}; la, Symon de Jovisvillæ) was a French knight, who became the

Lord of Joinville The first known lord of Joinville (French ''sire'' or ''seigneur de Joinville'') in the county of Champagne appears in the middle of the eleventh century. The former lordship was raised into the Principality of Joinville under the House of Guise ...

from 1204 until his death in 1233. He was also the hereditary

seneschal The word ''seneschal'' () can have several different meanings, all of which reflect certain types of supervising or administering in a historic context. Most commonly, a seneschal was a senior position filled by a court appointment within a royal, ...

of the

County of Champagne The County of Champagne ( la, Comitatus Campaniensis; fro, Conté de Champaigne), or County of Champagne and Brie, was a historic territory and feudal principality in France descended from the early medieval kingdom of Austrasia. The county bec ...

Biography

Sceau et contre sceau Simon de Joinville

Simon was the fourth son of

Geoffrey IV of Joinville Geoffrey IV (died August 1190), called the Younger (French ''Geoffroy le Jeune''), was the Lord of Joinville from 1188 until his death on the Third Crusade two years later. He is surnamed ''Valet'' by Alberic of Trois-Fontaines. Family Geoffrey wa ...

and Helvide of Dampierre, a daughter of

Guy I of Dampierre Guy I of Dampierre (died 1151), son of Thibaut of Dampierre-sur-l’Aube and Elizabeth of Montlhéry, daughter of Milo I of Montlhéry, Viscount of Troyes. Seigneur of Dampierre, Saint-Dizier, and Moëlain. Guy travelled with Hugh I of Troyes on ...

. Simon succeeded his eldest brother Geoffrey V as lord of Joinville, who died without children at

Krak des Chevaliers Krak des Chevaliers, ar, قلعة الحصن, Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn also called Hisn al-Akrad ( ar, حصن الأكراد, Ḥiṣn al-Akrād, rtl=yes, ) and formerly Crac de l'Ospital; Krak des Chevaliers or Crac des Chevaliers (), is a medieva ...

in late 1203 or early 1204 during the

Fourth Crusade The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III. The stated intent of the expedition was to recapture the Muslim-controlled city of Jerusalem, by first defeating the powerful Egyptian Ayyubid S ...

. In 1209, he participated in the initial campaign of the

Albigensian Crusade The Albigensian Crusade or the Cathar Crusade (; 1209–1229) was a military and ideological campaign initiated by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc, southern France. The Crusade was prosecuted primarily by the French crown ...

, and after the fall of

Carcassonne Carcassonne (, also , , ; ; la, Carcaso) is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, in the region of Occitanie. It is the prefecture of the department. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the ...

he came back to Joinville. In the

war of the Succession of Champagne The War of the Succession of Champagne was a war from 1216 to 1222 between the nobles of the Champagne region of France, occurring within that region and also spilling over into neighboring duchies. The war lasted two years and ''de facto'' ended ...

, he fought for his cousin

Erard of Brienne-Ramerupt Érard de Brienne (c. 1170 † 1246) was a French nobleman. He was lord of Ramerupt and of Venizy, and also a pretender to the county of Champagne as an instigator of the Champagne War of Succession. He was a son of André of Brienne and of A ...

and his wife

Philippa of Champagne Philippa of Champagne () ( – 20 December 1250) was the third daughter of Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem and Count Henry II of Champagne. She was the wife of Erard de Brienne-Ramerupt, who encouraged her in 1216 to claim the county of Champagne wh ...

against the countess-regent Blanche of Navarre and her son

Theobald Theobald is a Germanic dithematic name, composed from the elements '' theod-'' "people" and ''bald'' "bold". The name arrived in England with the Normans. The name occurs in many spelling variations, including Theudebald, Diepold, Theobalt, Tybal ...

, because the hereditary office of

was not appointed by Blanche. Blanche's forces ravaged the lands of Joinville, and she imposed a humiliating surrender agreement: Simon's fortresses were seized, his eldest son Geoffroy was taken hostage, and he was forced to transfer his ancestral castle at Joinville to his brother, Bishop William, as security for his good conduct. Then, in 1218, he participated in the

Fifth Crusade The Fifth Crusade (1217–1221) was a campaign in a series of Crusades by Western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering Egypt, ruled by the powerful Ayyubid sultanate, led by al-Adil, brother of Sala ...

with his cousin, the

king of Jerusalem The King of Jerusalem was the supreme ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, a Crusader states, Crusader state founded in Jerusalem by the Latin Church, Latin Catholic leaders of the First Crusade, when the city was Siege of Jerusalem (1099), conqu ...

John of Brienne John of Brienne ( 1170 – 19–23 March 1237), also known as John I, was King of Jerusalem from 1210 to 1225 and Latin Emperor of Constantinople from 1229 to 1237. He was the youngest son of Erard II of Brienne, a wealthy nobleman in Champag ...

. He fought in the Siege of Damietta and was back in Champagne in September 1220. Simon of Joinville died on May 1233 and was buried in

Clairvaux Abbey Clairvaux Abbey (, ; la, Clara Vallis) was a Cistercian monastery in Ville-sous-la-Ferté, from Bar-sur-Aube. The original building, founded in 1115 by St. Bernard, is now in ruins; the present structure dates from 1708. Clairvaux Abbey was a ...

Family

Vue du château et de la ville de Joinville

In the year 1207 Simon married Ermengarde of Montclair, daughter of John of Montclair, and had: * Geoffrey of Joinville, d. 1232, lord of Montclair; married Marie of Garlande * Isabelle of Joinville, lady of Montclair after her brother; married Simon IV of Clermont. * Béatrix of Joinville; married Guermond of Châlons. Ermengarde of Montclair died in 1218, and in a second marriage Simon married Beatrix (or Beatrice) of Auxonne, daughter of Count

Stephen III of Auxonne Stephen (or Étienne) III (died 1241) was Count of Auxonne. He was from the House of Ivrea, son of Stephen II, count of Auxonne (died after 1173) and Judith of Lorraine (c. 1140 – 1173). He was Stephen III in his House and Stephen II as count ...

, and had: * John (Jean) of Joinville, lord of Joinville; married Alix of Grandpré * Geoffrey of Joinville, first baron of Geneville; married

Maud de Lacy Maud de Lacy (25 January 1223 – 10 March 1289) was an English noblewoman, being the eldest child of John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln, and the wife of Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of Gloucester. Life Maud de Lacy ...

. * Simon of Joinville, lord of Marnay and Gex; married Leonete of Geneva. * William (Guillaume) of Joinville, Archdeacon of Salins, rector of Arthinurchir (Ireland) and archdeacon of Besançon. * Marie; married Guighes, Dauphin de Viennois. * Simonette of Joinville; married Jean of Tilchâtel. * Héloïse of Joinville; married Jean of Faucogney. She founded the monastery of Montigny. (This child is not included in source document.)

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