Gottfried I of Rancon
Gottfried I (French: Geoffroy ; † probably 1153) was a lord of Rancon ( Haute-Vienne ) and Taillebourg . He was probably a son of Amalrich III. of Rancon and brother of Amalrich IV of Rancon .
Live and act
Together with Hugo VII of Lusignan , he attacked the castle of Montignac in 1127 , but was repulsed by Count Vulgrin II of Angoulême .
Gottfried became known as a participant in the Second Crusade , for which he took the cross in Vézelay in 1146 together with King Ludwig VII and other French knights . While crossing Asia Minor, Gottfried was noticeable for his indiscipline. In 1148, contrary to the king's orders, he withdrew from the main army during a camp near Laodikeia in order to take a second camp site that seemed safer to him. Because several knights followed him there, this resulted in a split in the army, which the Rum Seljuks recognized and immediately exploited for an attack that put the disorganized crusader army to flight with great losses. Gottfried, who also survived, was then ordered by the king to return home as a punishment.
From a marriage with Fossifia, Gottfried had three children:
- Gottfried II. († 1194), Lord of Rancon and Taillebourg
- Bourgogne († 1169), ∞ with Hugo VIII of Lusignan
- Bertha, ∞ with Guillaume Maingot, Lord of Surgères
literature
- Sidney Painter: Castellans of the Plain of Poitou in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries . In: Speculum. A journal of medieval studies , Vol. 31 (1956), p. 255, ISSN 0038-7134
- Sidney Painter: The Lords of Lusignan in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. In: Speculum. A journal of medieval studies , Vol. 32 (1957), p. 39.
Individual evidence
- ↑ see Painter
- ↑ Ex Historia pontificum et comitum engolismensium Cap. XXXV, in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 12 (1877), p. 396
- ^ Suger von Saint-Denis , Historia gloriosi regis Ludovici VII filii Ludovici Grossi , in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 12 (1877), p. 126
- ^ Wilhelm von Tire , Historia Rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum Lib. XVI, Cap. XXV, ed. in: Recueil des historiens des croisades (1844), Historiens occidentaux I, pp. 747–749
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gottfried I of Rancon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geoffroy Ier de Rancon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lord of Rancon and Taillebourg; Crusaders |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | unsure: 1153 |