Éverard III (killed in Palestine on 21 August 1099), son of
Hugh I of Le Puiset and Alice of Montlhéry (daughter of
Guy I, lord of Montlhéry). Seigneur of Puiset and Viscount of Chartres.
Éverard was in the
army of Hugh the Great, that of
Stephen of Blois, and then joined with
Robert II, Count of Flanders, in the
First Crusade. He was instrumental in rallying troops during the
siege of Jerusalem and was killed after the capture of Jerusalem.
Éverard married Adelaide, Countess of Corbeil, daughter of Bouchard II, Count of Corbeil, and Adeliade de Crécy, Éverard and Adelaide had two children:
* Gilduin
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Hugh III (d. 1132), lord of Puiset, Count of Corbeil, Viscount of Chartres.
Upon his death, Éverard was succeeded by his son Hugh as Count of Corbeil.
References
Sources
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*A Database of Crusaders to the Holy Land, 1095-1149
archive
Christians of the First Crusade
1099 deaths
11th-century French people
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