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John I of Dreux (1215–1249), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the son of Robert III of Dreux [1] and Annora (Aenor) of Saint-Valéry. Life. Knighted by King Louis IX of France, John accompanied the king on several campaigns, firstly in Poitou in 1242, where he fought at the Battle of Taillebourg.
John I 1234–1249 c. 1215 eldest son of Robert III and Aénor of Saint-Valery Marie of Bourbon-Dampierre April 1240 three children c. 1249 Nicosia aged 33–34 Robert IV 1249–1282 c. 1241 eldest son of John I and Marie of Bourbon-Dampierre Beatrice of Montfort 1260 six children 12 November 1282 Braine aged 40–41 John II the Good ...
NameBirthMarriage(s)DeathRobert I the Great1137–1184c. 1123fifth son of Louis VI of France ...(1) Agnes of Garlande (1122–1143), ...11 October 1188Braineaged 64–65c. 1154eldest son of Robert and Agnes of ...(1) Matilda of Burgundy1178no issue(2) ...28 December 1218Braineaged 63–64Robert III Gasteblé1218–1234c. 1185eldest son of Robert II and ...Aénor of Saint-Valery1210four children3 March 1234Braineaged 48–49John I1234–1249c. 1215eldest son of Robert III and Aénor ...Marie of Bourbon-DampierreApril 1240three ...c. 1249Nicosiaaged 33–34John I of Dreux (1215–1249), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the son of Robert III of Dreux and Annora (Aenor) of Saint-Valéry. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John I, Count of Dreux has received more than 13,516 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia.
- Origins
- Accession
- Relations with The English
- Consolidation of Power
- Regency
- Crusades and Death
- Marriages and Children
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Peter was the second son of Robert II, Count of Dreux and Yolande de Coucy. The former was in turn the son of Robert I, Count of Dreux, a younger brother of Louis VII of France. Peter was thus a Capetian, a second cousin of Louis VIII of France. Despite being of royal descent, as the younger son of a cadet branch Peter's early prospects were that o...
In 1212 King Philip II of France needed to find a weak and faithful ruler for Brittany. The duchy lay athwart the sea lanes between England and the English territories in Gascony. Furthermore, it bordered on Anjou and Normandy, which the English had lost ten or twelve years before and were eager to recover. It was being ruled with less than a stron...
In 1214 King John of England had assembled a formidable coalition against the French. He landed in Poitou while King Otto of Germany prepared to invade from the north. John chased off some French forces in the north of Poitou, and then moved to the southern edge of Brittany, opposite Nantes. Peter drove him off after a brief skirmish but did nothin...
Peter turned his attention to his next goal. The authority of the dukes of Brittany had traditionally been weak, in comparison to the great peers of northern France. For example, the duke could not limit the building of castles by his counts. Nor did he have the right to guardianship of minor heirs of his vassals. Peter aimed to re-establish his re...
Peter's wife died on 21 October 1221, leaving behind four young children. She was then only 21, and little is known about her beyond the basic genealogical facts. Her death meant that Peter was no longer duke, although he continued to rule the duchy with undiminished authority, as regent for his son John, then a boy of four or so. Alix's death chan...
Peter's son John reached the age of majority in 1237. Peter Mauclerc then participated in the Barons' Crusade to the Holy Land in 1239. While there, Peter's troops along with some local knights were attacked by heavily armed Mamluk cavalry, firing their bows, but the crusader force managed to outflank and defeat them, taking a few prisoners with th...
Peter was married three times: His first wife was Alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (1201–1221).Alix and Peter had three children: 1. John I(to 1217–1286), duke of Brittany; 2. Yolande of Brittany (1218 – 10 October 1272), married (January 1236) to Hugh XI of Lusignan, Seigneur de Lusignan, Count of la Marche and Angoulême 3. Arthur of Brittany ...
Jackson-Laufer, Guida Myrl (1999). Women Rulers Throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Guide. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781576070918.Morvan, Frederic (2009). La Chevalerie bretonne et la formation de l'armee ducale(in French). Presses Universitaires de Rennes.Painter, Sidney (1969). "The Crusade of Theobald of Champagne and Richard of Cornwall, 1239–1241". In Robert Lee Wolff; Harry W. Hazard (eds.). A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Later Crusa...Painter, Sidney (2019) [1937]. The Scourge of the Clergy: Peter of Dreux, Duke of Brittany. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9781421436586.John I of Dreux, Count of Dreux and Braine, was the son of Robert III of Dreux and Annora of Saint-Valéry. We need you! Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
John I of Dreux (1215–1249), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the son of Robert III of Dreux and Annora (Aenor) of Saint-Valéry. Knighted by King Louis IX of France, he accompanied the king on several campaigns, firstly in Poitou in 1242, where he fought at the Battle of Taillebourg. In 1249 he...
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