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Renaud II De Pons
Renaud II (c. 1170 – 11 June 1252), also known as Reginald de Pontibus or Renaud de Ponz, was a French nobleman and the lord of Pons, Charente-Maritime, Pons in the Saintonge (region), Saintonge region of the County of Poitou from 1191 until his death. In the Capetian–Plantagenet rivalry, Anglo-French dynastic conflict, he was a strong supporter of John, King of England. He left Poitou three times to fight infidels: the Third Crusade, the ''Reconquista'' in Spain and the Seventh Crusade. He is distinguished from his uncle, Renaud de Pons, Seneschal of Gascony, in contemporary documents by the epithets ''senior'' (the elder) and ''junior'' (the younger). He is possibly the same person as the troubadour Rainaut de Pons. Life Renaud was the eldest son of Geoffroy III de Pons and Agnès de Matha. He succeeded his father as lord of Pons in 1191. In the same year he left to join the Third Crusade, confirming his father's donation to the almonry of Chansac before he left. He was proba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffroy III De Pons
Geoffroy III de Pons, Lord of Pons, was a 12th-century French noble. Life Geoffroy was a son of Pons de Pons and Gervaise de Craon. In 1160, Geoffroy founded the Hôpital des Pèlerins (Pilgrims' Hospital), outside the walls of Pons, Charente-Maritime, Pons, to replace an older hospital that was too small, to host the growing numbers of pilgrims on their way along the Way of St. James to the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Spain. The hospital was originally run by the Knights Templar. During a revolt with Fulk of Angoulême, Count of Angoulême and Hugh IX of Lusignan and Geoffrey de Rancon, Geoffrey de Rancon, Lord of Taillebourg against King Henry II of England,{{sfn , Vaux de Foletier , 1929 , p=30 their vassal as the Duke of Aquitaine, the Castle of Pons is destroyed by Richard I of England, Richard Lionheart in 1179.{{sfn, Combes, 1985, p=113 Geoffroy was able to recover his lands and obtain permission to build a new castle in 1180.{{sfn, Combes, 1985, p=113 He died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |