94555142. Seigneur Peter de Courtenay & 94555143. Dame Elizabeth de Courtenay
9/1126, Piers born in France, 5th s/o 378220740.
King Louis VI & 378220741. Adelaide of Maurienne.
1127, Elizabeth born in France, d/o 189110286.
Renaud de Courtenay.
8/1/1137, Louis VII succeeded as king of France.
Aft. 1145, Elizabeth’s father died.
1150, Peter donated property to the Hospital of St John of
Jerusalem.
1151, Elizabeth’s father moved to England where he was given
lands by King Henry II.
[––Peter & Elizabeth––]
~1153, Peter married Elizabeth and took the name
‘Courtenay.’ [Not unusual for the younger s/o a nobleman, especially since she
her father was very powerful France.]
12/19/1154, Henry II crowned king of England.
1161, Peter succeeded as Seigneur de Courtenay, de Montargis, de Château-Renard, de
Champignelles, de Tanlay, de Charny et de Charenton, by right of his wife.
9/21/1177, Near Ivri, King Henry of England and King Louis
of France meet and both swear to take the cross. Present were [named in order]
a Cardinal legate, 5 bishops, Henry the young King, Theobald Comte of Blois,
Robert Comte of Muelan, Simon comte of Evreux, Peter de Courtenai, and William
de Humez. (S) CH&I,H.II., P219.
1179, Sultan Saladan invaded the crusader states in the Holy
Land.
5/1179, Peter de Courtenay went to Jerusalem with Henry,
Comte of Troyes, and other French knights.
6/10/1179, At the Battle of Marj Ayyun Saladin’s forces
defeated the crusaders led by Baldwin IV. Initially winning some smaller
encounters, they rested, and were then surprised by the main army of Saladan.
8/23/1179, The Battle of Jacob’s Ford, a crossing on the
upper River Jordan, a historic passage point between the Golan Heights and
northern Galilee, about 100 miles north of Jerusalem. Sultan Saladan defeated
the forces of Baldwin IV, King of Jerusalem, and then destroyed the fortress
they were building. About 800 Templars and crusaders were killed. (S) History
of the Crusades, Mills, 1844, P154.
8/1180, Peter de Courtenay with Henry, Comte of Troyes, in
Constantinople.
9/18/1180, Philip Augustus succeeded as King of France.
4/10/1183, Peter died on crusade in Palestine. Reynald of
Chantillion was besieged by an Egyptian force at Kerak. Guy de Lusignan led
French crusaders against the forces of Saladan to break the siege. After a
week-long battle, the Egyptian forces withdrew.
[––Elizabeth––]
1185, Elizabeth, heiress of Renaud de Courtenay, identifies
herself as “sigillum Elizabeth de Curtiniaco”.
9/1205, Elizabeth died.
(S) Peerage of England, Collins, 1812, P231ff.
Children of Peter and Elizabeth:
i. Peter II de Courtenay (94555182), born ~1155 in
France.
ii. Alice of Courtenay (47277571), born ~1165 in France.
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