Peter I (Alençon)

Coat of arms of Peter of France, Count of Alencon, before 1270

In 1270, when his brother Johann von Damiette died, he took over his coat of arms

Peter of France ( Pierre de France ) (* 1251 in Atlit ; † April 6, 1283 in Salerno ) was a French prince from the Capetian dynasty . He was from 1269 to 1283 Count of Alençon and Le Perche and from 1272 to 1283 a Count of Blois and Chartres and Lord of Guise ( iure uxoris ).

biography

Peter was a son of the French King Louis IX. of Saint and Margaret of Provence . He was born in the Holy Land at Pèlerin Castle , but was baptized in the Cathedral of Caesarea ; his godfather was the Templar Grand Master Renaud de Vichiers . Peter was the second of three children to the royal couple who were born during the Sixth Crusade . After the fighting in Egypt (1249-1250), his father worked for four years to reorganize the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1250-1254).

After returning to France, Peter lived in Paris and received the counties of Alençon and Le Perche as Paragium from his father in 1269 . According to the will of the father he should have joined the order of the Franciscans , but Peter successfully opposed this. He accompanied his father to Tunis on the Seventh Crusade (1270), which turned into a catastrophe because shortly after landing in North Africa an epidemic of dysentery broke out in the army, which both Peter's father and his brother Johann von Damiette succumbed to. From his eldest brother and now king, Philip III. the bold , Peter was appointed regent-designate in case the new king should also die unexpectedly, but this did not happen.

After his return, Peter married Johanna von Châtillon (* 1258; † 1291) in 1272 , who brought the counties of Blois and Chartres and the rule of Guise into the marriage. In 1281 Peter was one of the witnesses at the trial of Pope Martin IV , which led to his father's canonization .

After the Sicilian Vespers in 1282, Peter went to the Kingdom of Naples to support his uncle Charles of Anjou . He died in Salerno in 1283, but was transferred to Paris and buried there in the Couvent des Cordeliers . After his death without descendants, the Apanage (Alençon and Le Perche) reverted to the Crown, his wife did not remarry and in 1286 sold Chartres to King Philip IV the Handsome . Blois and Guise inherited relatives from the Châtillon house .

ancestors

Philip II August (1165-1223)

Isabelle of Hainaut (1170–1190)

Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155-1214)

Eleonore Plantagenet (1161-1214)

Alfonso II of Provence (1180–1209)

Garsende II of Sabran (1180–1242)

Thomas I of Savoy (1180–1233)

Beatrix of Geneva (? –1252)

Louis VIII the Lion (1187-1226)

Blanka of Castile (1188–1252)

Raimund Berengar V. (1205-1245)

Beatrix of Savoy (? –1266)

Louis IX the saint (1214-1270)

Margaret of Provence (1221–1295)

Peter of France (1251–1283)

Reclining figures of the sons of Peter von Alençon

progeny

With Johanna von Châtillon (* 1258, † 1291) he had two sons, both of whom did not live long and were buried in the Royaumont Abbey and transferred to Saint-Denis in 1791 :

• Louis (* 1276, † 1277)
• Philippe (* 1278, † 1279)

Web links

Commons : Peter I.  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• genealogie-mittelalter.de