Albéric Clément
Albéric Clément ( German also Alberich , * around 1165 ; † July 3, 1191 in Akkon ) was lord of Le Mez and under Philip II August the first marshal of France .
Life
Albéric was the eldest of six Robert III children . Clément († 1181), who was first governor and from 1180 adviser and minister of Philip II August. He grew up in the family's castle near Dordives in the Gâtinais region .
Philip August created the rank of Marshal for Albéric Clément in 1190, making him the first Marshal of France. Albéric followed Philipp August into the Third Crusade . During an assault on Acre he was defeated by an overwhelming number of opponents and died on July 3, 1191. His armor was captured by a Saracen who was spotted wearing it by Richard the Lionheart a little later and personally killed by him with a shot from a ballista .
family
His brother Henri I. Clément was appointed Marshal of France after him in 1204, as the second of a total of four marshals from the Clément du Mez family.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rigord , Gesta Philippi Augusti , ed. by Léopold Delisle in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 17 (1878), p. 35
- ↑ Gesta Regis Henrici secundis et Gesta Regis Ricardi Benedicti abbatis , ed. by William Stubbs in: Rolls Series 49 (1867), Vol. 2, p. 173
- ↑ Roger von Hoveden , Chronica , ed. by William Stubbs in: Rolls Series 51 (1870), Vol. 3, p. 117
- ↑ Itinerarium peregrinorum et gesta regis Ricardi Liber III, Cap. X, ed. by William Stubbs in: Chronicles and Memorials of the Reign of Richard I, Rolls Series 38 (1864), Vol. 1, pp. 223-224
- ↑ Ambroise , Estoire de la guerre sainte , ed. by Marianne Ailes: The history of the Holy War: Ambroise's Estoire de la guerre sainte (2004), Vol. 2, p. 100
- ↑ Itinerarium peregrinorum et gesta regis Ricardi Liber III, Cap. XIII, ed. by William Stubbs in: Chronicles and Memorials of the Reign of Richard I, Rolls Series 38 (1864), Vol. 1, pp. 225-226
- ↑ Ambroise, Estoire de la guerre sainte , ed. by Marianne Ailes: The history of the Holy War: Ambroise's Estoire de la guerre sainte (2004), Vol. 2, p. 101
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Robert III |
Lord of Le Mez 1181–1191 |
Henri I. |
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Marshal of France 1190–1191 |
Guillaume de Bournel |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Albéric Clément |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Albéric du Mez |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lord of Le Mez Maréchal, Marshal of France |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1165 |
DATE OF DEATH | July 3, 1191 |
Place of death | Acre |