Alfons of Brienne

The coat of arms of Alfonso de Brienne

Alfons of Brienne , called Alfons of Akkon (* around 1227 ; † August 25, 1270 before Tunis ) was a Count of Eu ( iure uxoris ) from the House of Brienne .

Alfonso was a son of John of Brienne , King of Jerusalem , and Princess Berenguela of León († 1237), a daughter of King Alfonso IX. of Castile and Leon . His half-sister was Queen Isabella II of Jerusalem .

He was brought to the court of King Ludwig IX by his father in 1244 . (Saint Louis) sent to France. In 1248 he accompanied the king on the sixth crusade to Egypt . In the Holy Land he then fought in 1253 at Caesarea Philippi (Banyas). In 1260 Alfons was entrusted with the office of Grand Chamberlain of France . In Spain he supported a cousin, King Alfonso X of Castile , in the fight against the Moors in 1265 and was praised for this by Pope Clement IV .

In 1270 Alfons also took part in the seventh crusade to Tunis , where he died of the dysentery that spread in the camp, on the same day as the king. His body was also transferred to France and buried in the Abbey of Saint-Denis .

Alfons was married to Marie de Lusignan-Issoudun († October 1, 1260), the heir to Count Rudolf II of Eu . Your children were:

Johann II. († June 12, 1292), Count of Eu
Blanche († before 1338), Abbess of Maubuisson

Footnotes

^ François Guizot : Chronique de Guillaume de Nangis. Brière et al., Paris 1825, p. 153 ( Collection des Mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France ).
^ JA Walsh: Saint Louis et son siècle. A. Mame, Tours 1847.
↑ Ethel Wedgwood (Ed.): The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville. A new English version. John Murray, London 1906, III, § 10.
^ Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont : Vie de Saint Louis, Roi de France. Volume 3. Renouard, Paris 1848 ( Société de l'histoire de France. 204, = 55).

predecessor	Office	successor
Rudolf II.	Count of Eu (de iure uxoris) 1249–1270	Johann II.

personal data
SURNAME	Alfons of Brienne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Alfonso of Acre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French Count of Eu, Grand Chamberlain of France
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1227
DATE OF DEATH	August 25, 1270
Place of death	near Tunis

[1] François Guizot : Chronique de Guillaume de Nangis. Brière et al., Paris 1825, p. 153 ( Collection des Mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France ).

[2] JA Walsh: Saint Louis et son siècle. A. Mame, Tours 1847.

[3] Ethel Wedgwood (Ed.): The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville. A new English version. John Murray, London 1906, III, § 10.

[4] Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont : Vie de Saint Louis, Roi de France. Volume 3. Renouard, Paris 1848 ( Société de l'histoire de France. 204, = 55).