Gottfried III. by Rancon
Gottfried III. (French: Geoffroy ; † 1258 ) was a gentleman from Rancon and Taillebourg . He was a son of Gottfried II von Rancon .
Gottfried harbored a personal hostility towards Hugo X. von Lusignan and is therefore said to have let his hair grow wild, according to Joinville's words , instead of cutting it short in the fashion of the time. As a result, he opposed Lusignan's alliance with King Henry III. of England , who landed on the coast of Saintonge in May 1242 for war against France. Outwardly, he was initially willing to negotiate with them, but only to stop the advance of the English and to King Ludwig IX. To buy time for a counter-offensive. On July 21, 1242 the French army surprised and defeated the allies in the battle of Taillebourg , the King of England fled and Hugo von Lusignan had to shamefully submit in Poitiers . On this occasion, Gottfried finally had his hair cut short again in front of the assembled court. He also took the feudal oath against Louis IX. to reaffirm his loyalty to the crown of France.
His children were:
- Gottfried IV. († 1263), Lord of Rancon and Taillebourg
- Amabale, ∞ with Guillaume V. de Parthenay
- Aymar († 1226), Count of Bigorre ( iure uxoris )
Individual evidence
- ^ Joinville II, §3; ed. by Ethel Wedgewood (1906), p. 43
- ↑ Guillaume de Nangis , Gesta Sancti Ludovici , ed. in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 20 (1840), pp. 336–337
- ^ Joinville II, §3; ed. by Ethel Wedgewood (1906), p. 43
- ↑ Guillaume de Nangis, Gesta Sancti Ludovici , ed. in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 20 (1840), pp. 340–341
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gottfried III. by Rancon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geoffroy III de Rancon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lord of Rancon and Taillebourg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1258 |