Peter I (St. Pol and Brienne)
Pierre I de Luxembourg (* 1390 ; † August 31, 1433 in Rambures an der Pest ) from the House of Luxemburg-Ligny was Count of Brienne and Conversano from 1397 to 1433 and Count of Saint-Pol from 1430.
Duke Philip III the good of Burgundy made Peter a founding member of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1430 . John of Lancaster , who had married his daughter Jacqueline (Jacquetta) in 1433, gave him command of an army corps with which he besieged Saint-Valéry . He died of the plague in Rambures in 1433 . He was buried in a magnificent tomb in the Cercamp Abbey .
family
He was the son of Jean de Luxembourg (* 1370 † 1397), Seigneur de Beauvoir , and Marguerite d'Enghien, Countess of Brienne and Conversano, thus the grandson of Guy de Luxembourg , Count of Ligny , and Mahaut de Châtillon, Countess of Saint-Pol. His brothers were Chancellor Ludwig († 1443) and Count Johann II of Ligny († 1441).
In 1405 he married Marguerite des Baux (* 1394 † 1469), daughter of François des Baux (Francesco del Balzo), Duke of Andria , and Sueva Orsini. Your children were:
- Jacquetta († 1472); ⚭I John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford , † 1435; ⚭ II Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers , Knight of the Order of the Garter , † 1469 - Jacquetta and Richard Woodville are the in-laws of King Edward IV of England and Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford
- Louis (* 1418 † 1475), Comte de Saint-Pol, de Brienne, de Ligny, de Guise et de Conversano, Connétable of France ; ⚭ I 1435 Jeanne de Bar (* 1415 † 1462), Comtesse de Marle et de Soissons ; ⚭ II 1466 Maria von Savoyen (* 1448), daughter of Duke Ludwig ( House of Savoy )
- Catherine († 1492); ⚭ 1445 Arthur de Richemont († 1458), Constable of France , 1457 Duke of Brittany ( House of France-Dreux )
- Philippe, Abbess of Saint-Maixent
- Isabelle († 1472); ⚭ 1443 Charles IV d'Anjou (* 1414 † 1472), Duc du Maine ( Younger House Anjou )
- Thibaut († 1477), Seigneur de Fiennes et Comte de Brienne, 1465 Bishop of Le Mans ; ⚭Philippote de Melun, † 1450, daughter of Jean IV. De Melun, burgrave of Ghent - descendants: the lords of Fiennes and dukes of Étampes and Penthièvre (1560 and 1569–1624)
- Jacques († 1487), Seigneur de Richebourg , Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece ; ⚭ Isabelle de Roubaix, daughter of Pierre .
- Valéran, † small
- Jean, † in Africa
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literature
- Raphaël De Smedt (ed.): Les chevaliers de l'ordre de la Toison d'or au XVe siècle. Notices bio-bibliographiques. 2nd édition entièrement revue et enrichie. Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2000, ISBN 3-631-36017-7 , pp. 22-24 ( Kieler Werkstücke. Series D: Contributions to the European history of the late Middle Ages. Vol. 3).
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Johann II. |
Count of Brienne and Conversano 1397–1433 |
Ludwig I. |
Johanna |
Count of Saint-Pol 1430–1433 |
Ludwig I. |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Peter I. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pierre I. de Luxembourg; Peter of Luxembourg |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Brienne and Conversano and Count of Saint-Pol |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1390 |
DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1433 |
Place of death | Rambures |