Pierre de Champvent

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Pierre de Champvent (also Peter de Chauvant or Chauvent ) († between September 1302 and March 29, 1303) was a nobleman originally from Savoy , who made a career as a military and courtier in England .

Origin and move to England

Pierre de Champvent came from the Champvent family , a noble family from Vaud , which was under the influence of the county of Savoy in the 13th century. He was the son of Henri , Herr von Champvent , and his brothers included Guillaume and Othon de Champvent , who both later became bishops of Lausanne. Like his brothers, Pierre probably came to England with his uncle Pierre de Grandson and his cousin Otton de Grandson in the entourage of Count Peter II of Savoy , an uncle of Queen Eleanor of Provence .

Rise under Heinrich III.

Champvent is first mentioned in 1251. The next year he served as a servant at the court of the English King Henry III. Before 1259 he was knighted. As a knight of the royal household, he took part in the conquest of Northampton in 1264 and in the siege of Kenilworth Castle in 1266 during the Second Barons' War. In 1268 he served as the commandant of Gloucester Castle . The king rewarded him with land ownership, two guardianship administrations and other privileges. In Vaud, after the death of his father before 1264, he inherited the Champvent reign, which he had managed by castellans while he was away in England. There it is only occasionally documented, but probably during his reign, the Château de Champvent was built towards the end of the 13th century based on the model of Château d'Yverdon .

The Château de Champvent in Vaud, built during the reign of Pierre de Champvent

Further advancement under Eduard I.

While Champvent under Henry III. had apparently been high in the royal favor, he lost the reign of his son and successor at the beginning of Edward I in importance. He took part in the campaigns to conquer Wales and eventually won the favor of Edward I. In the late 1280s, he was steward of the Household . He was personally invited to several parliaments by writ of summons , where he was responsible as steward to receive petitions to the king. In 1292 he rose to Chamberlain of the Household . During the Welsh uprising from 1294 , he was part of the king's entourage when he was briefly trapped in Conwy Castle by the insurgents in early 1295 . During the Franco-English War he took part in the king's campaign in Flanders in 1297 . The following year he fought at the Battle of Falkirk during the war with Scotland . In contrast to the rewards that Champvent received during the reign of Henry III. Edward I's rewards of seven monetary gifts and a few other gifts were meager, although the king was generally not considered a bountiful ruler. However, through his contacts with other English nobles, he managed to further expand his land holdings, so that he eventually owned properties in Sussex , Cambridgeshire and other parts of England.

Marriage and offspring

Champvent was married to an Agnes , who probably also came from Savoy. He probably died in England. His son John became his heir, but he did not achieve the importance of his father and played only a minor role at the English court.

literature

  • Michael Ray: Three Alien Royal Stewards in Thirteenth-Century England: The Careers and Legacy of Mathias Bezill, Imbert Pugeys and Peter de Champvent . In: Michael Prestwich: Thirteenth Century England X: Proceedings of the Durham Conference 2003 , Boydell, Woodbridge 2005, ISBN 1-84383-122-8 , pp. 51-68.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grandson [Grandison], Sir Otto de (c. 1238-1328). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
  2. ^ Michael Prestwich: Edward I. University of California, Berkeley 1988, ISBN 0-520-06266-3 , p. 151
  3. ↑ Michael Ray: Three Alien Royal Stewards in Thirteenth-Century England: The Careers and Legacy of Mathias Bezill, Imbert Pugeys and Peter de Champvent . In: Michael Prestwich: Thirteenth Century England X: Proceedings of the Durham Conference 2003 , Boydell, Woodbridge 2005, ISBN 1-84383-122-8 , p. 53
  4. ↑ Stephan Gasser: The cathedrals of Lausanne and Geneva and their successors: early and high Gothic architecture in western Switzerland (1170-1350) . De Gruyter, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-11-018172-X , p. 310
  5. ^ Michael Prestwich: Edward I. University of California, Berkeley 1988, ISBN 0-520-06266-3 , p. 445
  6. ^ Michael Prestwich: Edward I. University of California, Berkeley 1988, ISBN 0-520-06266-3 , p. 145
  7. ↑ Michael Ray: Three Alien Royal Stewards in Thirteenth-Century England: The Careers and Legacy of Mathias Bezill, Imbert Pugeys and Peter de Champvent . In: Michael Prestwich: Thirteenth Century England X: Proceedings of the Durham Conference 2003 , Boydell, Woodbridge 2005, ISBN 1-84383-122-8 , p. 53
  8. ↑ Michael Ray: Three Alien Royal Stewards in Thirteenth-Century England: The Careers and Legacy of Mathias Bezill, Imbert Pugeys and Peter de Champvent . In: Michael Prestwich: Thirteenth Century England X: Proceedings of the Durham Conference 2003 , Boydell, Woodbridge 2005, ISBN 1-84383-122-8 , p. 54
  9. ↑ Michael Ray: Three Alien Royal Stewards in Thirteenth-Century England: The Careers and Legacy of Mathias Bezill, Imbert Pugeys and Peter de Champvent . In: Michael Prestwich: Thirteenth Century England X: Proceedings of the Durham Conference 2003 , Boydell, Woodbridge 2005, ISBN 1-84383-122-8 , p. 59
personal data
SURNAME Champvent, Pierre de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chauvant, Peter de; Chauvent, Peter de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nobleman and courtier from Savoy in English service
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH between September 1302 and March 29, 1303
Place of death Grandson