Jocelyn I de Courtenay (1034-after 1069), son of Athon, Châtelain de Châteaurenard, Seigneur de Courtenay. Very little is known about his life other than his two marriages. He first married Hildegarde de Château-Landon, daughter of
Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais, and
Ermengarde of Anjou (daughter of
Fulk III, Count of Anjou
Fulk III, the Black ( 987–1040; fro, Foulque Nerra), was an early count of Anjou celebrated as one of the first great builders of medieval castles. It is estimated Fulk constructed approximately 100 castles, along with abbeys throughout the Lo ...
). Joscelin and Hildegarde had one daughter:
* Vaindemonde de Courtenay, married to Renard II, Count of Joigny.
Joscelin married secondly Elizabeth of Montlhéry, daughter of
Guy I of Montlhéry Guy I (died 1095) was the second lord of Bray and the second lord of Montlhéry (Latin: ''Monte Leterico''). He was probably the son of Thibaud of Montmorency, but some sources say that his father was named Milo. Thibaud may instead have been his ...
and
Hodierna of Gometz. Joscelin and Elizabeth had five children:
* Hodierne of Courtenay, married to Geoffroy II, Seigneur of Joinville
* Miles, Seigneur of Courtenay, married Ermengarde of Nevers
*
Joscelin I, Count of Edessa and Prince of Galilee
* Geoffroy of Courtney (d. 1139)
* Renaud (d. before 1133), Monk at the monastery of
St. John the Evangelist at Sens.
After Joscelin’s death, Elizabeth became a nun at St. John’s. See also
House of Courtenay
The House of Courtenay is a medieval noble house, with branches in France, England and the Holy Land. One branch of the Courtenays became a Royal House of the Capetian Dynasty, cousins of the Bourbons and the Valois, and achieved the title ...
.
Sources
* Saunier-Seité, Alice, ''Les Courtenay'',
Éditions France-Empire, 1998
* Riley-Smith, Johathan, ''The First Crusaders, 1095-1131'', Cambridge University Press, London, 1997
* La Monte, John L., ''The Lords of Le Puiset on the Crusade''s, Speculum, 1942
* Jim Bradbury, 'Fulk le Réchin and the Origin of the Plantagenets', ''Studies in Medieval History Presented to R. Allen Brown'', Ed. * Christopher Harper-Bill, Christopher J. Holdsworth, Janet L. Nelson, The Boydell Press, 1989
Joscelin
1034 births
Year of death uncertain
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