André de Brienne lord of Ramerupt

Ramerupt

Ramerupt is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.-Population:-Personalities:*Rashbam, medieval rabbi and scriptural commentator*Rabbeinu Tam, medieval rabbi...

, was a French nobleman of the Third Crusade

Third Crusade

The Third Crusade , also known as the Kings' Crusade, was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin...

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Life

He arrived in the Holy Land on 28 August 1189 to participate in the Siege of Acre with the first French troops, which he led alongside James of Avesnes

James of Avesnes

James was a son of Nicholas d'Oisy, lord of Avesnes and Matilda de la Roche. He was the lord of Avesnes, Condé, and Leuze from 1171. He participated in the Third Crusade as leader of a detachment of French, Flemish, and Frisian soldiers which arrived in the Holy Land in 1189...

, Henry I of Barres and Philip of Dreux

Philip of Dreux

Philip of Dreux was a French nobleman, Bishop of Beauvais, and figure of the Third Crusade.He was an active soldier, an ally in the field of Philip Augustus, the French king and his cousin, making him an opponent in campaigns in France and elsewhere of Richard I of England. He was in also in...

. On 4 October that year, Saladin

Saladin

Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb , better known in the Western world as Saladin, was an Arabized Kurdish Muslim, who became the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and founded the Ayyubid dynasty. He led Muslim and Arab opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant...

 launched a new attack against the crusader army besieging the town. The battle was quickly won by the crusaders, but when they had victory within their grasp the crusaders' camp descended into anarchy and began to flee. André of Brienne, in command of the rearguard, tried to stop the fleeing crusaders and send them back into battle, but he was thrown from his horse. Covered in injuries, his screams of despair did not move his companions, not even his brother Erard

Erard II of Brienne

Érard II of Brienne was count of Brienne from 1161 to 1191, and a French general during the Third Crusade, most notably at the Siege of Acre. He was the son of Gautier II, count of Brienne, and of Adèle of Soissons. During this siege he saw his brother André of Brienne die on 4 October 1189...

, as they fled, leaving him to die there. 7000 other crusaders were also killed in this battle, including Gerard of Ridefort, grandmaster of the Templars.

Family, Marriage and Issue

He was the son of Gautier II of Brienne, comte of Brienne and his second wife. The identity of his mother is debated. Some believe her to be Humbeline, the widow of Anseric de Chacenay. Others believe her to be the daughter of Jean de Soissons & his wife Aveline de Pierrefonds.

In around 1167 he married Adélais of Trainel-Venisy (daughter of Anseau of Vénisy). They had 5 children :

• Gautier of Brienne (killed in 1219).
• Érard of Brienne
  Erard of Brienne-Ramerupt
  Érard de Brienne 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...
  
   (c. 1170 – 1245) lord of Ramerupt
  Ramerupt
  Ramerupt is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.-Population:-Personalities:*Rashbam, medieval rabbi and scriptural commentator*Rabbeinu Tam, medieval rabbi...
  
   and of Vénisy.
• Elisabeth of Brienne who married Milon lord of Pougy.
• Agnès of Brienne, who around 1211 married Miles IV lord of Noyers.
• Ada of Brienne

Ancestry