Erard I, Count of Brienne (1060–1114) was
Count of Brienne
The County of Brienne was a medieval county in France centered on Brienne-le-Château.
Counts of Brienne
* Engelbert I
* Engelbert II
* Engelbert III
* Engelbert IV
* Walter I (? – c. 1090)
* Erard I (c. 1090 – c. 1120?)
* Walter II ...
at the end of the 11th century. He was the son of Gautier I of Brienne, count of Brienne, and his wife Eustachie of
Tonnerre.
In 1097 he fought in the
First Crusade
The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic ru ...
.
In 1110 he married Alix of Roucy-Ramerupt, daughter of
André de Montdidier-Roucy, seigneur de Ramerupt and son of
Hilduin IV, Count of Montdidier
Hilduin IV (d. 1063), Count of Montdidier and Lord of Ramerupt, son of Hilduin III, Count of Montdidier, member of the House of Montdidier. Hilduin was also Count of Roucy by virtue of his marriage to the daughter of Ebles I, Count of Roucy.
...
. They had 3 children:
* Gautier II of Brienne, count of Brienne and lord of Ramerupt. Father of
Erard II.
* Guy of Brienne
* Félicité of Brienne, who married Simon I of Broyes, then in 1142 Geoffroy III, sire de
Joinville
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.
1060 births
1120 deaths
Christians of the First Crusade
Counts of Brienne
House of Brienne
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