Gottfried I of Villehardouin
Gottfried I von Villehardouin († 1228 ) was Prince of Achaia from 1209 to 1228. He was the nephew of the historian Gottfried von Villehardouin , a knight and crusader. Gottfried went to Palestine and in 1205 helped William I of Champlitte to conquer the Morea . After his death he became ruler of the Principality of Achaia .
Like his uncle Gottfried von Villehardouin, Gottfried came from Champagne . While the other crusaders of the Fourth Crusade deviated from their actual goal of Jerusalem in order to conquer Constantinople , Gottfried went to Palestine. On his way back, his ship ran into the port of Modon in the Morea ( Peloponnese ) in 1204 . He helped Boniface I of Montferrat and Wilhelm I of Champlitte to conquer the Morea.
In the spring of 1205 they overcame the only serious resistance that the Byzantine army - probably under the command of Michael I Komnenos Dukas - put up in the battle in the olive grove of Kunduros, and occupied most of the Morea. Wilhelm gave him Koroni and Kalamata for his services . When Wilhelm traveled to France in 1209, Gottfried took the place of Wilhelm's deputy, his nephew Hugo von Champlitte, and became Prince of Achaia. He defeated the Byzantine governor Leon Sgouros in Argos and Nafplion and in 1212 conquered the entire Morea. With his policy of tolerance towards the Orthodox inhabitants of the Morea, he won their support. He died in 1228. His son Gottfried II von Villehardouin was his successor.
swell
- Chronicle of Morea , anonymous medieval document published by the Principality of Achaia in the early 14th century.
- The Greek text of the Chronicle of Morea
literature
- John H. Finley, Jr .: Corinth in the Middle Ages , in: Speculum 7,4 (1932) 477-499, doi : 10.2307 / 2850425 .
- Henry F. Tozer: The Franks in the Peloponnese , in: The Journal of Hellenic Studies 4 (1883) 165-236, doi : 10.2307 / 2850425 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gottfried I of Villehardouin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince of Achaia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1228 |
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm I of Champlitte |
Prince of Achaia 1209–1228 |
Gottfried II of Villehardouin |