Pierre/Peter of France, de Courtenay

Male 1126 - 1183  (~ 56 years)


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  • Name Pierre/Peter of France 
    Suffix de Courtenay 
    Born Sep 1126  Reims, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Apr 1183  Acre, Holy Land Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Exeter Cathedral, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Source:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_I_of_Courtenay

      He was the youngest son of Louis VI of France and his second wife, Adélaide de Maurienne. In about 1150, he married Elizabeth de Courtenay (1127-September 1205),[1] the daughter of Renaud de Courtenay and Hawise du Donjon, thus starting the Capetian line of the House of Courtenay.

      Pierre being the son of the king had important connections, a brother who was king, two brothers who were archbishops, one in Paris and one in Reims, his brother the Count de Dreux, and his sister Constance, the Countess of Boulogne. He died in Acre, Palestine, presumably as a Crusader.

      Pierre and Elizabeth had ten children:

      Phillip (1153-before 1186)

      Peter, Latin Emperor of Constantinople (c. 1155 to 1218

      Unnamed daughter (c. 1156)

      Alice (died 12 February 1218), married Count Aymer of Angoulême

      Eustachia (1162-1235), married firstly William of Brienne, son of Erard II of Brienne and of Agnès of Montfaucon, secondly William of Champlitte

      Clémence (1164)

      Robert, Seigneur of Champignelles (1166-1239), married in 1217 Mathilde of Mehun (d. 1240). Their eldest son was Peter of Courtenay, Lord of Conches.

      William, Seigneur of Tanlay (1168-before 1248)

      Isabella (1169-after 1194)

      Constance (after 1170-1231)


    Person ID I35210  Master File
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2016 

    Father King Louis VI France,   b. 01 Dec 1081, Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Aug 1137, Béthisy-Saint-Pierre, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Adelaide of Maurienne, de Savoy,   b. 1092, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1154, Abbey of Montmartre, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Family ID F14536  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth de Courtenay,   b. 1127, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1205, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Children 
     1. Alice/Alix de Courtenay, Countess of Angoulême,   b. 1160, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1218, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2016 
    Family ID F14533  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart