Florine of Burgundy
Florine of Burgundy (French Fleurine de Bourgogne; * around 1081; † 1097 at Philomelion ) was a French noblewoman who died during the First Crusade .
Florine was a daughter of Duke Odo I of Burgundy and his wife Sibylle of Burgundy. Through her father, she was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty . She was engaged or even married to the Danish Prince Sven (Svend), a son of King Sven Estridsson . Together with her husband, she went on the First Crusade, on which both were killed in Asia Minor. Allegedly, with their contingent of fifteen hundred knights, they were surprised by a superior force of the Seljuks as they crossed Cappadocia . Florine and Sven fought the enemy for a day, even after being hit by seven arrows. But in the end they were killed by overwhelming odds.
Florine's father took part in the crusade of 1101 and died in 1102 in Tarsus .
source
- Albert von Aachen , Historia Hierosolymitana Liber III, §54, ed. in: Recueil des historiens des croisades (1879), Historiens occidentaux IV, p. 377
literature
- Joseph François Michaud : Histoire des croisades
- William Bernard Maccabe: Florine, Princess of Burgundy: a tale of the first Crusaders (Dublin, 1860)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Florine of Burgundy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fleurine de Bourgogne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Crusader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1081 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1097 |
| Place of death | Philomelion , Asia Minor |