Dreux d'Amiens

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Dreux d'Amiens (German: Drogo ; † 1194/95) was a castellan of Amiens , Lord of Vignacourt and Flixecourt (now in the Somme department ) and a crusader. He was the son of the castellan Adalhelm II of Amiens.

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In the wake of King Philip II Augustus of France, Dreux took part in the Third Crusade and reached the siege of Acre in 1191 . After taking Acre he decided to stay with the crusade while the French king planned to leave for his homeland. To prevent this, Dreux asked the English King Richard the Lionheart to persuade the French king to stay, which was ultimately unsuccessful. In the further course of the crusade he acted as an intermediary between Richard the Lionheart and the Tire resident Conrad of Montferrat and fought in the Battle of Arsuf .

Dreux d'Amiens was married to Margaret, a daughter of Count Anselm von Saint-Pol . One of her sons was Pierre d'Amiens († 1204), who was a prominent protagonist of the Fourth Crusade .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Itinerarium peregrinorum et gesta regis Ricardi , ed. by William Stubbs: Chronicles and Memorials of the Reign of Richard I Lib. III, Cap. III, in: Rolls Series 38 (1864), Vol. 1, p. 213
  2. ↑ Gesta Regis Henrici secundis et Gesta Regis Ricardi Benedicti abbatis , ed. by William Stubbs in: Rolls Series 49 (1867), Vol. 2, p. 182
  3. ↑ Itinerarium peregrinorum et gesta regis Ricardi , ed. by William Stubbs: Chronicles and Memorials of the Reign of Richard I Lib. IV, Cap. III, in: Rolls Series 38 (1864), Vol. 1, p. 242

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SURNAME Dreux d'Amiens
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Drogo from Amiens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Castellan of Amiens, Lord of Vignacourt and Flexicourt, crusaders
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1194 or 1195