Peter of Angoulême

Peter of Angoulême († July 1208 in Antioch ) was the Latin patriarch of Antioch .

Before being elected Patriarch, he was Bishop of Tripoli . Between 1185 and 1192 he was also Chancellor of the Kingdom of Jerusalem .

After the death of Patriarch Ralf II in 1196, Peter was elected his successor.

In 1201 the prince of Antioch Bohemond III died. Since his eldest son Raimund had already died in 1199, an inheritance dispute arose between Raimund's underage son Raimund Ruben and Bohemund's younger son Bohemund IV. The latter first seized power in Antioch, while Raimund Ruben found shelter with his mother's family at the Armenian royal court.

When Raimund Ruben grew up, his uncle King Leo II urged Prince Bohemond IV to relinquish the throne in favor of Raimund Rubens, which he refused. Now Patriarch Peter also campaigned for the rights of Raimund Rubens. With Rome's approval, he excommunicated Prince Bohemond IV, as well as the commune of Antioch and ordered that no bells should be rung in Antioch, no mass should be held and no dead be buried before Bohemond consented to the renunciation. Towards the end of 1207, Peter gave an army of Armenians and disaffected Barons from Antioch access to Antioch, which conquered the lower city. Bohemond managed to gather his troops in the citadel and drive the invaders out of the city after a few days. Peter, whose involvement in the incident was evident, was arrested and imprisoned. He finally died in dungeon in July 1208 after drinking lamp oil out of hunger and thirst.

Individual evidence

↑ Cf. Karl Herquet : Charlotta von Lusignan and Caterina Cornaro, queens of Cyprus. F. Pustet, Regensburg et al. 1870, p. 9 .
↑ ^a ^b Cf. Steven Runciman: History of the Crusades. Special edition in one volume without references to sources and literature, 28. – 32. Thousands of the total print run. CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-39960-6 , p. 875.
↑ See Steven Runciman: History of the Crusades. Special edition in one volume without references to sources and literature, 28. – 32. Thousands of the total print run. CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-39960-6 , p. 914
↑ See Jonathan Riley-Smith : The Crusades. A history. 2nd edition. Continuum International Publishing Group, London et al. 2005, ISBN 0-8264-7270-2 , p. 229.
^ See Mary Nickerson Hardwicke: The Crusader States, 1192-1243. In: Kenneth M. Setton (Ed.): A History of the Crusades. Volume 2: Robert Lee Wolff, Harry W. Hazard (Eds.): The Later Crusades, 1189-1311. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison WI 2005, ISBN 0-299-04844-6 , pp. 522-546, here p. 536.

predecessor	Office	successor
Ralf II.	Latin Patriarch of Antioch 1196–1208	Peter from Ivrea

personal data
SURNAME	Peter of Angoulême
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Peter of Antioch; Peter of Tripoli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Latin Patriarch of Antioch, Bishop of Tripoli, Chancellor of Jerusalem
DATE OF BIRTH	12th Century
DATE OF DEATH	July 1208
Place of death	Antioch

[1] Cf. Karl Herquet : Charlotta von Lusignan and Caterina Cornaro, queens of Cyprus. F. Pustet, Regensburg et al. 1870, p. 9 .

[Runc875-2] Cf. Steven Runciman: History of the Crusades. Special edition in one volume without references to sources and literature, 28. – 32. Thousands of the total print run. CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-39960-6 , p. 875.

[3] See Steven Runciman: History of the Crusades. Special edition in one volume without references to sources and literature, 28. – 32. Thousands of the total print run. CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-39960-6 , p. 914

[4] See Jonathan Riley-Smith : The Crusades. A history. 2nd edition. Continuum International Publishing Group, London et al. 2005, ISBN 0-8264-7270-2 , p. 229.

[5] See Mary Nickerson Hardwicke: The Crusader States, 1192-1243. In: Kenneth M. Setton (Ed.): A History of the Crusades. Volume 2: Robert Lee Wolff, Harry W. Hazard (Eds.): The Later Crusades, 1189-1311. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison WI 2005, ISBN 0-299-04844-6 , pp. 522-546, here p. 536.