Adam de Villebéon

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Adam de Villebéon (* probably 1183/85; † January 28, 1235 ) was Grand Chamberlain of France from 1223 until his death . He is a member of the Le Riche family .

Life

Adam de Villebéon was the son of Gauthier II. De Villebéon and Elisabeth de Mondreville († 1234).

Gauthier II. De Villebéon took part in the Damiette Crusade (Fifth Crusade) with his sons Adam and Mathieu . All three were captured there in autumn 1219 by the Saracens after a battle. While Adam was soon released, Gauthier and Mathieu were missing, apparently they had died in captivity.

Adam inherited the lordships of Villebéon , La Chapelle-Gauthier , Tournanfuye, Bagnaux , La Celle-sous-Moret and Fontaine Guérart from his father or brother .

Gauthier II. De Villebéon had been Grand Chamberlain of France from 1205 until his death , the same office was entrusted to Adam in 1223.

family

Adam de Villebéon married Isabelle de Tancarville († 1214), daughter of Guillaume (III.), Seigneur de Tancarville , Chamberlain of Normandy (he died on July 27, 1214 at the Battle of Bouvines ), and Alix de Sérans ( House Tancarville ). The couple had at least five children:

  • Gauthier (III.) De Villebéon, dit Le Chambellan ( Galteri junioris dicti Cambellani ), * probably 1206, † 27 September probably 1239/1240, Seigneur de Villebéon et de Tournanfuye; ∞ probably 1228 Alix de Vierzon, † December 3, 1245, daughter of Hervé (II.), Seigneur de Vierzon, and Marie de Dampierre, she married in 2nd marriage probably in 1243 Gérard (III.) De Picquigny, Vidame d'Amiens
  • Guillaume de Villebéon, dit Le Chambellan, † 1243
  • Pierre de Villebéon, dit Le Chambellan, † February 21, 1271 in the port of Tunis, Seigneur de Baignaux, 1255 Grand Chamberlain of Louis IX. , Attested in 1259, buried in the cathedral of Saint-Denis ; ∞ NN, † after 1277
  • Adam (II.) De Villebéon, dit Le Chambellan, † September 14, 1264, 1260 Seigneur de Tournanfuye et du Mesnil-Aubry , buried in the Abbey of Le Jard; ∞ before 1240 Alix, † March 5, 12xx, possibly Alix de Garlande, daughter of Anseau de Garlande and Alix

In 1215 Adam de Villebéon entered into a second marriage with Elisabeth de Montmaur († July 23, 1254), daughter of Mathieu de Montmaur. There are at least two children from this marriage:

  • Isabelle de Villebéon, dite La Chambellane, † March 25, 1265, Dame de La Chapelle-Gauthier; ∞ Mathieu de Montmirail, † January 14 (or June 16) 1262, Seigneur de Charly 1226, Seigneur de La Ferté-Gaucher 1240, Seigneur de Montmirail 1240, Châtelain de Cambrai 1241, son of Jean (I) de Montmirail, and Helvide de Dampierre
  • Mathieu (II.) De Villebéon, † 1270; ∞ (1) Philippotte, † after October 3, 1266, daughter of NN and Hersende; ∞ (2) probably 1267/68 Helvide de Bormont, widow of Guy de Nantueil-le-Hardouin, Seigneur de Morcourt

Adam de Villebéon and Elisabeth de Montmaur were buried in Le Jard Abbey .

literature

  • Père Anselme , Histoire généalogique et chronologique , Volume 8, 1733, p. 438f (Chambellans)

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Remarks

  1. ↑ L'Estoire de Eracles empereur Liv. 32, cap. III and X, in: Recueil des historiens des croisades (1859), Historiens Occidentaux II, pp. 332 and 341
  2. ↑ Matthäus Paris , Chronica Majora , ed. by Henry Richards Luard in: Rolls Series 57 (1876), Vol. 3, p. 50
  3. ^ Former Maison forte at the site of today's Château de Graville in Vernou-la-Celle-sur-Seine
  4. ↑ Confirmation of the marriage contract by the king
  5. ↑ Richemond suspects that Gauthier followed his father as chamberlain, but also states that he has not found any document to confirm this
  6. ^ Père Anselme: daughter of Hervé I. de Vierzon and Anne de la Ferté Imbaut
personal data
SURNAME Adam de Villebéon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord of Villebon, Grand Chamberlain of France
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: between 1183 and 1185
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1235
Place of death buried Le Jard Abbey