Gilles II. De Trazegnies
Gilles II. De Trazegnies († 1204 ) was a lord of Trazegnies (now Courcelles in Belgium ) and Silly and hereditary connétable of the Counts of Flanders . He was the son of Othon II. De Trazegnies († 1192).
He took part in the Fourth Crusade from 1202 , but broke away with others during the siege of Zara from the main army in order to move directly to the Levant . There the crusaders supported the prince of Antioch in the fight against the Armenians, whereby Gilles was killed.
With his wife Aleide de Boulaere, Gilles had the following children:
- Othon III. († around 1241), Lord of Trazegnies and Silly, Connétable of Flanders
- Gilles le Brun († after 1272), Connétable of France
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- Gottfried von Villehardouin , Histoire de la conquête de Constantinople , ed. by Jean Alexandre C. Buchon: Chronique de la price de Constantinople par les Francs , in: Collections des chroniques nationales françaises vol. 3 (1828), p. 91
- L'Estoire de Eracles empereur Liv. 27, cap. XXV, in: Recueil des Historiens des Croisades (1859), Historiens Occidentaux II, p. 249
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| SURNAME | Gilles II. De Trazegnies |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Connétable of Flanders, Crusaders |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1204 |