Agnes from Milly

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Agnes von Milly was a noblewoman in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and wife of Joscelin III. by Courtenay .

parents

Her father was Heinrich von Milly , called Bubalus (the buffalo), Lord of Arabia Petra , brother of Philipp von Milly . Her mother was Agnes Garnier , daughter of Eustach II Garnier , Count of Sidon.

When her father died, she inherited his rights to the castles of Monfort and Castellum Regis .

marriage

She married Joscelin III in 1176 at the latest. von Courtenay († before 1200), titular count of Edessa , Seneschal of Jerusalem . This was enfeoffed from their rights with the castles Monfort and Castellum Regis, he also succeeded in acquiring enough land from the crown domain as a fief around Akkon that a separate lordship could be established, which later became the "Seigneurie de Joscelin" (rule of Joscelin). The rule did not form a closed territory, but consisted of 44 Casalien in relatively dense scattered position on fertile land in the northeast of Acre and included Monfort and Castellum Regis as well as the castles of Banias and Toron .

progeny

With Joscelin she had two daughters, Beatrix and Agnes.

Beatrix († after 1245) was first engaged in 1186 to Wilhelm von Lusignan († before 1208), Herr von Valence, a brother of Guidos von Lusignan , but eventually married the German crusader and minstrel Otto von Botenlauben (son of Count von Lusignan) between 1206 and 1208 Henneberg ). Hermann von Salza bought Joscelin's rule from him for the Teutonic Order in 1220 .

Agnes († after 1200) was initially engaged to a nephew Guidos von Lusignan in 1186, but married around 1200, Wilhelm von Mandelée († after 1226), a Norman crusader from Calabria.

Web links

  • Agnes at fmg.ac (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lignages d'Outre-Mer , Marciana Ms Francese 20, CC.LXXXXIII, p. 69.
  2. ↑ See Hans E. Mayer: The Seigneurie de Joscelin and the German Order. In: Josef Fleckenstein / Manfred Hellmann: The spiritual orders of knights in Europe. Lectures and research 26. Sigmaringen 1980, pp. 171–216.
personal data
SURNAME Agnes from Milly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wife of Joscelin III. by Courtenay-Edessa
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH 12th century or 13th century