Villehardouin

The Villehardouin family from the village of the same name, now called Val-d'Auzon and located in the northern French department of Aube in Champagne , played an important role in Greece and the Byzantine Empire in connection with the Crusades in the 13th century . It includes:

• Vilain de Villehardouin, † before 1170
  • Jean de Villehardouin († after 1216) ⚭ NN
    • Gottfried I of Villehardouin († 1228), Prince of Achaia from 1209 to around 1228 ⚭ N. N
      • Gottfried II von Villehardouin (* 1195; † 1246), Prince of Achaia around 1228 to 1246
      • Wilhelm II of Villehardouin († May 1, 1278), Prince of Achaia 1246 to 1278 ⚭ 1) NN., ⚭ 2) Carintana dalle Carceri († 1255), ⚭ 3) 1259 Anna Komnene Dukaina
        • Isabella von Villehardouin (* 1263; † 23 January 1312), ruled Achaia from 1289 to 1307, ⚭ 1) Philip of Anjou († 1277); ⚭ 2) Florence of Hainaut , co-regent 1289–1297 ( House of Avesnes ); ⚭ 3) Philip of Savoy , co-regent 1307–1307 ( House of Savoy )
        • Margarete von Villehardouin, pretender; ⚭ Isnard de Sabran († 1297)
    • Villehardouin Aremburge; ⚭ Bernard III. († approx. 1212), Lord of Montbard and Époisses ( House of Montbard )
  • Gottfried von Villehardouin (* 1160; † around 1212), Marshal of Champagne , chronicler of the Fourth Crusade
    • Erard I († 1224), called de Villy, Sire de Lézinnes , de Villehardouin etc.
      • Guillaume I. de Lezinnes († 1246), 1232 Marshal of Champagne,
        • Erard II. De Lezinnes († 1279), 1270/79 Bishop of Auxerre , 1276 Cardinal and Bishop of Praeneste
        • Guillaume II. De Lezinnes († 1264) - descendants
        • Isabeau († after 1299); ⚭ Gaucher IV. De Châtillon († 1261) from the ( House of Châtillon )

literature

• Günter Prinzing: Villehardouin , in: Biographical Lexicon for the History of Southeast Europe . Vol. 4. Munich 1981, pp. 413-416
• Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables Volume III.1 (1984), Plate 113

Remarks

1. ↑ Daughter of Michael II. Angelus , Despot of Epirus ( Angeloi )