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Louis V, Count Of Chiny
Louis V (1235–1299), Count of Chiny from 1268–1299, the youngest son of Arnold IV, Count of Looz and Chiny, and Jeanne, Countess of Chiny. He became Count of Chiny in 1268 when his parents entrusted him with the county before their death. In 1285, he brought to Chauvency-le-Château one of the most famous jousting tournaments (a “tournament of chivalry”) of the Middle Ages, which pitted knights from the Empire, France, Lotharingia, Hainault, Flanders, and England, against each other in two days of solo-contest jousting and a final day of massed mêlée fighting. The Tournament of Chauvency ( Tournament of Chauvency) was described in verse by the French poet Jacques Bretel. A list of the participants at the tournament, which includes nearly 100 named individualscan be found here Before 22 July 1257, he married Jeanne de Bar (1225-1299), widow of Frederick de Blâmont (d. 1255/6) and daughter of Henry II Henry II may refer to: Kings * Saint Henry II, Holy Roman Empero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counts Of Chiny
The Counts of Chiny were part of the nobility of Lotharingia that ruled from the 9th to the 14th century in what is now part of Belgium. It has been proposed that the County of Chiny was created in the early 10th century out of the ancient county of Ivois. The county now forms part of the province of Luxembourg in present-day Belgium. The County of Chiny included the present-day towns of Chiny, Virton, Étalle, Florenville, Neufchâteau, Montmédy and Carignan, as well as the castles of Warcq on the Meuse, which was built in 971 by Otto, ancestor of the later Counts of Chiny. It has also been proposed that there is a close relationship between the Counts of Chiny and the early counts of Looz, the counts of Verdun and the bishops of Verdun.Jeantin, J. François Louis. (185859)Histoire du comté de Chiny et des pays haut-wallons Paris: J. Tardieu. The family of the counts of Chiny merged with the family of the counts of Looz. The final count of Chiny, Arnold IV de Rumingy, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold IV, Count Of Loon
Arnold IV of Loon (Looz) (died between November 1272 and October 1273; most likely on February 22, 1273), was Count of Loon from 1227 to 1273 and Counts of Chiny, Count of Chiny (as Arnold II) from 1228 to 1268. He was the son of Gérard III, Count of Rieneck, Gérard III, County of Rieneck, Count of Rieneck and Cunegonde von Zimmern. His marriage to Jeanne, Countess of Chiny, Jeanne de Chiny brought him the Chiny, County of Chiny. In 1227, his brother Louis III gave him the County of Loon. In 1234, he took part in a crusade at the request of Pope Gregory IX against the Statingers, heretics, probably Cathar, located in the diocese of Bremen. Then he helped Jean d'Eppes, bishop of Liege in repelling attacks Waleran IV, Duke of Limburg, Waleran, Lord of Valkenburg, in 1238. The following year he reconciles Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Wautier Bertout, Lord of Mechelen. In 1240, he joined forces with the dukes of Brabant and Limburg an attempt to reconcile Pope Gregory IX with the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne, Countess Of Chiny
Joan (c. 1205 – 17 January 1271) was the Countess of Chiny. Joan was the daughter of Louis IV, Count of Chiny, and Matilda of Avesnes, and became ruler of the county upon her father’s death on 7 October 1226. She married Arnold IV, Count of Loon,Thonissen, J. J., ''Arnold IV'', ''Royal Academy of Belgium'', ''National Biography''. Vol. 1, 1866. son of Gerard III, Count of Rieneck, and Kunigunde von Zimmern, in 1228, whereupon he assumed the role of Count of Chiny. Joan and Arnold had the following children: *John I, Count of Chiny and Loon *Arnaul II (died 1273), Bishop of Châlons (1272–73) *Henry, Seigneur d’Agimont *Gerard (died after April 1284), Seigneur de Chauvency le-Château, married Marguerite de Meurs *Elisabeth (died before 1251), married Thomas III of Coucy, Seigneur of Vervins, and Albert, Seigneur of Voorne *Adelaide (died after 1268), married to Thierry II, Seigneur of Valkenburg *Juliana, married to Nicolas, Seigneur of Quiévrain *Louis V, Count of Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tournament Of Chauvency
The Tournament of Chauvency was held in 1285 to bring together the greatest knights of France and Germany for six days of jousting and other activities, a social event of primary importance at the end of the thirteenth century. Dedicated to Henry IV, Count of Salm, the tournament was organized by Louis V, Count of Chiny, and held in the small village of Chauvency-le-Château, near Montmédy. The tournament was documented in the poem ''le Tournoi de Chauvency'' by the thirteenth century ''trouvère'' Jacques Bretel. The miniatures of the Oxford manuscript show knights struggling during the jousting and other activities of the tournament. Nearly 500 knights and other royalty and their wives participated in the tournament. Most notable are: * Rudolf I, King of Germany * Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (see below) * Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine * John I, Duke of Brabant * Jean de Faucogney, viscount of Vesoul * Theobald II, Count of Bar * Henry III, Count of Bar, son of the previ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Bretel
Jacques Bretel or Jacques Bretex (dates of birth and death unknown) was a French (language), French language ''trouvère'', best known for having written ''Tournament of Chauvency, le Tournoi de Chauvency''. His only known work, signed and dated in 1285, ''le Tournoi de Chauvency'' is a long poem of about 4,500 verses recounting the events of a Tournament (medieval), tournament held during six days of feasting given by Louis V, Count of Chiny, in October 1285 at Chauvency-le-Château. It is without doubt a masterpiece of French Middle Ages literature and, in any case, one of the best digests of courtly art of the period. His origin is unknown, but ''Tournoi de Chauvency'' is written in Old French combined with words in the western Lorrain language, Lorraine dialect. ''Le Tournoi de Chauvency'' is kept in a manuscript (reference: Francis Douce, Douce 308) at the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. Sources * Jacques Bretel, ''Le Tournoi de Chauvency, 1285'' (manuscrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry II, Count Of Bar
Henry II of Bar in French ''Henri II de Bar'', in German ''Heinrich II von Bar'' (1190–13 November 1239) was a Count of Bar who reigned from 1214 to 1239. He was son of Count Theobald I of Bar and his first wife, Ermesinde of Bar-sur-Seine. Henry was killed on 13 November 1239 during the Barons' Crusade, when he diverted several hundred crusaders from the main army under Theobald I of Navarre to fight an Ayyubid force at Gaza. Spouse and children In 1219 he married Philippa de Dreux (1192–1242), the daughter of Robert II of Dreux. Children * Margaret of Bar (1220–1275), in 1240 she married Henry V of Luxembourg * Thiébaut II of Bar (c. 1221–1291), Succeeded his father as Count of Bar * Henry, 1249 * Jeanne (1225–1299), married first Frédéric de Blamont who died in 1255, and second Louis V, Count of Chiny * Renaud (died 1271) See also * Umm al-Naser Mosque References Sources * * * * * * * * Counts of Bar House of Montbelliard Christians of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippa Of Dreux
Philippa of Dreux, Dame de Coucy (1192–1242) was a daughter of Robert II of Dreux and his second wife Yolande de Coucy. Family Philippa was the fifth of seven children born to her parents, Robert II of Dreux and his second wife Yolande de Coucy. Spouse and children In 1219 she married Henry II of Bar (1190–1239), the son of Theobald I of Bar and Ermesinde (Isabella) of Bar-sur-Seine. Children * Margaret of Bar (1220–1275), in 1240 she married Henry V of Luxembourg * Thiébaut II of Bar (–1291), Succeeded Henry II as Count of Bar. * Henry of Bar (died 1249) * Jeanne of Bar (1225–1299), married first Frédéric de Blamont who died in 1255, and later married Louis V, Count of Chiny Louis V (1235–1299), Count of Chiny from 1268–1299, the youngest son of Arnold IV, Count of Looz and Chiny, and Jeanne, Countess of Chiny. He became Count of Chiny in 1268 when his parents entrusted him with the county before their death. In .... * Renaud of Bar (died 1271) * Isabell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold V, Count Of Looz
Arnold V de Looz, (died August 22, 1327) was Count of Loon from 1279 to 1323 and Count of Chiny (Arnulf III) from 1299 to 1310. He was the son of John I, Count of Looz and Mathilde Jülich. Biography Barely Count of Looz, he helped Richardis of Guelders, widow of his maternal grandfather, Henri, Count of Luxembourg and Reginald I of Guelders, to fight Siegfried von Westerburg, archbishop of Cologne. Taken prisoner, the latter had to pay a large ransom to regain his freedom He then had to deal with the relatives of Isabelle de Condé, his father's widow, and in 1281 had to assign her a dower, and cede Warcq, Agimont and Givet to his half-brothers Jean and Jacquemin. For their part, the latter abandoned their rights to the county of Looz. It is on this sole condition that Marguerite's parents on the one hand, and her uncle Nicolas II de Condé on the other hand, consent to his marriage with Marguerite of Vianden. In 1288, he commanded a corps of the army of John I, Duke of Braban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1235 Births
Year 1235 ( MCCXXXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events * Connacht in Ireland is finally conquered by the Hiberno-Norman Richard Mór de Burgh; Felim Ua Conchobair is expelled. * A general inquisition begins in France. * Siege of Constantinople: The Byzantine emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes and the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II besiege Constantinople in an attempt to take it from its Latin rulers, John of Brienne and Baldwin II. Angelo Sanudo successfully negotiates a two-year truce. * Elizabeth of Hungary (d. 1231) is canonized by Pope Gregory IX. * A Chinese text of this year records that Hangzhou City, the capital of the Song dynasty, has various social clubs that include a West Lake Poetry Club, the Buddhist Tea Society, the Physical Fitness Club, the Anglers' Club, the Occult Club, the Young Girls' Chorus, the Exotic Foods Club, the Plants and Fruits Club, the Antique Collectors' Club, the Horse-Lovers' Club, and the Refined Music Soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1299 Deaths
Year 1299 ( MCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * July 4 – Battle of Cape Orlando: An Aragonese-Angevin fleet (some 60 galleys) led by Admiral Roger of Lauria defeats a Sicilian fleet near Sicily. During the battle, the larger Aragonese fleet is trapped on a lee shore, but can exploit the situation with the intervention of its 6 reserve galleys. The Sicilians flee when the flagship, with King Frederick III of Sicily on board, pulls back after he collapses from heat exhaustion. Lauria captures 18 Sicilian ships, and orders the massacre of their crews to avenge the death of his nephew at the hands of Frederick. * July 31 – Pisa and Genoa agree to a thirty-year truce. Part of the treaty includes the end of the Pisan military support to Genoa's enemies in Corsica. * November 10 – John I, count of Holland, dies and is succeeded by his uncle John II. He establishes a personal union with the Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
