Joscelin de Montoiron

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Joscelin de Montoiron († 1190 before Acre ) was a vice count of Châtellerault and a crusader . His family origin is unclear, he is occasionally associated with the Montoire family .

He first documented in 1188 as Vice Count of Châtellerault from the right of his wife, the widow of Vice Count Wilhelm who died shortly before. He should be the guardian of his stepson Hugo III. have officiated. Joscelin took part in the third crusade and reached the siege of Acre in the autumn of 1189 with an advance command . During the siege he assisted the Bishop of Salisbury, Hubert Walter , in gathering food for the poor and starving knights. In the further course of the siege he died himself in 1190.

literature

  • Sidney Painter: The Houses of Lusignan and Châtellerault 1150-1250 , in: Speculum 30 (1955) 380-381

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Itinerarium peregrinorum et gesta regis Ricardi Liber I, Cap. LXXVIII, ed. by William Stubbs: Chronicles and Memorials of the Reign of Richard I , in: Rolls Series 38 (1864), Vol. 1, pp. 134-135
  3. ↑ Gesta Regis Henrici secundis et Gesta Regis Ricardi Benedicti abbatis , ed. by William Stubbs in: Rolls Series 49 (1867), Vol. 2, p. 149
personal data
SURNAME Joscelin de Montoiron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vice-Count of Châtellerault
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1190
Place of death Acre