Erard II of Chacenay
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Erard II was the Sire
de Chacenay
(Chassenay) from 1190/1. He was the eldest son of Erard I of Chacenay and Mathilde de Donzy, also known as Félicité.
In 1209 Erard, with the consent of his unnamed wife, confirmed a donation to Basse-Fontaine by a certain Agnete, specified as domina of Chacenay, probably his grandmother Agnes de Brienne. In July 1219 Erard's cousin, Hervé
, Count of Nevers, confirmed a donation Erard had made to the Teutonic Knights
. Erard took part in the Fifth Crusade
(1217), but was back in Europe by 1220. He was a patron of the trouvère
Guiot de Dijon
. He was buried in the Abbey of Clairvaux.
Erard was the second husband of Emmeline (Emelina) de Broyes (died 1249, before April), widow of Eudes II de Champlitte. They were married in 1205. In 1218 she made a joint donation with her husband to the Abbey of Moutier-la-Celle. Their eldest son, Erard III, succeeded Erard as sire. Their second son, Huet, died on Crusade in 1249. They also had three daughters: Matilda, who married Guy d'Arcis-sur-Aube; Alix, who succeeded her brother as dame; and Joanna, who is only known from the donation of 1218.
Sire
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de Chacenay
Chacenay
Chacenay is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France....
(Chassenay) from 1190/1. He was the eldest son of Erard I of Chacenay and Mathilde de Donzy, also known as Félicité.
In 1209 Erard, with the consent of his unnamed wife, confirmed a donation to Basse-Fontaine by a certain Agnete, specified as domina of Chacenay, probably his grandmother Agnes de Brienne. In July 1219 Erard's cousin, Hervé
Hervé IV of Donzy
Hervé IV of Donzy was a French nobleman and participant in the Fifth Crusade. By marriage in 1200 to Mahaut de Courtenay , daughter of Peter II of Courtenay, he became Count of Nevers....
, Count of Nevers, confirmed a donation Erard had made to the Teutonic Knights
Teutonic Knights
The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem , commonly the Teutonic Order , is a German medieval military order, in modern times a purely religious Catholic order...
. Erard took part in the Fifth Crusade
Fifth Crusade
The Fifth Crusade was an attempt to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering the powerful Ayyubid state in Egypt....
(1217), but was back in Europe by 1220. He was a patron of the trouvère
Trouvère
Trouvère , sometimes spelled trouveur , is the Northern French form of the word trobador . It refers to poet-composers who were roughly contemporary with and influenced by the troubadours but who composed their works in the northern dialects of France...
Guiot de Dijon
Guiot de Dijon
Guiot de Dijon was a Burgundian trouvère. The seventeen chansons ascribed to him are found in two chansonniers: the Chansonnier du Roi and the less reliable Berne Chansonnier...
. He was buried in the Abbey of Clairvaux.
Erard was the second husband of Emmeline (Emelina) de Broyes (died 1249, before April), widow of Eudes II de Champlitte. They were married in 1205. In 1218 she made a joint donation with her husband to the Abbey of Moutier-la-Celle. Their eldest son, Erard III, succeeded Erard as sire. Their second son, Huet, died on Crusade in 1249. They also had three daughters: Matilda, who married Guy d'Arcis-sur-Aube; Alix, who succeeded her brother as dame; and Joanna, who is only known from the donation of 1218.
Sources
- Champagne Nobility: Chapter 6. Sires de Chacenay at the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy's Medieval Lands Project