Gottfried VI. (Châteaudun)
Gottfried VI. († February 6, 1250 in Egypt ) was a vice count of Châteaudun , lord of Mondoubleau and Saint-Calais . He was a son of Vice Count Gottfried V von Châteaudun .
He was married to Clémence († after 1259), heir to Guillaume des Roches , Seneschal of Anjou and Lord of Sablé-sur-Sarthe . Your children were:
- Clémence († before February 1, 1259), Vice Countess of Châteaudun
- ∞ before 1253 with Robert de Dreux , Herr von Beu
- Johanna, lady of Château-du-Loir
- ∞ with Count Johann I of Montfort († 1249)
- ∞ with Johann von Akkon († 1296, House Brienne ), grand cupbearer of France
In 1226 Gottfried accompanied King Louis VIII of France on the Albigensian Crusade . He was a vassal of the Count of Blois , who held the count's rights to Châteaudun, and thus at the same time an aftervasal of the Count of Champagne , who was the overlord of Blois. This status changed in 1234 after Count Theobald IV of Champagne ceded his feudal rights to Blois and Châteaudun to the crown. In 1240 Gottfried led a royal army into the Languedoc in order to successfully relieve Carcassonne, which was besieged by Raimund II Trencavel . He then fought for King Ludwig IX in 1242 . (Saint Louis) against Hugo X. von Lusignan and Henry III. of England . Because of these merits, Mondoubleau's existing vassalage to the neighboring Count of Vendôme was ended by royal decree in 1248 .
Together with his son-in-law, Gottfried took part in the crusade to Egypt ( Sixth Crusade ) from 1248 . However, they did not go on board with the king on August 25, 1248 in Aigues-Mortes , but traveled with their own contingent to Cyprus , which they reached on October 23, 1248. Once there, a dispute broke out between the archers Gottfried and their Genoese skippers, in which two Genoese were killed. Only the authority of the king prevented the conflict from escalating, shortly afterwards the Count of Montfort died of an illness.
Gottfried himself died in the further course of the crusade.
Individual proof
- ^ Letter from the legate Odo von Châteauroux to Pope Innocent IV of March 31, 1249 in: Spicilegium sive Collectio Veterum Aliquot Scriptorum qui in Galliae Bibliothecis Delituerant, vol. 3 , ed. by Étienne Baluze and LFJ de la Barre (1723), pp. 624–625
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gottfried VI. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Vice Count of Châteaudun |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th century or 13th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1250 |
| Place of death | Egypt |