Hatto from Courtenay

Hatto von Courtenay ( French Hutton or Athon ; † after 1039) was a French nobleman. He was the first lord of Courtenay and founded the noble family of the same name as the progenitor .

He was the son and heir of Renaud, the castellan of Châteaurenard as a vassal of the Count of Sens . Presumably during the War of Succession for Burgundy between King Robert II and Otto Wilhelm of Burgundy , Hatto managed to acquire independent rule in Courtenay in what is now the Loiret department . There he built a castle around 1010 , after which his family was named from then on.

He left at least one son, Joscelin von Courtenay , who inherited him as Lord von Courtenay.

literature

Courtenay. In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . Volume 4, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1875, p. 779.
Alice Saunier-Séïté: Les Courtenay. Destin d'une illustrious famille bourguignonne. Éditions France-Empire, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-7048-0845-7 .

personal data
SURNAME	Courtenay, Hatto of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hutton de Courtenay; Athon de Courtenay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ancestor of the Courtenay family
DATE OF BIRTH	10th century
DATE OF DEATH	after 1039