A member of the House of Trie [fr], John succeeded his father, Mathieu I, on the latter's death in 1272.
According to the Chronique Tournaisienne, John died fighting for the king of France at the Battle of the Golden Spurs on 11 July 1302.
[1] The latter bore him two children: Renaud, who succeeded him prior to May 1304, and Mahaut, who in 1298 married Henry de Vergy (died 1333).
One of these, Bone dame me prie de chanter, is also sometimes attributed to Theobald I of Navarre or Gace Brulé.
Both are isometric, decasyllabic, Dorian and set in bar form, and begin with the leading-tone (the seventh degree).