André de Chauvigny

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André de Chauvigny (German: Andreas , English: Andrew ; * around 1150 ; † 1202 ) was a French knight and lord of Châteauroux in the rights of his wife.

Life

André was a son of Pierre-Hélie de Chauvigny and Haois de Châtellerault. His father was hereditary Prévôt of Chauvigny in the service of the Bishop of Poitiers . Through his mother he was a cousin of the Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine .

André was a knight in the entourage of his great cousin Richard the Lionheart and fought against his father Heinrich II. Plantagenet in 1189 . They put the old king to flight on June 12, 1189 in Le Mans . In an attempt to pursue him, however, André was made by the knights William Marshal and Baudouin de Béthune . André fought them one after the other in a duel, but was knocked from the saddle by Marshal. He broke his arm and was captured.

However, André did not stay in captivity for long, because King Henry II died a little later in Chinon and Richard the Lionheart became the new sole ruler of the so-called Angevin Empire . In August 1189 André married the heiress of Châteauroux , Denise de Déols, in Salisbury . The wedding took place on the orders of Richard the Lionheart and Eleanor of Aquitaine also attended it as a guest. Then André went on the third crusade , where he fought in the siege of Acre and in the battle of Arsuf . He was wounded on his arm by a lance, which is why he was also said to have fought a personal duel with Saladin . After the peace agreement with Saladin in 1192, he led the first group of pilgrims to the holy grave in the Jerusalem held by the Muslims .

Back at home, André supported Richard the Lionheart in the fight against King Philip II of France . After Richard's death in 1199, André supported the claims of the young Duke Arthur I of Brittany against Johann Ohneland . In return, he and the Duke took the side of Philip II of France. Together with Arthur, André took part in the siege of Mirebeau , where Eleanor of Aquitaine had holed up. In a successful relief attack by Johann, they were captured and taken to Rouen . André died that same year.

progeny

From his marriage to Denise de Déols († 1221) André had two sons:

  • Guillaume I. de Chauvigny († 1234), lord of Châteauroux
  • André II. De Chauvigny († 1251 or later), Lord of Levroux

literature

  • David Crouch: William Marshal. Court, Career and Chivalry in the Angevin Empire 1147-1219. Longman, London 1990, ISBN 0-582-03787-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Gesta Regis Henrici secundis et Gesta Regis Ricardi Benedicti abbatis , ed. by William Stubbs in: Rolls Series 49 (1867), Vol. 2, p. 76
  2. Itinerary of Richard I VI, §31, ed. by HG Bohn in: Chronicles of the Crusades: being contemporary narratives of the crusade of Richard Cœur de Lion (1848), pp. 331-332