Marguerite de Reynel

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Marguerite de Reynel († June 5, 1254 ) was a Countess of Sidon and Beaufort through her marriage . In the chronicles she appears mostly as "Dame de Sayette".

She came from the feudal nobility of Champagne as the daughter of Arnoul de Reynel, a member of the Reynel family , and the Ida de Brienne. On her mother's side she was a niece of John of Brienne , who had become king of Jerusalem in 1210 . From this she was invited to Outremer during the Damiette Crusade in 1218 to be married to Balian Garnier , Count of Sidon and Beaufort. The marriage had a political purpose, as her husband was an opponent of her uncle for a long time, so they were reconciled again. Several children emerged from the marriage:

  • Gilles († before 1240);
  • Julian († 1275), Count of Sidon;
  • Philip "von Beaufort" († after March 1261);
  • Isabella;
  • Agnes, ⚭ Wilhelm von Batrun

In the older historical literature in particular, Marguerite de Reynel is identified with the lover of Emperor Frederick II, known as the “Flower of Syria” , with whom the emperor is said to have spent his wedding night on November 9, 1225 in Brindisi , instead of his newly wed bride Isabella II of Jerusalem . Much more likely, however, the mistress was another cousin of the bride, Anais von Brienne , a daughter of Count Walter III. von Brienne , especially since neither Joinville nor any other author of the time brought the "Dame de Sayette" into connection with the emperor.

In the late year 1250 Marguerite organized the burial of the remains of her cousin Walter IV of Brienne in the Johanniterkirche St. Johannis zu Akkon , who had already died in 1246 in the captivity of the Sultan of Egypt. According to the Chronicle of Francesco Amaid, she died on June 5, 1254.

References and comments

  1. ↑ The family background is explained in both the Estoire de Eracles and Jean de Joinville. Joinville, on his return from the Sixth Crusade, married Alix de Reynel in 1254, who was a niece of Marguerite.
  2. ↑ L'Estoire de Eracles empereur. In: Recueil des historiens des croisades . Historiens Occidentaux. Volume 2. Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1859, p. 332 , Liv. XXIII, cap. III.
  3. ^ The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville. A new English version by Ethel Wedgwood. J. Murray London 1906, pp. 240-241 , III, § 4.
  4. ↑ René de Mas Latrie (ed.): Chroniques d'Amadi et de Strambaldi. Volume 1: Chronique d'Amadi. Imprimerie Nationale, Paris 1891, p. 203. The year of death is confirmed by L'Estoire de Eracles empereur. In: Recueil des historiens des croisades . Historiens Occidentaux. Volume 2. Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1859, p. 441 , Liv. XXXIV, Cap. II.
personal data
SURNAME Marguerite de Reynel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Countess of Sidon and Beaufort, wife of Balian Garnier
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1254