Johann II of Arcis

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John II of Arcis (French: Jean d'Arcis ; † between August 1219 and July 1222) was a lord of the castle from Arcis-sur-Aube ( House Chacenay ) in Champagne . He was the older son of John I of Arcis († 1191) and the Helisende of Joigny.

During the War of Succession in Champagne in 1215, Johann, like many other feudal lords of the country, sided with the pretender Erhard von Brienne against the ruling Countess Blanka and her underage son Theobald IV. His cousins Erhard II von Chacenay and Anséric III. of Montréal joined the survey. The rebels were excommunicated from the Holy See for this . Probably as a penance for this, after the end of the rebellion in 1219, Johann went on the Crusade of Damiette (Fifth Crusade) accompanied by his stepfather, Count Milon IV of Bar-sur-Seine , and Erhard II of Chacenay . After his half-brother Walter von Bar had died there in front of Damiette on July 30, 1219, Johann testified at the beginning of August that his stepfather was donated to the Knights Templar , before the latter himself on 17/18. August was killed. Shortly afterwards, Johann and many others were taken prisoner during an attack by the Saracens on the Crusader camp. In this context, Jacques de Vitry recognized him as a "brave knight". It is unclear whether Johann was released from captivity or died in it. In July 1222 he was already dead and his younger brother Guy is mentioned in a document as Lord of Arcis-sur-Aube.

literature

  • Charles Lalore, Les sires et les barons de Chacenay. Troyes 1885 ( online ).

Remarks

  1. ↑ Lalore, S. 217th
  2. ↑ Lalore, S. 222nd
  3. ↑ Thomas Oliver , Historia Damiatina , ed. von Hoogeweg: The writings of the Cologne Cathedral Scholasters, later Bishop of Paderborn and Cardinal Bishop of S. Sabina Oliverus (1894), p. 216.
  4. ↑ Matthäus Paris , Chronica majora, ed. by Henry R. Luard in: Rolls Series, Vol. 57.3 (1876), p. 50.
  5. ↑ L'Estoire de Eracles empereur, in: Recueil des Historiens des Croisades. Historiens Occidentaux , Vol. 2 (1859), p. 341.
  6. ↑ Jacques de Vitry, Historia hierosolymitana, ed. by François Guizot , Histoire des croisades, par Jacques de Vitry (1825), p. 400.
  7. ↑ Lalore, No. 118, p. 53.

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personal data
SURNAME Johann II of Arcis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jean d'Arcis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord of Arcis-sur-Aube
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH between August 1219 and July 1222