Engilbert of Liederkerque () was a

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knight (from

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) who, along with his younger brother

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, accompanied their uncle

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to the

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( Morea) in southern

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, following Florent's proclamation as

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in 1289. There, Engilbert married a daughter of

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. In 1294, after the death of

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, who was his brother-in-law, Engilbert succeeded him as Grand Constable of Achaea. Engilbert is mentioned only sporadically in the sources: in 1297, when he accompanied Princess

Isabella of Villehardouin Isabella of Villehardouin (1260/1263 – 23 January 1312) was reigning Princess of Achaea from 1289 to 1307. She was the elder daughter of Prince William II of Achaea William of Villehardouin (french: Guillaume de Villehardouin; Kalamata, 1211 ...

to Nesi near Kalamata; in 1301 among the Moreote barons who ratified the proclamation of Philip of Savoy as Prince; in early 1304 as one of the witnesses to the marriage of John I Orsini to Maria Komnene Doukaina, and in the act of donation of the fortresses of Karytaina and

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to Isabella's daughter

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; and finally in an act of December 1305 signed at Thebes.

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