Hervé IV (Donzy)

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Hervé IV. De Donzy (attested in 1194; † January 21, 1222 or January 23, 1223 at Saint-Aignan Castle , probably poisoned) was a lord of Donzy and Gien and de iure uxoris a count of Nevers . He was a younger son of Hervé III. de Donzy († 1187) from the house of Semur and Mathilde Goet.

He took part in the third crusade and reached the siege of Acre in the autumn of 1189 as a member of an advance detachment . Back at home he got into a dispute with Peter II of Courtenay over possession of the castle of Gien , during which he succeeded in defeating his opponent at Cosne and taking him prisoner. Through the mediation of King Philip II August , an understanding was reached in 1199. Peter von Courtenay was released and had to give his daughter Mathilde von Courtenay , Countess of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre , to wife Hervé since the death of her mother Agnes I of Nevers in 1192 . However, Hervé only received the county of Nevers for administration, Peter himself has since carried the title of Count of Auxerre and Tonnerre. The marriage was concluded in October 1199, although the necessary papal dispensation was not granted until December 20, 1213. Hervé, in turn, consented to the king taking the castle of Gien for himself.

Philippe-Auguste's interest in Hervé de Donzy was mainly due to the family's old obligations, which they tied to the English royal family, the Plantagenet . Through the successful mediation of the king, they seemed to take a back seat through new obligations to the Capetians . In fact, a few years later, Hervé de Donzy took part in the conquest of Normandy (1203/04) on the French side, as well as in the subsequent campaigns in the Touraine and Poitou and, from 1209, the Albigensian Crusade .

Since Hervé later turned back to the English and was on the loser's side in the Battle of Bouvines on July 27, 1214, King Philippe-Auguste seized the lands of Hervé, which bordered on English possession in France, and at the same time sought to to secure the rest of his family through family ties. On September 8, 1217, Hervé was forced to promise the hand of his heir daughter Agnes and thus Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre Philippe-Auguste's grandson of the same name, which only did not lead to marriage because the future husband died the following year. Hervé then had to promise to marry Agnes only with the consent of the king.

In 1218, Hervé took part in the Damiette crusade , but returned to Europe when he learned that his father-in-law had died in 1219 to take his property in France. Two years later he married his heir to Guy IV. De Châtillon , Count of Saint-Pol . Rumor has it that he died of poison another two years later.

Hervé and Mathilde had two children:

He was buried in the Pontigny monastery . His widow married Guigues IV , Count of Forez , in 1226 .

literature

  • Ulrich Mattejiet: Hervé IV. Donzy . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages . Volume 4. dtv, Munich 2002, column 2185-2186.
  • Detlev Schwennicke: European family tables . Volume 3, part 3. 1985, plate 435.

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References and comments

  1. ^ U. Mattejiet: Hervé IV. Donzy , Col. 2185.
  2. ↑ a b Biographical information on Hervé IV by Donzy on fmg.ac , accessed on August 28, 2011.
  3. ^ Itinerarium peregrinorum et gesta regis Ricardi Liber I, Cap. XXXI, ed. by William Stubbs: Chronicles and Memorials of the Reign of Richard I , in: Rolls Series 38 (1864), Vol. 1, p. 74. Here called "Hervé von Gien" ( Herveius de Gienis ).
  4. ↑ Schwennicke notes that Hervé and Mathilde's marriage was divorced on December 20, 1213.
personal data
SURNAME Hervé IV.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hervé IV. De Donzy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord von Donzy, Earl of Nevers
DATE OF BIRTH before 1194
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Aignan Castle
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1222 or January 23, 1223
Place of death Saint-Aignan Castle