Everard III (killed in Palestine on 21 August 1099), son of
Hugh I of Le Puiset and Alice of Montlhéry (daughter of
Guy I, lord of Montlhéry). Seigneur of Puiset and Viscount of Chartres.
Everard was in the
army of Hugh the Great, that of
Stephen of Blois
Stephen (1092 or 1096 – 25 October 1154), often referred to as Stephen of Blois, was King of England from 22 December 1135 to his death in 1154. He was Count of Boulogne ''jure uxoris'' from 1125 until 1147 and Duke of Normandy from 1135 un ...
, and then joined with
Robert II, Count of Flanders
Robert II, Count of Flanders ( 1065 – 5 October 1111) was Count of Flanders from 1093 to 1111. He became known as Robert of Jerusalem (''Robertus Hierosolimitanus'') or Robert the Crusader after his exploits in the First Crusade.
Early lif ...
, 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 Middle Ages. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Muslim conquest ...
. He was instrumental in rallying troops during the
siege of Jerusalem and was killed after the capture of Jerusalem.
Everard married Adelaide, Countess of Corbeil, daughter of Bouchard II, Count of Corbeil, and Adeliade de Crécy, Everard and Adelaide had two children:
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Hugh III (d. 1132), lord of Puiset, Count of Corbeil, Viscount of Chartres, married Agnes of Blois
Upon his death, Everard was succeeded by his son Hugh as Count of Corbeil.
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Christians of the First Crusade
1099 deaths
11th-century French nobility
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