in 1352-1353 and 1356-1359. Biography Yolande was the daughter of Robert of Cassel, lord of Marle and Cassel, and Joan of Brittany. She was the great-grandchild of Guy, Count of Flanders. Yolande's older brother John died in 1332, when she was six. She then inherited the lands of Cassel in the duchy of Flanders. She was first betrothed to Louis of Male, but would end up marrying Henry IV, count of Bar in 1338.