Érard II of Brienne (died 1191) 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 ...

from 1161 to 1191, and a French general during the

Third Crusade The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt led by King Philip II of France, King Richard I of England and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187. F ...

, most notably at the Siege of Acre. He was the son of Gautier II, count of Brienne (), and Humbeline Baudemont, daughter of Andrew, lord of Baudemont () and Agnès of Braine. His paternal grandparents were Érard I, Count of Brienne and Alix de Roucy. During this siege, he saw his brother André of Brienne die on 4 October 1189, before being killed himself on 8 February 1191. Érard II's nephew was Érard of Brienne-Ramerupt. Before 1166, he married Agnès of Montfaucon () († after 1186), daughter of

Amadeus II of Montfaucon Amadeus II of Montfaucon (c. 1130–1195) a member of the House of Montfaucon, Count of Montbéliard and Lord of Montfaucon from 1163 until his death. He was the son of Richard II of Montfaucon and Sophie of Montbéliard, daughter of Theodori ...

and of Béatrice of Grandson-Joinville. Their children were: * Walter III of Brienne (died 1205)

and claimant to the throne of Sicily. * William of Brienne ()(died 1199) lord of Pacy-sur-Armançon, married Eustachie of Courtenay, daughter of

Peter I of Courtenay Peter I of Courtenay (c. 1126 – 10 April 1183) was the sixth son of Louis VI of France and his second wife, Adélaide de Maurienne. He was the father of the Latin Emperor Peter II of Courtenay. Peter was born in France and died in Palestine. ...

and Elisabeth of Courtenay. *

John of Brienne John of Brienne ( 1170 – 19–23 March 1237), also known as John I, was the 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 Cham ...

(1170–1237),

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

(1210–1225), then emperor of Constantinople (1231–1237). * Andrew * Ida of Brienne, who married Ernoul of Reynel lord of Pierrefitte. * Ide of Brienne, who married .

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