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Jean de Brienne I


Preferred Parents:
Father: Érard Count of Brienne II, b. 1 JUN 1130 in Brienne-le-Château, Aube, Grand Est, France   d. 8 FEB 1191 in Siege of Acre - Acre, Palestine
Mother: Agnès de Montfaucon, b. um 1140   d. ABT 1200

Family 1: Berenguela de León,    b. 1204 in León, León, Castilla y León, Spain    d. 12 APR 1237 in Constantinople, Turkey
  1. Jean de Brienne Grand Butler of France, b. 1225 in Jerusalem, Palestine     d. 1296 in Brienne Le Chateau, Aube, Champagne, France
  2. Louis de Brienne "d'Acre" vicomte de Beaumont-au Maine, b. ABT 1235 in Acre, Jerusalem, Palestine     d. 1 SEP 1297 in Beaumont-sur-Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
  3. Marie de Brienne, b. 1225 in Jerusalem, Israel     d. 5 MAY 1275 in (Constantinople), Istanbul, Turkey
Family 2: Stephanie d’Arménie,    b. 1178 in Armenia, Turkey    d. JUN 1220 in Yerushalayim, Israel
Family 3: Maria degli Aleramici del Monferrato,    b. 1192 in Tyre, As Suwaydā', Syria    d. 1212 in Acre, Northern, Israel
  1. Isabella of England, b. 1214 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England     d. 1 DEC 1241 in Foggia, Puglia, Italy
Sources:
  1. Title: "The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire," by Edward Gibbon
    Author: Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis, 1837
    Publication: Name: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Hy8OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1082&lpg=PA1082&dq=john+of+brienne&source=bl&ots=PGjGUrYq-o&sig=pARWMRCkq8QdiMzEZTRPN6K_jNI&hl=en&ei=l_nZS6PwFpGUOL-XuAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAUQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=john%20of%20brienne&f=false;
  2. Title: John of Brienne (1170-1237), Wikipedia
    Author: , The Free Encyclopedia, 4 July 2016, 09:13 UTC [accessed 25 July 2016] The in-line references, in the quoted text I have extracted, as numbered below, are under the headings 'Notes' and 'References' in the Wikipedia article -- [1]. Buckley 1957, pp. 316–318. [2]. Perry 2013, p. 16. [3]. George Akropolites: The History (ch. 27.), p. 184. [4]. Buckley 1957, p. 315. [5]. Buckley 1957, p. 316. [6]. Runciman 1989, p. 132. [7]. Buckley 1957, pp. 318–319. [8]. Perry 2013, pp. 25–26. [9]. Buckley 1957, p. 319. [10]. Perry 2013, p. 26. [16]. Perry 2013, p. 33. [28]. Runciman 1989, p. 134. [29]. Perry 2013, p. 68. [73]. Runciman 1989, p. 165. [84]. Perry 2013, p. 164. [97].Perry 2013, p. 125. [143]. Runciman 1989, pp. 30–32. [144]. Runciman 1989, p. 104. [145]. Runciman 1989, p. 87, Appendix III (genealogical trees 2 and 4). [146]. Bianchini 2012, p. 188. [147]. Perry 2013, p. 130. [148]. Bianchini 2012, p. 187. [149]. Perry 2013, p. 165. [150]. Perry 2013, pp. 164–165.
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_of_Brienne&oldid=728262339;
    Note: "Latin Emperor of Constantinople together with Baldwin II Reign 1229–1237 Coronation 1231 Predecessor Baldwin II Successor Baldwin II King of Jerusalem together with Maria (1210–1212), and with Isabella II (1212–1225) Reign 1210–1225 Coronation 3 October 1210 Predecessor Maria Successor Isabella II and Frederick Count of Brienne Reign 1205/06–1221 Predecessor Walter III Successor Walter IV Born c. 1170 Died 19–23 March 1237 (aged 66–67) Constantinople Burial Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) Spouse Maria of Jerusalem Stephanie of Armenia Berengaria of León Issue Isabella II of Jerusalem Marie, Empress Consort of Constantinople Alphonse, Count of Eu Louis, Viscount of Beaumont John Dynasty Brienne Father Érard II, Count of Brienne Mother Agnes of Montfaucon Religion Roman Catholic" 2/. Introduction, para 1: -- "John of Brienne (c. 1170 – 27 March 1237), also known as John I, was King of Jerusalem from 1210 to 1225 and Latin Emperor of Constantinople from 1229 to 1237. He was the youngest son of Erard II of Brienne, a wealthy nobleman in Champagne. John, originally destined for an ecclesiastical career, became a knight and owned small estates in Champagne around 1200. After the death of his brother, Walter III, he ruled the County of Brienne on behalf of his minor nephew Walter IV (who lived in southern Italy)." 3/. Under the heading "Early life" : Para 1 -- "John was the youngest of the four sons of Erard II, Count of Brienne, and Agnes of Montfaucon.[1][2] He seemed "exceedingly old ... about 80"[3] to the 14-year-old George Akropolites in 1231;[4] if Akropolites' estimate was correct, John was born around 1150.[5][6] However, no other 13th-century authors described John as an old man.[5] His father referred to John's brothers as "children" in 1177 and mentioned the tutor of John's oldest brother, Walter III, in 1184; this suggests that John's brothers were born in the late 1160s.[7][8] Modern historians agree that John was born after 1168, probably during the 1170s.[9][10]" 4/. Under the heading "Family" : Para 1 -- "John's first wife (Maria the Marquise, born 1191) was the only child of Isabella I of Jerusalem and her second husband, Conrad of Montferrat.[143] Maria inherited Jerusalem from her mother in 1205.[144] John and Maria's only child, Isabella (also known as Yolanda), was born in late 1212.[29][28]. Stephanie of Armenia became John's second wife in 1214.[28] She was the only daughter of Leo II of Armenia and his first wife, Isabelle (niece of Sibylle, the third wife of Bohemond III of Antioch).[145] Stephanie gave birth to a son in 1220, but she and her son died that year.[73] John married his third wife, Berengaria of León, in 1224;[146] she was born around 1204 to Alfonso IX of León and Berengaria of Castile.[147][148] John and Berengaria's first child, Marie, was born in 1224.[97] Their first son, Alphonse, was born during the late 1220s.[84] Berengaria's cousin, Louis IX of France, made him Grand Chamberlain of France and he acquired the County of Eu in France with his marriage.[149] John's second son, Louis, was born around 1230.[84] His youngest son, John, who was born in the early 1230s, was Grand Butler of France.[150]" 5/. Under the heading "Sources" -- Primary sources: -- - George Akropolites: The History (Translated with an Introduction and Commentary by Ruth Mackrides) (2007). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-921067-1. Secondary sources: -- - Bianchini, Janna (2012). The Queen's Hand: Power and Authority in the Reign of Berenguela of Castile. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-4433-5. - Buckley, James Michael (April 1957). "The Problematical Octogenarianism of John of Brienne". Speculum (The University of Chicago Press) 32 (2): 315–322. doi:10.2307/2849122. JSTOR http://www.jstor.org/stable/2849122. - Lock, Peter (1995). The Franks in the Aegean, 1204–1500. Longman. ISBN 0-582-05140-1. - Perry, Guy (2013). John of Brienne: King of Jerusalem, Emperor of Constantinople, c. 1175–1237. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-04310-7. - Runciman, Steven (1989). A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-06163-6. - Treadgold, Warren (1997). A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2630-2. - Van Cleve, Thomas C. (1969). "The Fifth Crusade; The Crusade of Frederick II". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Wolff, Robert Lee; Hazard, Harry. A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Later Crusades, 1189–1311. The University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 377–462. ISBN 0-299-04844-6.
  3. Title: Lewon I, King of Armenia, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ARMENIA.htm#LeoIIMountainsIArmeniaA [See document in the Memories section]
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ARMENIA.htm#LeoIIMountainsIArmeniaA;
    Note: Lewon I, King of Armenia, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ARMENIA.htm#LeoIIMountainsIArmeniaA [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Lewon I, King of Armenia, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ARMENIA.htm#LeoIIMountainsIArmeniaA [See document in the Memories section]
  4. Title: YouTube: John of Brienne
    Publication: Name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGIXcC8KoRA&app=desktop;
    Note: John of Brienne
  5. Title: Alfonso IX, King of León, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CASTILE.htm#AlfonsoIXLeondied1230A [See document in the Memories section]
    Note: Alfonso IX, King of León, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CASTILE.htm#AlfonsoIXLeondied1230A [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Alfonso IX, King of León, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CASTILE.htm#AlfonsoIXLeondied1230A [See document in the Memories section]
  6. Title: Wikiwand: John of Brienne
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/John_of_Brienne;
    Note: John of Brienne (c. 1170 – 27 March 1237), also known as John I, was King of Jerusalem from 1210 to 1225 and Latin Emperor of Constantinople from 1229 to 1237. He was the youngest son of Erard II of Brienne, a wealthy nobleman in Champagne. John, originally destined for an ecclesiastical career, became a knight and owned small estates in Champagne around 1200. After the death of his brother, Walter III, he ruled the County of Brienne on behalf of his minor nephew Walter IV (who lived in southern Italy). The barons of the Kingdom of Jerusalem proposed that John marry Maria, Queen of Jerusalem. With the consent of Philip II of France and Pope Innocent III, he left France for the Holy Land and married the queen; the royal couple were crowned in 1210. After Maria's death in 1212 John administered the kingdom as regent for their infant daughter, Isabella II; an influential lord, John of Ibelin, attempted to dethrone him. John was a leader of the Fifth Crusade. Although his claim of supreme command of the crusader army was never unanimously acknowledged, his right to rule Damietta (in Egypt) was confirmed shortly after the town fell to the crusaders in 1219. He claimed the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia on behalf of his second wife, Stephanie of Armenia, in 1220. After Stephanie and their infant son died that year, John returned to Egypt. The Fifth Crusade ended in failure (including the recovery of Damietta by the Egyptians) in 1221. John was the first king of Jerusalem to visit Europe (Italy, France, England, León, Castile and Germany) to seek assistance for the Holy Land. He gave his daughter in marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in 1225, and Frederick ended John's rule of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Although the popes tried to persuade Frederick to restore the kingdom to John, the Jerusalemite barons regarded Frederick as their lawful ruler. John administered papal domains in Tuscany, became the podestà of Perugia and was a commander of Pope Gregory IX's army during Gregory's war against Frederick in 1228 and 1229. He was elected emperor in 1229 as the senior co-ruler (with Baldwin II) of the Latin Empire, and was crowned in Constantinople in 1231. John III Vatatzes, Emperor of Nicaea, and Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria occupied the last Latin territories in Thrace and Asia Minor, besieging Constantinople in early 1235. John directed the defence of his capital during the months-long siege, with the besiegers withdrawing only after Geoffrey II of Achaea and united fleets from Italian towns defeated their fleet in 1236. The following year, John died as a Franciscan friar. Contents 1 Early life 2 King of Jerusalem 2.1 Co-ruler 2.2 Conflicts 2.3 Fifth Crusade 2.4 Negotiations 3 Papal service 4 Emperor of Constantinople 4.1 Election 4.2 Rule 4.3 Death 5 Family 6 References 7 Sources 7.1 Primary sources 7.2 Secondary sources 8 External links Early life John was the youngest of the four sons of Erard II, Count of Brienne, and Agnes of Montfaucon. He seemed "exceedingly old ... about 80" to the 14-year-old George Akropolites in 1231; if Akropolites' estimate was correct, John was born around 1150. However, no other 13th-century authors described John as an old man. His father referred to John's brothers as "children" in 1177 and mentioned the tutor of John's oldest brother, Walter III, in 1184; this suggests that John's brothers were born in the late 1160s. Modern historians agree that John was born after 1168, probably during the 1170s. Although his father destined John for a clerical career, according to the late 13th-century Tales of the Minstrel of Reims he "was unwilling." Instead, the minstrel continued, John fled to his maternal uncle at the Clairvaux Abbey. Encouraged by his fellows, he became a knight and earned a reputation in tournaments and fights. Although elements of the Tales of the Minstrel of Reims are apparently invented (for instance, John did not have a maternal uncle in Clairvaux), historian Guy Perry wrote that it may have preserved details of John's life. A church career was not unusual for youngest sons of 12th-century noblemen in France; however, if his father sent John to a monastery he left before reaching the age of taking monastic vows. John "clearly developed the physique that was necessary to fight well" in his youth, because the 13th-century sources Akropolites and Salimbene di Adam emphasize his physical strength. Erard II joined the Third Crusade and died in the Holy Land in 1191. His oldest son, Walter III, succeeded him in Brienne. John was first mentioned in an 1192 (or 1194) charter issued by his brother, indicating that he was a prominent figure in Walter's court. According to a version of Ernoul's chronicle, John participated in a war against Peter II of Courtenay. Although the Tales of the Minstrel of Reims claimed that he was called "John Lackland," according to contemporary charters John held Jessains, Onjon, Trannes and two other villages in the County of Champagne around 1200. In 1201, Theobald III granted him additional estates in Mâcon, Longsols and elsewhere. After Theobald's death his widow Blanche of Navarre persuaded John to sell his estate at Mâcon, saying that it was her dowry. Walter III of Brienne died in June 1205 while fighting in southern Italy. His widow Elvira of Sicily gave birth to a posthumous son, Walter IV, who grew up in Italy. John assumed the title of count of Brienne, and began administering the county on his nephew's behalf in 1205 or 1206.[18] As a leading vassal of the count of Champagne, John frequented the court of Blanche of Navarre (who ruled Champagne during her son's minority). According to a version of Ernoul's chronicle, she loved John "more than any man in the world"; this annoyed Philip II of France. The two versions of Ernoul's chronicle tell different stories about John's ascent to the throne of Jerusalem. According to one version, the leading lords of Jerusalem sent envoys to France in 1208 asking Philip II to select a French nobleman as a husband for their queen Maria. Taking advantage of the opportunity to rid himself of John, Philip II suggested him. In the other version an unnamed knight encouraged the Jerusalemite lords to select John, who accepted their offer with Philip's consent. John visited Pope Innocent III in Rome. The pope donated 40,000 marks for the defence of the Holy Land, stipulating that John could spend the money only with the consent of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and the grand masters of the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller. King of Jerusalem Co-ruler The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the other crusader states in the early 13th century John landed at Acre on 13 September 1210; the following day, Patriarch of Jerusalem Albert of Vercelli married him to Queen Maria. John and Maria were crowned in Tyre on 3 October. The truce concluded by Amalric II, King of Jerusalem and the Ayyubid sultan Al-Adil I had ended by John's arrival. Although Al-Adil was willing to renew it, Jerusalemite lords did not want to sign a new treaty without John's consent. During John and Maria's coronation, Al-Adil's son Al-Mu'azzam Isa pillaged the area around Acre but did not attack the city. After returning to Acre, John raided nearby Muslim settlements in retaliation. Although about 300 French knights accompanied him to the Holy Land, no influential noblemen joined him; they preferred participating in the French Albigensian Crusade or did not see him as sufficiently eminent. John's cousin, Walter of Montbéliard, joined him only after he was expelled from Cyprus. Montbéliard led a naval expedition to Egypt to plunder the Nile Delta. After most of the French crusaders left the Holy Land, John forged a new truce with Al-Adil by the middle of 1211 and sent envoys to Pope Innocent urging him to preach a new crusade. Conflicts Maria died shortly after giving birth to their daughter, Isabella, in late 1212. Her death triggered a legal dispute, with John of Ibelin (who administered Jerusalem before John's coronation) questioning the widowed king's right to rule. The king sent Raoul of Merencourt, Bishop of Sidon, to Rome for assistance from the Holy See. Pope Innocent confirmed John as lawful ruler of the Holy Land in early 1213, urging the prelates to support him with ecclesiastical sanctions if needed. Most of the Jerusalemite lords remained loyal to the king, acknowledging his right to administer the kingdom on behalf of his infant daughter; John of Ibelin left the Holy Land and settled in Cyprus. Hugh ordered the imprisonment of John's supporters in Cyprus, releasing them only at Pope Innocent's command. During the War of the Antiochene Succession John sided with Bohemond IV of Antioch and the Templars against Raymond-Roupen of Antioch and Leo I, King of Cilician Armenia, who were supported by Hugh and the Hospitallers. However, John sent only 50 knights to fight the Armenians in Antiochia in 1213. Leo I concluded a peace treaty with the Knights Templar late that year, and he and John reconciled. John married Leo's oldest daughter, Stephanie (also known as Rita), in 1214 and Stephanie received a dowry of 30,000 bezants. Quarrels among John, Leo I, Hugh I and Bohemond IV are documented by Pope Innocent's letters urging them to reconcile their differences before the Fifth Crusade reached the Holy Land. Fifth Crusade Pope Innocent proclaimed the Fifth Crusade in 1213, with the "liberation of the Holy Land" (the reconquest of Jerusalem) its principal object. The first crusader troops, commanded by Leopold VI of Austria, landed at Acre in Acre in early September 1217. Andrew II of Hungary and his army followed that month, and Hugh I of Cyprus and Bohemond IV of Antioch soon joined the crusaders. However, hundreds of crusaders soon returned to Europe because of a famine following the previous year's poor harvest. A war council was held in the tent of Andrew II, who who considered himself the sup...
  7. Title: Wikiwand: County of Brienne
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/County_of_Brienne;
    Note: The County of Brienne was a medieval county in France centered on Brienne-le-Château. Counts of Brienne Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Brienne-le-Château. Engelbert III Engelbert IV Walter I (? – c. 1090) Erard I (c. 1090 – c. 1120?) Walter II (c. 1120? – c. 1161) Erard II (c. 1161 – 1191) Walter III (1191–1205) Walter IV (1205–1246) John (1246 – c. 1260) Hugh (c. 1260–1296) Walter V (1296–1311) Walter VI (1311–1356) Isabella (1356–1360) with her son: Sohier (1356–1364) Walter VII (1364–1381) Louis I (1381–1394) Margaret (1394–1397) with her husband: John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir (1394–1397) Peter I, comte de St-Pol (1397–1433) Louis I, comte de St-Pol (1433–1475) Peter II, comte de St-Pol (1475–1481) Anthony I, Count of Ligny (1481–1519) Charles I, Count of Ligny (1519–1530) Anthony II, Count of Ligny (1530–1557) John III, Count of Ligny (1557–1576) Charles, Duke of Brienne (1576–1608) (created Duke of Brienne in 1587; extinct on his death) Louise, Countess of Brienne (1608–1647) Louise de Béon (1647–?) with her husband: Henri-Auguste de Loménie, comte de Brienne (1647–1666) Louis Henri de Loménie, comte de Brienne (1666–1698) Nicholas de Loménie, comte de Brienne (1698–1758) Athanase Louis Marie de Loménie, comte de Brienne (1758–1794)
  8. Title: Geoffrey III and Hughes IV, Vicomtes de Châteaudun, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/cfrachacha.htm#HuguesIVChateaudundied1180 [See document in the Memories section]
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/cfrachacha.htm#HuguesIVChateaudundied1180;
    Note: Geoffrey III and Hughes IV, Vicomtes de Châteaudun, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/cfrachacha.htm#HuguesIVChateaudundied1180 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Geoffrey III and Hughes IV, Vicomtes de Châteaudun, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/cfrachacha.htm#HuguesIVChateaudundied1180 [See document in the Memories section]
  9. Title: Jean I de Brienne, Emperor of Constantinople (1148-1237), The Peerge
    Author: Citations [S8] BP1999 volume 1, page 227. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8] [S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 113. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession. [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 172. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 59. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
    Publication: Name: http://thepeerage.com/p824.htm#i8239;
    Note: Jean I de Brienne, Emperor of Constantinople1 M, #8239, b. circa 1148, d. 21 March 1237 Last Edited=7 Mar 2007 Jean I de Brienne, Emperor of Constantinople was born circa 1148.1 He was the son of Erard II, Comte de Brienne and Agnes de Montfaucon.1 He married, firstly, Maria de Montferrat, Queen of Jerusalem, daughter of Conrad Marchese del Monferrato and Isabella d'Anjou, Queen of Jerusalem, on 15 September 1210.1 He married, secondly, Stephania of Armenia, daughter of Leo II, King of Armenia, in 1214.1 He married, thirdly, Berengaria de Castilla, daughter of Alfonso IX, Rey de Castilla y León and Berengaria de Castilla, in 1223.1 He died on 21 March 1237.1 He fought in the Third Crusade.1 He gained the title of King John of Jerusalem.2 Between 1205 and 1221 he was the Regent of the County of Brienne for his nephew.1 He succeeded as the King Jean I of Jerusalem in 1210, in right of his wife, although he reigned at Acre as Jerusalem was in Saracen hands.1 He abdicated as King of Jerusalem in 1212.3 He fought in the Fifth Crusade from 1218 to 1219, which he led.1 He was created Emperor Jean I of Constantinople in 1229.1 He was a Franciscan friar.1 Child of Jean I de Brienne, Emperor of Constantinople and Maria de Montferrat, Queen of Jerusalem Isabel de Brienne, Queen of Jerusalem+2 b. c 1212, d. 30 Apr 1228 Children of Jean I de Brienne, Emperor of Constantinople and Berengaria de Castilla Louis de Brienne+4 d. a 1263 Alphonse, Comte d'Eu+1 d. 25 Aug 1270 Marie de Brienne+1 b. 1225, d. a 5 May 1275
  10. Title: Jean de Brienne, King of Jerusalem and Emperor of Constantinople, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/chambrien.htm#JeanBriennedied1237 [See document in the Memories section]
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/chambrien.htm#JeanBriennedied1237;
    Note: Jean de Brienne, King of Jerusalem and Emperor of Constantinople, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/chambrien.htm#JeanBriennedied1237 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Jean de Brienne, King of Jerusalem and Emperor of Constantinople, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/chambrien.htm#JeanBriennedied1237 [See document in the Memories section]
  11. Title: Amaury I, Isabelle and Marie, King and Queens of Jerusalem, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/JERUSALEM.htm#IsabelleQueenA [See document in the Memories section]
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/JERUSALEM.htm#IsabelleQueenA;
    Note: Amaury I, Isabelle and Marie, King and Queens of Jerusalem, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/JERUSALEM.htm#IsabelleQueenA [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Amaury I, Isabelle and Marie, King and Queens of Jerusalem, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/JERUSALEM.htm#IsabelleQueenA [See document in the Memories section]
  12. Title: Erard de Brienne, Comte de Brienne, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://shop.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/chambrien.htm#ErardBriennedied1190A [See document in the Memories section]
    Publication: Name: http://shop.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/chambrien.htm#ErardBriennedied1190A;
    Note: Erard de Brienne, Comte de Brienne, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://shop.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/chambrien.htm#ErardBriennedied1190A [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Erard de Brienne, Comte de Brienne, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://shop.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/chambrien.htm#ErardBriennedied1190A [See document in the Memories section]
  13. Title: Jean de Brienne (1170-1237), "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-B2HW : 9 May 2023), Jean de Brienne, ; Burial, Assisi, Provincia di Perugia, Umbria, Italy, Basilica di San Francesco d'Assisi; citing record ID 4104, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-B2HW;
    Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4104/jean-de_brienne Jean de Brienne Famous memorial BIRTH 1170 Brienne-le-Chateau, Departement de l'Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France DEATH 23 Mar 1237 (aged 66–67) Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey BURIAL Basilica di San Francesco d'Assisi Assisi, Provincia di Perugia, Umbria, Italy Show Map MEMORIAL ID 4104 Crusader. He was a French knight who became King of Jerusalem by marriage and ruled the Latin Empire of Constantinople Turkey, as regent. He was a prominent figure after the 5th and 6th for France when he was invited in 1229, by the barons of the Latin Empire of Constantinople to become emperor-regent, on condition that Baldwin of Courtenay should marry his second daughter and succeed him. He then ruled in Constantinople and in 1235.
  14. Title: Wikiwand: Brienne claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Brienne_claim_to_the_Kingdom_of_Jerusalem;
    Note: Hugh, Count of Brienne claimed the regency of Jerusalem (and, indirectly, a place in the succession) in 1264 as senior heir of Hugh I of Cyprus and Alice of Jerusalem, being the son of their eldest daughter, but was passed over by the Haute Cour in favor of his cousin Hugh III of Cyprus. This claim fell to his son Walter V of Brienne and his descendants. They are the heirs-general of Queen Isabella of Jerusalem, and thus of the line founded by King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. Hugh of Brienne himself is said[by whom?] to have tried to sell his rights to Alfonso III of Aragon in 1289. This claim was remembered in 1331 when Robert I of Naples conspired to seize Cyprus, and took Brienne heirs to the pursuit, obviously to utilize their hereditary claim. In 1406, the then Brienne heiress, Mary of Enghien, was married to Ladislaus of Naples who thus strengthened his pretension to the Kingdom of Jerusalem, but they did not have issue. Line of succession Hugh of Brienne (born c. 1240, died 1296), Count of Lecce etc., was an ally of Charles I of Anjou in Sicily and Naples and in the pursuits of Constantinople and the Holy Land. Apparently because of his said dependence on Charles, himself also a claimant of Jerusalem, he did not actively pursue his hereditary rights. His first wife was Isabella de la Roche, heiress of Thebes, and his second Helena Komnena of Thessaly, heiress of Zeitounion and Larisa. He acted as Captain-General of Brindisi, Otranto and Apulia. Walter V of Brienne (killed in at the Battle of Halmyros 1311), Duke of Athens, Count of Lecce etc. His wife was Jeanne of Châtillon (died 1354), daughter of count of Porcien. Walter VI of Brienne (killed in the battle of Poitiers 1356), sometime Lord of Florence, Constable of France. Count of Lecce, Conversano etc.,was the son of Walter V, Duke of Athens, and Jeanne de Châtillon (died 1354), the daughter of the Count of Porcien, Constable to King Philip IV of France. His sons died young, and as he had no surviving children, it was rather evident that his sister's issue would inherit his possessions and claims. Isabella of Brienne, who survived her brother, died 1360. Her husband Gauthier d'Enghien had died already in 1345. For a few years, she became Countess of Lecce and Brienne etc., as well as titular Duchess of Athens and of other claimed titles. Since her eldest son Gauthier had died before the uncle, her heir was her second son Sohier of Enghien. She allowed her inherited lands to be divided between her numerous children already during her own lifetime. Sohier of Enghien (died 1367), Duke of Athens etc. Held the lordship of Argos and Nauplia in Greece for his uncle and was resident lord there from c. 1350, but apparently returned to Europe in 1360s at latest. Walter IV of Enghien (died 1381), Duke of Athens etc., he had inherited the claims of the Brienne family, but died childless, and his heir was his first cousin Peter, the only son of his grandmother's third son John of Enghien Lord of Castro who had just died 1380. Peter of Enghien, Count of Lecce etc. Died childless 1384, leaving his sister and her husband Raimondo del Balzo Orsini to succeed. Mary of Enghien (1367–1446), Countess of Lecce. Daughter of John of Enghien and Bianca del Balzo. Married firstly Raimondo del Balzo Orsini di Nola, who became Prince of Taranto (in her hereditary rights) and died 1405. Secondly, she was forced to marry King Ladislaus of Naples 1406, who had 1399 driven his rival Louis II of Anjou from Naples. He used the titles King of Naples and Jerusalem and died 1414. Giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto, son of the first marriage of Queen Mary of Enghien. Died childless in 1463, when his niece Isabella of Clermont brought his fiefs to her husband King Ferdinand of Aragon. Isabella of Clermont (died 1465), Princess of Taranto, she was married in 1444 to Ferdinand of Aragon, then Duke of Calabria. Her husband became, by the testament of King Alfonso, king in his conquered territories (and Isabella became queen consort) 1458, and as such used the title King of Naples and Jerusalem (Ferdinand I of Naples). Alfonso II of Naples, eldest son of Isabella and Ferdinand. He used the title King of Naples and Jerusalem while he reigned. Due to the invasion of King Charles VIII of France, he abdicated in favour of his son, Ferdinand II of Naples, in 1495. Ferdinand II of Naples, King of Naples, son of Alfonso II of Naples. Died childless in 1496, his successor in the Kingdom of Naples was his uncle (his grandfather's and Isabella di Chiaramonte's second son) don Federigo de Aragona who became King Frederick IV of Naples and was soon dethroned and imprisoned, but his heir-general was his sister Isabella, Dowager Duchess of Milan. Isabella of Aragon, daughter of King Alphonse II of Naples, married in 1488, Gian Galeazzo II, who at the time was the Duke of Milan. Her son Francesco Sforza (1491–1512) died during the lifetime of his mother, and therefore did not succeed her. When she died in 1524, only Bona, her youngest daughter, survived her of all her children.[citation needed] Bona Sforza. In 1518 became the second wife of king Sigismund I of Poland. Sovereign of Poland and Lithuania and all their dominions. When her mother died 1524, she, the Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania, succeeded also as Duchess of Bari and Princess of Rossano. It is not altogether clear whether she used also the title Queen of Jerusalem. Sigismund August II of Poland (1520–1572), Elected Successor of Poland 1529–, Grand Prince of Lithuania 1544–, King of Poland 1548–1572. His first wife was Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, his second Princess Barbara Radziwill, and third Archduchess Catherine of Austria. However, he left no legitimate children. Sophia of Poland (1522–1575) was Dowager Duchess of Brunswick when her brother died. Her husband duke Henry V of Brunswick-Lüneburg, whose second wife she was, had died 1568. She was childless and succeeded by her sisters and the issue of youngest of them. Anna of Poland (1523–1596), was a spinster when her sister died. 1576 she married Stephen Bathory (1533–1586), then Reigning Prince of Transylvania, who was 1576 elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. She died childless. Her successor was her youngest sister's (Catherine Jagellon of Poland, Queen of Sweden) only son, Sigismund Vasa. Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1632), was elected King of Poland and reigned 1587-1632. By paternal inheritance, he succeeded 1592 as King of Sweden and was regarded as having abdicated 1599 and finally deposed 1604. It is not altogether whether he, King of Poland, Lithuania and Sweden, also used the title King of Jerusalem. His first wife was Archduchess Anna of Austria and his second Archduchess Constance of Austria. Vladislaus IV of Poland (1595–1648), Wladyslaw Zygmunt Vasa-Jagellon, was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1632-48. His first wife was Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria and second Princess Mary Louise of Mantua (Maria Ludovica Gonzaga). He died without surviving children. John II Casimir of Poland (1609–1672), his only surviving brother, was a Cardinal of Roman Church when succeeded. He was elected King of Poland 1648 and abdicated 1668. As his father and brother, also he claimed the title King of Sweden, but after warring and Swedish invasion to Poland he was forced to relinquish that title in 1660. After 1668 abdication, he lived as Abbot of St. Martin in Nevers, France, where he died. He married his brother's widow Mary Louise of Mantua who died 1667—losing her support was one of the reasons he abdicated. He did not have surviving children. All his brothers and sisters having died, without surviving issue, before him, he was the last of the legitimate line of Bona Sforza. With him, all the legitimate issue of Alfonso II of Naples died out. His heir in Ferrante I of Naples and in Brienne succession was his distant cousin, Henry 2nd Duke of La Tremoille Prince of Talmond and Taranto, the heir-general of Federigo di Aragona (second son of Ferrante I and Isabella of Clermont), who also was the heir-general of Federigo's first wife Anne of Savoy. Henry de La Tremoille, 2nd Duke of La Tremoille, Prince of Talmond and Tarant, the heir-general of Federigo di Aragona (second son of Ferrante I and Isabella of Clermont), who also was the heir-general of Federigo's first wife Anne of Savoy, the de jure heiress of the claim of the Kings of Cyprus to the Throne of Jerusalem. At that point in 1672, the succession of Brienne and of Cyprus to the crown of Jerusalem united. The succession went through generations of the La Tremoille family. They became extinct in 1930s in the male line, and the eldest sister of the last Duke of La Tremoille—married to the Prince de Ligne—succeeded. Her children began to use the additional name La Tremoille. As of 2011 the current claimant is Prince Charles-Antoine Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle.
  15. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Count Jean De Brienne -
    Author: Royal Index, University of Hull, England, Internet, Internet, www.dcs.hull.ac.uk
  16. Title: Legacy NFS Source: John de Brienne - death: 21 March 1237; Istanbul, Turkey
    Author: "Genealogical Research of Kirk Larson", Larson, Kirk, Personal Research Works including Bethune & Hohenlohe Descendants, 1981-2001, Kirk Larson, Private Library, Kirk Larson, 23512 Belmar Dr., Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 U.S.A., Kirk Larson, 23512 Belmar Dr.~~Laguna Niguel~~CA~~92677~~U.S.A., (253) 390-9307 (fax)
    Note: death: 21 March 1237; Istanbul, Turkey Unknown: 1228; Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey birth: about 1160; Akko, Hazafon, Israel Unknown: ; Unknown: ;
  17. Title: Wikipedia contributors, 'Berengaria of León', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 8 April 2016, 21:09 UTC, [accessed 26 July 2016]
    Author: The references in the Wikipedia article are as follows -- 1]. Under the heading 'References':- - Szabolcs de Vajay, "From Alfonso VIII to Alfonso X" in Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday, 1989, pp. 366–417. 2]. Under the heading 'External links' : - - 2.1]. Cawley, Charles, Her profile, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012 http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CASTILE.htm#BerenguelaLeondied1237 - 2.1]. Her profile in Peerage.com http://www.thepeerage.com/p4190.htm#i41898
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Berengaria_of_Le%C3%B3n&oldid=714293874;
    Note: 1/. Introduction, para 1 and 2 : -- "Berengaria of León (1204 – 12 April 1237) was the third wife but only empress consort of John of Brienne, Latin Emperor of Constantinople. According to the chronicle of Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Berengaria was a daughter of Alfonso IX of León and Berengaria of Castile. She was a younger sister of Ferdinand III of Castile and Alfonso of Molina." 3/. Under the heading "Marriage" : Para's 1 to 3 -- "In 1217, Berengaria's brother Ferdinand III had inherited the throne of the Kingdom of Castile through abdication of their mother. In 1223, John of Brienne, aged 53, visited Santiago de Compostela, as a supposed pilgrim. He was by then twice a widower. As a consequence of his visit to Santiago de Compostela, Alfonso IX invited him to marry his daughter Sancha and, presumably, through her inherit the Leonese throne. However Berengaria of Castile, a long time divorced and an inheritor in her own right of the Castilian throne, main advisor of her son Ferdinand III, offered one of her own daughters to John instead. Aging John chose Berengaria of León, from Alfonso's second marriage. The marriage took place at Toledo in 1224." 4/. Under the heading "Empress" : Para >> 4 << -- <<--{Berengaria and her husband's death} "Alberic of Trois-Fontaines records that John {de Brienne} died on 27 March 1237, aged around 61. The "Obituaires de Sens Tome" of the Abbey of Maubuisson record that Berengaria died on 12 April 1237, aged around 33, surviving her husband by only sixteen days." 5/. Under the heading "Empress" : Para > 5 < -- {Berengaria's and her grandparents burial site} "She is buried in a beautiful marble coffin in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, but many books and tourist leaflets mention her as if she was Queen Berenguela of Castile, her mother. Other books however, mention this coffin as being that of another Berengaria (1228–1288) and/or other dates, her niece, daughter of her brother King Ferdinand III of Castile, sister of King Alfonso X of Castile. But this niece, Infanta Berengaria was a nun at the Monastery of las Huelgas, Burgos, of Royal patronage, where Berengaria of León's mother, Queen Berengaria of Castile, retired as a former monarch. Further, Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England, grandparents of Berengaria of León are buried there. Much later, Ferdinand III's and Alfonso X's bodies, also at Las Huelgas, would be moved to conquered Seville's new cathedral, where they are today." 6/. Under the heading "Children" -- "Berengaria and John had four known children: - Marie of Brienne, who married Baldwin II of Constantinople - Alphonso of Brienne - John of Brienne (c. 1230–1296), who in 1258 became Grand Butler of France. Married Jeanne, Dame de Chateaudun, daughter of Geoffrey VI, Viscount de Chateaudun. His second wife was Marie de Coucy, widow of Alexander II of Scotland. - Louis of Brienne, Viscount of Beaumont
  18. Title: Wikiwand: Marie de Coucy
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Marie_de_Coucy;
    Note: Marie de Coucy (c. 1218 – 1285) was a Queen consort of the Kingdom of Scotland by marriage to Alexander II of Scotland, King of Scots. She was a member of the royal council during the two last years of the minority of her son, Alexander III, in 1260-1262. Biography Marie was the daughter of Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy and his third spouse Marie de Montmirel (fr) (1192 – 1267) and a great-great granddaughter of Louis VI of France. According to the chronicler Matthew Paris, she was beautiful and very wealthy. In 1238, Alexander II, King of Scots needed to have an heir after the death of his first childless spouse, Joan of England. King Henry III of England claimed sovereignty over Scotland, which was opposed by Alexander, who wished to make an alliance with France against England. Enguerrand III was a powerful French vassal and a known enemy of England, and the marriage between Marie and Alexander II was regarded as a French-Scottish alliance against England. On 15 May 1239 Marie married Alexander II of Scotland in Roxburgh. The marriage brought an alliance between the Scots and the Coucy lordship, and for the rest of the 13th century they exchanged soldiers and money. She brought a large train of French followers to Scotland. In her retinue was her chancellor Richard Vairement and her nephew Enguerrand de Guines, who came to have some influence in Scottish affairs. Her nephew married Christiane de Bailleul, a cousin of King John Balliol, and thus became a Scottish magnate. Two years after her marriage, she gave birth to the future King, Alexander III of Scotland. Alexander II died on 8 July 1249 during an expedition against the Lord of Argyll on the island of Kerrera. Immediately after the news reached her, Marie made sure her 8-year-old son was crowned as soon as possible at Scone. Although her son was a minor and was placed under regency, Marie did not become regent. On 9 June 1250 Marie and her son Alexander III were present in Dunfermline for the observance of the canonisation of Saint Margaret of Scotland and the transference of her remains to the new shrine. In autumn 1250 Marie returned to Picardy and, for the rest of her life, she divided her time between France and Scotland. In 1252 she attended the wedding in York of her son Alexander III and Margaret of England with a great entourage of French and Scottish nobles. In 1256 or 1257 she married Jean de Brienne (1227–1296), Grand Butler of France and King of Acre, in his second marriage. De Brienne was the son of John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem (1210–1225) and Emperor of Constantinople (1229–1237), and Berenguela of Leon. They had no children together. In 1260 the rivalries between the Scottish factions for influence during the minority of her son made the situation in Scotland critical, and Marie and her spouse were therefore named members of the royal council during the remaining years of the king's minority, until Alexander III was declared of legal majority in 1262. In 1268 Marie separated from her spouse and returned to Scotland. When her daughter-in-law Margaret of England died in February 1275, Marie arranged the new marriage between her son and Yolande, the stepdaughter of her spouse. In 1275–76, she made a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket in Canterbury. Marie de Coucy died in the summer of 1285 and was buried in a tomb she had constructed in Newbattle Abbey.
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