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d. 1270 France

John II (died 1270/72), also known as Je(h)an de Nesle and by the sobriquets le Bon and le Bègue ("the Good" and "the Stammerer"), was the tenth Count of Soissons, succeeding his father Ralph in 1235.

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The good count of Soissons laughed at me, saying, "Seneschal, let this rabble hoot, as by God's coif (this was his usual oath) we shall live to speak of this day in ladies' chambers."

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