Pierre de Préaux

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Deed of capitalization from Pierre de Préaux on the surrender of Rouen on July 1, 1204

Pierre de Préaux , also Peter de Prouz († 1212 ), was a Norman nobleman. He came from the Norman aristocratic family Préaux and was the third son of Osbert de Préaux , who had possessions in both the southern English Devon and Normandy . His eldest brother Jean de Préaux inherited the family's estates in 1189 after the death of their father.

Pierre took part in a major tournament in Lagny-sur-Marne , France, in 1180 or 1181 with numerous other knights from France, the Netherlands, Germany and England . Together with his brother Guillaume he took part in the third crusade under the English King Richard the Lionheart . During the crusade he became a royal standard bearer in 1191 and returned to Normandy in 1192. Later he was in the service of Richard's brother King John Ohneland , who appointed him Lord of the Channel Islands in 1200 . In 1202 he led a detachment of mercenaries and with them horrified Chinon Castle , where Johann's wife Isabella was besieged. He then brought the Queen to Argentan in Normandy. From 1203 he was in command of Rouen , the heavily fortified capital of Normandy. However, after the French King Philip II had conquered almost all of Normandy in 1204 , Pierre de Préaux concluded a thirty-day armistice with the king on June 1 to prevent the city from being unnecessarily destroyed by a siege. After it became clear that King John, who was staying in England, would not make any attempt at relief, Pierre de Préaux handed the city over to the French king on June 24, thus losing Normandy to King John. After the conquest, Pierre took over the possessions of his family in England, including Gidleigh Castle near Chagford , while his brother Jean , who had already given several castles in Normandy to the French king in 1203, remained master of the possessions in Normandy.

Pierre married Mary de Redvers in 1200 , daughter of William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon and Mabile de Beaumont. His son William became his heir, and his descendants anglicized the family name to Prowse . After his death, his second wife was Robert de Courtenay , Lord of Okehampton .

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  1. ↑ Christopher Harper-Bill; Elisabeth Maria Cornelia Van Houts: A companion to the Anglo-Norman world . Boydell, Woodbridge, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84383-341-3 , p. 77
  2. ↑ Lagny 1180-1181. Retrieved January 12, 2015 .
  3. ↑ BBC: Timeline of Guernsey. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Wilfred L. Warren: King John . University of California Press, Berkeley, 1978, ISBN 0-520-03494-5 , p. 84
  5. ↑ Wilfred L. Warren: King John . University of California Press, Berkeley, 1978, ISBN 0-520-03494-5 , p. 99
personal data
SURNAME Pierre de Préaux
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peter de Prouz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglo-Norman nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1212