Érard I, Count of Brienne (c. 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 (c. 950 – c. 968)
* Engelbert II (c. 968 – c. 990)
* Engelbert III (c. 990 – c. 1008)
* Engelbert IV (c. 10 ...
at the end of the 11th century. He was the son of
Walter I of Brienne, count of Brienne, and his wife Eustachie of
Tonnerre (). When Érard inherited the county of Brienne, he was invested by
Theobald III, Count of Blois
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.
Érard co-founded an abbey at Boulancourt, and later founded a monastery at Beaulieu. In 1114, Érard followed his liege lord,
Hugh, Count of Champagne, to the Holy Land.
Marriage and issue
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
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. They had:
* Walter II of Brienne, count of Brienne and lord of Ramerupt. Father of
Érard 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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( ).
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1060s births
1120 deaths
Christians of the First Crusade
Counts of Brienne
House of Brienne
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