Louis of Brienne
Louis of Brienne, also known as Louis of Acre (died in 1297), was viscount of Beaumont-sur-Sarthe in Maine, France.
Early life[]
Louis was the second son of John of Brienne and his third wife, Berengaria of León.[1] Louis and his two brothers, Alfonso and , were commonly labelled as "of Acre" for the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, although they were born years after their father had ruled the kingdom.[1]
The barons of the Latin Empire of Constantinople offered to elect John of Brienne co-ruler of their minor emperor, Baldwin II, in 1229.[2] John accepted the offer and the terms of his election were included in a treaty in Perugia in April 1229.[2] The treaty stipulated that John's three sons were entitled to rule Epirus and Macedonia if he could occupy the two regions from the Greek ruler, Theodore Komnenos Doukas.[2] John and his family moved to Constantinople where Baldwin II married John's daughter, Marie, and John was crowned co-emperor in July 1231.[2]
Louis and his two brothers left Constantinople in the retinue of Baldwin II who went on a tour in Europe to seek military assistance against the enemies of the Latin Empire in 1236.[1] The French chronicler Guillaume de Nangis noted that the three brothers were still "very young".[1] The chronicler also recorded that King Louis IX of France, who was the three brothers' cousin, received them "honorably and graciously".[3] They grew up in the French royal court in Paris.[3] They participated in the King's crusade against Egypt.[3]
Viscount of Beaumont[]
Louis married an heiress, Agnes of Beaumont.[4] Through his marriage Louis became the viscount of Beaumont-sur-Sarthe in Maine and a vassal of Louis IX's brother, Charles of Anjou.[5] Being closely related to King Alfonso X of Castile, Louis and his brothers often visited the Castilian royal court where they witnessed a series of royal charters between around 1250 and 1270.[6]
Marriage and children[]
With his wife Agnes of Beaumont, they had:
- John, d. early 1300s, married (1)Jeanne of Guerche, (2)Matilda of Mechelen[7]
- Louis, Bishop of Durham[7]
- Henry, d. 1340, married Alice Comyn heiress of Buchan[7]
- Margaret, Countess of Tripoli, d.1328, married Bohemond VII of Antioch[7]
- Isabella, married John of Vescy[7]
- Joan d.1323, married Guy VIII of Laval[8]
- Mary married Henry III d'Avaugour[8]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Perry 2018, p. 78.
- ^ a b c d Lock 1995, p. 63.
- ^ a b c Perry 2018, p. 79.
- ^ Perry 2018, pp. 80, 113.
- ^ Perry 2018, p. 113.
- ^ Perry 2018, p. 81.
- ^ a b c d e Perry 2018, p. xxiii.
- ^ a b Pollock 2015, p. 190-191.
Sources[]
- Lock, Peter (1995). The Franks in the Aegean, 1204–1500. Longman. ISBN 0-582-05140-1.
- Perry, Guy (2018). The Briennes: The Rise and Fall of a Chempenois Dynasty in the Age of the Crusades, c. 950–1356. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-19690-2.
- Pollock, M.A. (2015). Scotland, England and France after the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296: 'Auld Amitie'. The Boydell Press.
- House of Brienne
- Christians of the Seventh Crusade
- 1297 deaths