Robert of Courtenay

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Coat of arms of the Courtenay-Champignelles family

Robert von Courtenay (* 1168 ; † October 5, 1239 in Akkon ) was a grand cupbearer of France ( Grand-Bouteiller de France ) and Lord of Champignelles , Château-Renard , Charny , Chantecoq , Nonancourt , Conches-en-Ouche and Mehun sur-Yèvre .

He was a son of Peter of France , Lord of Courtenay, and through this a grandson of the French King Louis VI. the fat one . His older brother was Peter II of Courtenay who was elected Latin Emperor of Constantinople in 1216 .

Life

In addition to the possessions of Champignelles, Château-Renard, Charny and Chantecoq inherited from his parents, King Philip II granted him control of the castles of Conches and Nonancourt in 1205 , after Robert had helped the king conquer Normandy . Robert took part in the Albigensian Crusade , where he was present at the sieges of Béziers , Carcassonne (1209) and Lavaur (1211). In 1216 he willingly supported Prince Louis the Lion in conquering England. But after the supporters of the prince suffered a heavy defeat at Lincoln in May 1217 against the English barons, Robert and the pirate Eustache le Moine was commissioned by Princess Blanka of Castile to lead a new army across the English Channel . Before the coast of Sandwich , however, their fleet was intercepted in August 1217 by an English under Hubert de Burgh . In the ensuing naval battle of Sandwich , Robert was largely responsible for the defeat of the French fleet through his careless actions, which resulted in him being captured and forcing the fleet to retreat to Calais . The conquest of England had to be given up.

Despite this defeat, Robert remained in the prince's favor after his release. After he became king as Louis VIII in 1223, Robert was entrusted with the office of grand cupbearer. Robert accompanied the king on the Albigensian Crusade again in 1226 and took part in the siege of Avignon , a little later the king died in Montpensier . Together with his second wife, Robert founded the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Beauvoir near Marmagne in 1234 . He then decided to join the barons ' crusade and put down his will in Bourges in 1237 . Scarcely had he arrived in the Holy Land , Robert died there on October 5, 1239 in Acre .

Marriages and offspring

Robert was first married to Constance de Toucy, with whom he had two daughters.

  • Clemence, ⚭ Johann von Le Donjon, Lord of Yerres
  • Agnes, ⚭ Gibaud of Saint-Verain († around 1255)

In his second marriage he married Mathilde († 1240), the widow of Johann III, around 1217. von Beaugency-sur-Loire, daughter of Philip von Mehun, heiress of the castle and lordship of Mehun-sur-Yèvre . Your children were:

literature

  • Lexicon of the Middle Ages . Volume III, column 317

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catalog des actes de Philippe Auguste , ed. by Léopold Delisle (1856), no. 900–901, p. 206

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predecessor Office successor
Peter of France
(de iure uxoris) 		Lord of Champignelles
1183–1239 		Philip of Courtenay
Peter of France
(de iure uxoris) 		Lord of Château-Renard
1183–1239 		Philip of Courtenay
Peter of France
(de iure uxoris) 		Lord of Charny
1183–1239 		Peter of Courtenay
Peter of France
(de iure uxoris) 		Lord of Chantecoq
1183 / 1210-1218 		French crown domain
( Philip II )
French crown domain
( Philip II ) 		Lord of Nonancourt
1205-1239 		Peter of Courtenay
French crown domain
( Philip II ) 		Lord of Conches
1205-1239 		Peter of Courtenay
Philip of Mehun Lord of Mehun
(de iure uxoris)
1217–1239 		Peter of Courtenay
personal data
SURNAME Robert of Courtenay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robert de Courtenay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord of Champignelles
DATE OF BIRTH 1168
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1239
Place of death Acre