Crusader. He was a French knight who became King of Jerusalem by marriage and ruled the Latin Empire of Constantinople Turkey, as regent. He was a prominent figure after the 5th and 6th for France when he was invited in 1229, by the barons of the Latin Empire of Constantinople to become emperor-regent, on condition that Baldwin of Courtenay should marry his second daughter and succeed him. He then ruled in Constantinople and in 1235, with a few troops, he repelled a siege of the city by John III Vatatzes, Emperor of Nicaea, leading a successful cavalry charge which killed some 10,000 enemy soldiers.
Crusader. He was a French knight who became King of Jerusalem by marriage and ruled the Latin Empire of Constantinople Turkey, as regent. He was a prominent figure after the 5th and 6th for France when he was invited in 1229, by the barons of the Latin Empire of Constantinople to become emperor-regent, on condition that Baldwin of Courtenay should marry his second daughter and succeed him. He then ruled in Constantinople and in 1235, with a few troops, he repelled a siege of the city by John III Vatatzes, Emperor of Nicaea, leading a successful cavalry charge which killed some 10,000 enemy soldiers.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Family Members
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Maria of Montferrat
1192–1212 (m. 1210)
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Berengaria of León
1204–1237
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Yolanda de Brienne
1212–1228
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Maria di Brienne
1224–1275
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Alphonse de Brienne
1225–1270
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Jean de Brienne
1230–1296
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Louis of Acre
1230–1297
Flowers
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