Peter (Vendôme)

Peter von Vendôme (French: Pierre ; * around 1200 ; † March 25, 1249 in Nicosia ) was Count of Vendôme from the House of Montoire . He was a son of Count John IV and his wife Églantine (Agnes).

Coat of arms of the Counts of Vendome

Life

As Count of Vendôme, Peter was a vassal of the County of Anjou , but was initially a direct vassal of the crown after taking over his inheritance in 1230, since Anjou belonged to the crown domain . However, this status changed in 1246 when the royal prince Karl was replaced by his older brother, King Ludwig IX. of France , was entrusted with Anjou, whereby Vendôme again moved down to an after-fief of the crown.

In order to end the generation-long dispute with the Vice Count of Châteaudun over sovereign rights on Mondoubleau , Peter and the Bishop of Chartres gave up their feudal rights to this rule, which they had held in equal parts, under royal pressure in 1248. In return, the count and bishop were given rulership rights to Roches Castle.

Peter took part in the Sixth Crusade from 1248 , in the course of which he died while the army was wintering in Cyprus . He was buried in the Saint-Georges church in Vendôme .

Marriage and offspring

He was married to Johanna von Mayenne, daughter of Sire Juhel III., Seigneur de Mayenne ( House Mayenne ). Your children were:

• Burchard V († 1271), Count of Vendôme
• Johann, Lord of Fresne
• Gottfried, lord of La Chartre-sur-le-Loir , descendants until 1560
• Matthew († 1286), Abbot of Saint-Denis, Regent of France in 1270 and 1285

Individual evidence

1. ^ Joseph R. Strayer: The Crusades of Louis IX. In: Robert Lee Wolff, Harry W. Hazard (ed.): The later Crusades, 1189-1311 (= A History of the Crusades. Vol. 2). 2nd edition. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison WI 1969, pp. 490-508, here p. 493.
2. ↑ Vincent of Beauvais : Speculum Historiale. Johann Mentelin, Strasbourg 1473, xxxii, 89.
3. ↑ Baldwin of Avesnes : Chronicon Hanoniense. Edited by Johannes Heller . In: Monumenta Germaniae Historica . Scriptores (in folio). Volume 25. Hahn, Hannover 1880, pp. 414-467, here p. 454 .
4. ↑ Michel Félibien: Histoire de l'Abbaye royale de Saint-Denis en France. Frederic Leonard, Paris, 1706, ( digitized ).

literature

• Dominique Barthélémy: La société dans le Comté de Vendôme. De l'An Mil from XIVème siècle. Fayard, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-213-03071-5 .

Web link

• The Counts of Vendôme (French)

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann IV.	Count of Vendôme 1230-1249	Burchard V.