Henry Count of Champagne II

• Preferred Name: Henry Count of Champagne II^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Alternate Name: Henry de Blois
  
• Alternate Name: Henri de Champagne
  
• Alternate Name: Henri de Blois
  
• Alternate Name: Henri II
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Roi de Jérusalem, Comte de Champagne
  
• LdsEndowment: 5 NOV 1992 in SLAKE at LATI: N0.6256 LONG: E111.8756 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• LdsBaptism: 15 SEP 1992 in SLAKE at LATI: N0.6256 LONG: E111.8756 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Titel+(Faktenseite): in Graf at LATI: N7.25 LONG: E1.33 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Death: 10 SEP 1197 in Saint-Jean-d'Acre, Israel at LATI: N2.9281 LONG: E5.0765 with note: Historically, "Holy Land".
  
• FSID: LY61-YP6
  
• Birth: 29 JUL 1166 in Troyes, France at LATI: N8.3055 LONG: E0.0715
  
• National Identification: with note: Description: IND7589
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Henri II Comte de Champagne et de BrieBET 1181 AND 1197 with note: Medieval nds and Wikipedia.
  
• Burial: SEP 1197 in Acre, Northern, Israel at LATI: N2.9281 LONG: E5.0765
  
• Nickname:
  
• Sealed+to+child+(LDS): 16 JAN 1992 in JRIVE at LATI: N0.5658 LONG: E111.9311 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Rey de Jerusaléndesde 1192 hasta 1197
  
• MilitaryService: Participated in the Third CrusadeBET 1190 AND 1192 with note: Wikipedia.
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Henri II, King of Jerusalem was born on 29 July 1166. He was the son of Henri I 'the Liberal' de Blois-Champagne, Comte de Champagne et Brie.2 He married Isabella d'Anjou, Queen of Jerusalem, daughter of Almaric I, King of Jerusalem and Mary Comnene, on 5 May 1192. He died on 10 September 1197 at age 31.
  Henri II, King of Jerusalem also went by the nick-name of Henri 'the Younger'.2 He succeeded as the Comte Henri II de Champagne in 1181.2 He succeeded as the King Henri I of Jerusalem in 1192.1
  Child of Henri I, King of Jerusalem and Isabella d'Anjou, Queen of Jerusalem
  Alice (?)1
  Child of Henri I, King of Jerusalem
  Philippine de Champagne+3 b. 1195
  
  Henry II of Champagne (or Henry I of Jerusalem) (29 July 1166 – 10 September 1197) was count of Champagne from 1181 to 1197, and king of Jerusalem from 1192 to 1197 by virtue of his marriage to Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem.
  
  Henry was the elder son of Count Henry I of Champagne and Marie, daughter of King Louis VII of France and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.[1] His aunt Adela of Champagne was Louis VII's third wife. In 1171, Henry was betrothed to Isabella of Hainault.[2] When she married Philip II of France instead, his father, aunt and other members of his family were angered. It made Queen Adela's faction hostile to Isabella's family and so caused tension at the French court.[3] Henry's father died in 1181, and his mother ruled, as regent, until 1187.
  Crusade
  
  In 1190 Henry left for the East, after having his barons swear to recognize his younger brother Theobald as his successor should he fail to return. He joined the Third Crusade, arriving ahead of his uncles, Kings Philip II of France and Richard I of England. Initially, he was one of the leaders of the French contingent at the siege of Acre before Philip's arrival. He is said to have been a member of the group involved in the abduction of Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem, to get her to consent to a divorce from Humphrey IV of Toron so that she could be married to Conrad of Montferrat. Henry was related to Conrad through both his maternal grandparents. According to Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, he was wounded at Acre on 15 November.
  
  Later on in the campaign, Henry shifted his allegiance to Richard who, in April 1192, sent Henry as his representative from Acre to Tyre, to inform Conrad of Montferrat of his election as king of Jerusalem. Henry then returned to Acre. A few days later, Conrad was murdered by two Assassins. Henry came back to Tyre two days later, ostensibly to help organise Conrad's coronation, but found that a funeral was being prepared instead. He was immediately betrothed to the newly widowed—and pregnant—queen of Jerusalem. They were married just eight days after Conrad's death.[4]
  
  The marriage was glossed romantically by some of the chroniclers: that Isabella was so taken with Henry's physical attractions (he was 20 years younger than Conrad) that she asked him to marry her. Since she was already known to be pregnant with Conrad's child, Maria of Montferrat, the marriage was considered scandalous by some, but it was politically vital for her to acquire another husband to defend the kingdom. However, some consultation with the Haute Cour might have been expected. The couple went on to have two daughters, Alice[4] and Philippa.
  
  Henry asked for permission from his uncle Richard, who gave it promptly: however, since Richard was suspected of Conrad's murder, this raises further questions about the whole episode. Indeed, Henry, who was known to the Arabs as "al-kond Herri", later sought an alliance with the Hashshashin, and was invited to visit their fortress stronghold, al-Kahf. To demonstrate his authority, the grand master of the Hashshashin beckoned to two adherents, who immediately flung themselves from the ramparts to their deaths. The Hashshashin then offered to commit a murder for Henry, as an honour to their guest. Henry demurred, concluded the treaty, and departed. Patrick A. Williams has suggested Henry himself as a suspect in Conrad's murder, although it would have been a risky undertaking without his uncle's support.
  
  Henry died in 1197, falling from a first-floor window at his palace in Acre. There are varying accounts in different manuscripts of the Old French Continuation of William of Tyre, also known as The Chronicle of Ernoul. The majority suggest that a window-lattice or balcony gave way as he leaned against it. A servant, possibly a dwarf named Scarlet, also fell, after trying to save him by catching hold of his hanging sleeve - he weighed too little to pull the king (who was tall and strongly built) back. Another version suggests that Henry had been watching a parade from the window, when a party of Pisan envoys entered the room. Turning to greet them, he stepped backwards and overbalanced. Whatever the exact circumstances, Henry was killed outright; the servant, who suffered a fractured femur, raised the alarm, but later died of his injury. Some accounts suggest that Henry might have survived if his servant had not landed on top of him.
  Legacy
  
  His widow Queen Isabella remarried soon after his death. Her fourth (and last) husband was Aimery of Lusignan, king of Cyprus. Henry's heir-general was his elder daughter Alice who was soon married to her stepbrother King Hugh I of Cyprus and whose heirs represent the senior line of Counts of Champagne.
  
  Henry left behind several difficulties for Champagne. He had borrowed a great deal of money to finance his expedition to Jerusalem, and for his marriage; and the succession to the county of Champagne would later be contested by his daughters. In 1213, supporters of his nephew Theobald IV of Champagne alleged to a papal legate that the annulment of Isabella's marriage to Humphrey of Toron (who was still alive during her marriage to Henry) was invalid, and therefore the girls were illegitimate. However, this was questionable: the legitimacy of Isabella's daughter by Conrad, Maria, and the right of her descendants to the throne of Jerusalem was never challenged, and if Maria was legitimate, so too were Isabella's daughters by Henry. Theobald eventually had to buy off both Alice and Philippa at considerable cost.
  
  Henry II of Champagne (or Henry I of Jerusalem) (29 July 1166-10 September 1197)
  Henry II of Champagne (or Henry I of Jerusalem) (29 July 1166-10 September 1197) was count of Champagne from 1181 to 1197, and ruler of Jerusalem from 1192 to 1197, although he never used the title of
  
  === Succeeded his father in 1181. His mothe ===
  Succeeded his father in 1181. His mother served as regent until 1187. When he left on the 3rd Crusade in 1190 he named his mother as regnet again and had the Champagne barons swear to accept his younger brother Thibaut as count in the event of his death. He accompanied his uncles the counts of Blois and Sancerre to the Holy Land and later after the departure of Richard the Lion-hearted and Philip II, emerged as leader of the crusading forces. He was respected as much for his commitment of funds, sent regularly by his mother from Champagne, as for his military prowess. It was then that he married Isabel d'Anjou. He died under mysterious circumstances.
  
  === 1 HIST ACCOMPANIED PHILLIP AUGUSTUS AN ===
  1 HIST ACCOMPANIED PHILLIP AUGUSTUS AND RICHARD THE LION HEARTED TO THE HOLY LAND. CROWNED AS THE FRENCH KING OF JERUSALEM IN 1192.
  
  === Accompanied Phillip Augustus and Richard ===
  Accompanied Phillip Augustus and Richard Couer de Lion to Palestine and was made King of Jerusalem in 1192.
  
  === Ancestral File Number: 9HPX-42 From ===
  Ancestral File Number: 9HPX-42 From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === He rulled Jerusalum until his death in 1 ===
  He rulled Jerusalum until his death in 1197. He died when he fell from a window of his palice in Acre. At the time of his death Acre was the capital of Jerusalem but they had not conquered the actural city of Jerusalem. This was very much supported by King Richard.
  
  === !#552-v2-T47; Died young; ===
  !#552-v2-T47; Died young;
  
  === Also carried the title of KING ===
  Also carried the title of KING OF JERUSALEM

• m. 1192

1. Philippa de Champagne , b. ABT 1197 in Jerusalem, Royaume Franc de Terre Sainte     d. 20 DEC 1250

• m. ABT 1186 in of,, France

1. Title: Henri II de Champagne, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGJ-2C3Q : 2 June 2022), Henri II de Champagne, ; Burial, Acre, , Northern District, Israel, Church Of Saint Cross; citing record ID 126440228, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGJ-2C3Q;
   
2. Title: Henri I and II, Comtes de Champagne, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CHAMPAGNE%20NOBILITY.htm#HenriIChampagnedied1181B [See document in the Memories section]
   Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/142435728;
   Note: Henri I and II, Comtes de Champagne, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CHAMPAGNE%20NOBILITY.htm#HenriIChampagnedied1181B [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Henri I and II, Comtes de Champagne, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CHAMPAGNE%20NOBILITY.htm#HenriIChampagnedied1181B [See document in the Memories section]
   
3. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: HENRI de Champagne
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CHAMPAGNE%20NOBILITY.htm#HenriIIChampagnedied1107;
   Note: HENRI (29 Jul 1166-Acre 10 Sep 1197). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Henricus et Theobaldus" as sons of "comes Henricus Trecensis" & his wife. William of Tyre (Continuator) names him and specifies that he was nephew of Philippe II King of France. He succeeded his father in 1181 as HENRI II Comte de Champagne et de Brie. Robert of Torigny records the death in 1182 of "Henricus comes Trecensis" and the succession of "Henricus filius eius natus ex filia Ludovici regis Francorum." He ruled under the regency of his mother during his minority 1181-1186. He left on the Third Crusade and was in command of the siege operations at Acre in 1190. After the murder of Corrado di Monferrato, Comte Henri hurried to Tyre, where he was acclaimed as the suitable candidate to marry Corrado's widow the heiress of the kingdom of Jerusalem, and within two days his betrothal was announced. He succeeded in 1192 as HENRI King of Jerusalem, by right of his wife, but was never crowned king. Together with Richard I King of England, he signed a five year peace treaty with Saladin 2 Sep 1192, under which the coastal towns as far south as Jaffa were ceded to the Christians who were also given the right to visit the holy places in Jerusalem. He appointed Jean of Ibelin as Constable of Jerusalem in 1194, considering that Amaury de Lusignan had forfeited the post after being arrested for supporting the Pisan revolt in Tyre. Following the succession of Amaury de Lusignan as Lord of Cyprus in 1194, the two parties planned an alliance, sealed by the betrothal of Amaury's three young sons to Comte Henri's three young daughters. Comte Henri died after accidentally falling through a window in his palace at Acre. The necrology of Sens cathedral records the death "VIII Id Sep" of "Henricus comes Campanie." Betrothed (1179) to ISABELLE de Hainaut, daughter of BAUDOUIN V Comte de Hainaut [later BAUDOUIN VIII Count of Flanders] & his wife Marguerite de Flandres [later Marguerite I Ctss of Flanders] (Valenciennes 23 Apr 1170-Paris 15 Mar 1190, bur Notre Dame, Paris). The Chronicon Hanoniense records the betrothal in 1179 of "Elizabeth filia comitis Hanoniensis" and "Henrico filio comitis Trecensis." Betrothed (1181, contract broken [1187]) to YOLANDE de Flandre, daughter of BAUDOUIN VIII Count of Flanders [BAUDOUIN V Comte de Hainaut] & his wife Marguerite Ctss of Flanders ([1175]-Constantinople 24 or 26 Aug 1219). The Chronicon Hanoniense records the marriage in 1181 of "Yolandem Balduini comitis Hanoniensis filiam" and "Henricus primus comitis Campanensis filius," but this was presumably only a betrothal as such a marriage is unrecorded elsewhere. According to Gade, Henri II Comte de Champagne was still betrothed to a daughter of Baudouin V Comte de Hainaut when his betrothal to Ermesinde de Namur was arranged. Presumably this was Yolande. Betrothed (1187, broken 1190) to ERMENSENDE de Namur, daughter of HENRI "l'Aveugle" Comte de Luxembourg et de Namur & his second wife Agnes van Gelre (Jul 1186-17 Feb 1247). This betrothal was arranged by Henri Comte de Namur et de Luxembourg in order to guarantee a suitably strong protector for his infant daughter in light of his dispute with Baudouin V Comte de Hainaut regarding the eventual succession to his counties, but the arrangement was discontinued after the 1190 imperial decision in favour of Comte Baudouin. m (5 May 1192) as her third husband, ISABELLE of Jerusalem, widow firstly of HONFROY [IV] of Toron, and secondly of CORRADO Marchese di Monferrato, daughter of AMAURY I King of Jerusalem & his second wife Maria Komnene (1172-[May 1206]). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Isabella" as wife of "comes Campaniensis Henricus…comes et princeps…in Acra." She married fourthly (Apr/Oct 1198) Amaury King of Cyprus and Jerusalem, and was crowned [Jan] 1198 at Acre as ISABELLE Queen of Jerusalem with her fourth husband. Comte Henri II & his wife had three children: (Marie, Alix and Phillipa).