Peter I of Courtenay

Peter

Peter dressed like a warrior in chain mail, from a medieval illuminated manuscript
Born c.1126
Reims
Died Acre, Palestine
Burial Exeter Cathedral
Spouse Elizabeth de Courtenay
Issue Phillip de Courtenay
Peter II de Courtenay
Alice de Courtenay
Eustachia de Courtenay
Clémence de Courtenay
Robert de Courtenay
William de Courtenay
Isabella de Courtenay
Constance de Courtenay
House House of Capet
Father Louis VI of France
Mother Adélaide de Maurienne
Religion Roman Catholicism

Peter I of Courtenay (September 1126 – 10 April 1183) was the youngest son of Louis VI of France and his second wife, Adélaide de Maurienne. He was the father of the Latin Emperor Peter II of Courtenay.

Peter was born in France and died in Palestine. 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.

He is buried in a tomb in the floor of Exeter Cathedral, next to Elizabeth. The couple had ten children:

References

  1. Louda, Jirí (1999). Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition. London: Little, Brown and Company. p. 64.
  2. Mosley, Charles (1999). Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Routledge. p. 227. ISBN 1579580831.
  3. http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/COURTENAY4.htm. Retrieved 21 May 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Weir, Alison (1999). Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy. London: The Bodley Head. p. 67.
  5. http://genealogy.euweb.cz/capet/capet7.html
  6. 1 2 Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Burke's Peerage. p. 1112. ISBN 0971196621.
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