Gauthier III de Brienne

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Prince of Tarente, Count of Brienne, Duke of Apulia, Count of Lecce, and titular King of Sicily 1201-1205.

"In 1200 Gauthier married the sister and heiress of the deposed King Guglielmo III of Sicily. Her precise name is unclear but has been given variously as Elvira or Albinia, but also as Maria, Albiria and Blanche. At the time of their marriage, she and her family were exiles in France, trying to find allies to reclaim the kingdom of Sicily from the young King Fadrique (the future Friedrich II, Holy Roman Emperor, son of Heinrich VI, who deposed Guglielmo, had him blinded and castrated, and took him to Germany where he died). As her husband, Gauthier was recognised by Pope Innocent III as prince of Taranto, duke of Apulia, and count of Lecce. After the Battle of Agnella in 1201, he took the title of King of Sicily. In 1204 he was besieged in the fortress of Terracino by Diepold von Vohburg and lost an eye to an arrow, but he broke the siege and put Diepold to flight. On 11 June 1205 he was ambushed by Diepold while besieging him at Sarno, and was mortally wounded. Gauthier died imprisoned by the Germans on 14 June 1205, and was buried at the church of St. Maria della Foce in Sarno. Later in 1205 Gauthier's widow gave birth to his son Gauthier, who became known as Gauthier IV 'le Grand' de Brienne, comte de Brienne, count of Jaffa; he received only the county of Brienne, his Sicilian inheritance having been confiscated because of his father's rebellion." [Leo van de Pas, citation details below]

Gauthier married Elvira de Lecce in 1200 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France. Elvira (daughter of Tancred, King of Sicily and Sibilla d'Aquino) died after 1216. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Gauthier IV de Brienne was born in 1205; died between 1247 and 1251 in Cairo, Egypt; was buried in Acre, Palestine.

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Count of Brienne. He was a French general in the Third Crusade, most notably at the siege of Acre.

Erard married Agnès. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"[Jean de Brienne's] mother's name was Agnès, but she may have been a second wife of his father after the death of the first - who was from the Montfaucon family, but not definitely named Agnès. The mother of Jean may have been a daughter of Guillaume III, count of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre by Ida of Sponheim." [Peter Stewart, SGM, 10 June 2020]

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Count of Brienne. Crusader.

Gautier married Adelais of Baudemont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called, on some occasions, Hubelina. Peter Stewart's 6 Feb 2011 post to SGM demonstrates that Adelais and Hubelina have to have been the same person, and that contrary to some claims, she was the only known wife of Gautier II.

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Count of Brienne. Crusader.

Erard married Alix in 1110. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dame de Ramerupt. Mentioned 1108.

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Seigneur de Baudement et Braine. Seneschal of Champagne.

André married Agnès of Braine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lady of Braine.