Guigues IV (Forez)

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Guigues IV. (* Before 1200; † October 29, 1241 in Castellaneta ) was a Count of Forez from 1204 and a Count of Nevers , Auxerre and Tonnerre by marriage from 1229 .

Life

The sarcophagus of Count Guigues IV of Forez in Montbrison Cathedral.

He was the son of Count Guigues III. from Forez and Alix from Sully. He inherited his father when he died in 1204. During his minority he was under the reign of his uncle Renaud II of Forez , Archbishop of Lyon .

At the instigation of King Philip II. August Guigues was married to Philippa († 1223) in 1205, a daughter of Guido II of Dampierre-Bourbon . His sister was married at the same time to his new brother-in-law Archambault von Dampierre-Bourbon . In his second marriage he married Ermengarde von Auvergne († 1225), daughter of Count Guido II , in third marriage finally in 1226 Mathilde von Courtenay , Countess of Nevers , Auxerre and Tonnerre in her own right, daughter of Peter II of Courtenay , Emperor of Constantinople and Agnes of Nevers .

In 1239 he took part in the crusade of Theobald von Champagne ( crusade of the barons ) to the Holy Land. When Theobald returned to France in September 1240, he initially stayed in the Holy Land, where he joined the party of the Knights Templar and the local barons. Guigues died on the way home in Puglia . He was buried in the cathedral of Montbrison (Notre-Dame de l'Espérance) built by him in 1223 ; the sarcophagus is decorated with a reclining figure of him.

progeny

From his first marriage to Philippa von Dampierre he had two sons:

  • Guigues V. , († 1259) Count of Forez 1241–1259
  • Renaud , († 1270) Count of Forez 1259–1270

His second and third marriages were childless.

Trivia

Guigues IV. D'Albon, Count of Forez, should not be confused with Guigues IV. D'Albon called the Delfin (Le Dauphin), Count of Viennois († 1142).

Commons : Sarcophagus of Count Guigues IV of Forez  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Detlev Schwennicke: European family tables . Volume III.4 (1989) Plate 739
  • Steven Runciman: History of the Crusades .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catalog des actes de Philippe Auguste , ed. by Léopold Delisle (1856), no.923, p. 212
  2. ↑ L'Estoire de Eracles empereur Liv. 33, cap. XLIV, in: Recueil des historiens des croisades (1859), Historiens Occidentaux II, p. 413
  3. ↑ L'Estoire de Eracles empereur Liv. 33, cap. XLIX, in: Recueil des historiens des croisades (1859), Historiens Occidentaux II, p. 420
predecessor Office successor
Guigues III. Earl of Forez 1204–1241
Armoiries Forez.svg
Guigues V.
Guido I of St. Pol
(de iure uxoris) 		Count of Nevers , Auxerre and Tonnerre
(de iure uxoris )
1229–1241 		Mathilde
personal data
SURNAME Guigues IV.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guigues of Albon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Forez and Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre
DATE OF BIRTH before 1200
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1241
Place of death Castellaneta