BRIENNE

The earliest proven ancestor seems to be one Engelbert III de Brienne, ca 1004-8; m.1^st Windemodis __; m.2^nd Alix, dau.of Cte Renaud de Sens; he left issue:

1a) [by 1^st m.] Engelbert IV de Brienne; m.Petronille ___

1b) Gautier I, Comte de Brienne, d.ca 1090; m.Eustachie, Cts de Bar-sur-Seine, dau.of Milon, Cte de Tonnerre et de Bar-sur-Seine

1c) Engelbert de Brienne, a monk at Molesme 1082

2c) Erard I, Cte de Brienne, went on Crusade ca 1097 (d.1114/25; bur Montier-en-Der); m.Alix, dau.of Andre de Montdidier, sn de Ramerupt

1d) Gautier II, Cte de Brienne, sn de Ramerupt, took the cross 1147, d.ca 1161; m.1^st a dau.of Andre de Baudement; m.2^nd N de Soissons, probably dau.of Cte Jean de Soissons; m.3^rd 1137 Humbeline de Troyes; m.4^th 1146 Adelais ___; all children except Agnes were by 2^nd wife, and Agnes was by either first or second

1e) Guy de Brienne, living 1143

2e) Eustache de Brienne, who may have been ancestor of the Sires de Conflans

3e) Erard II, Cte de Brienne, took the cross 1189, d.1190/1; m.before 1166 Agnes, dau.of Amadeus de Montfaucon Gf von Mömpelgard

1f) Gautier III, Cte de Brienne, Pr of Tarento, Pretender to the Sicilian throne (d.in prison 1205; bur Santa Maria della Foce); m.Melun 1200 Elvira (d.after 1216) dau.of Cte Tancredo di Lecce, some-time King of Sicily

1g) Gautier IV "le Grand", Cte de Brienne, Ct of Jaffa (1205-murdered in Cairo ca 1244/7); m.1233 Maria de Lusignan, dau.of King Hugo I of Cyprus

1h) Jean, Cte de Brienne, d.1260/1; m.Marie, Dame de Thieusis, dau.of Sohier d'Enghien, Lord of Zotteghem (and later wife of Hugues Cte de Rethel)

2h) Hugues, Cte de Brienne, Cte di Lecce, sn di Conversano, Captain-General of Brindisi, Otranto and Apulia (d.9 Aug 1296); m.1^st ca 1270 Isabelle de la Roche-sur-l'Ognon, Lady of Thebes, dau.of Guy, Duke of Athens; m.2^nd 1291 Helene Komnenedukaine, heiress of Lamia and Larissa (d.1294/5) dau.of Joannes, Archon of Neopatras

1i) [by 1st m.] Gautier V, Cte de Brienne et di Lecce, Duke of Athens, etc (k.a.against a Catalonian army nr Thebes 1311; bur Lecce Cathedral); m.before Oct 1305 Jeanne (d.16 Jan 1354; bur Troyes) dau.of Gaucher de Chatillon, Cte de Porcien

1j) Gautier VI, Cte de Brienne, di Lecce e di Conversano, titular Duke of Athens, military commander of Florence (k.a.nr Poitiers 19 Sep 1356; bur abbaye de Beaulieu); m.1^st 1325 Margherita (d.after 1332), dau. of Philip of Naples, Pr of Tarento; m.2^nd 1342/3 Jeanne de Brienne (below)

1k) [by 1^st m.] Gautier de Brienne, d.young in Greece

2k) [by 2^nd m.] Jeanne de Brienne (bur Beaulieu)

3k) [by 2^nd m.] Marguerite de Brienne (bur Beaulieu)

2j) Isabeau, Cts de Brienne, di Lecce e di Conversano (d.29 Dec 1360); m.ca 1321 Wautier d'Enghien (d.1345)

2i) Agnes de Brienne; m.Jean, Cte de Joigny

3i) [by 2^nd m.] Jeanne de Brienne; m.Niccolo Sanudo, Duke of Naxos (d.1341)

3h) Amaury de Brienne, d.ca 1261

2g) Marguerite de Brienne, who was seduced by Emperor Friedrich II; later m.Balian, Lord of Sayette

2f) Guillaume de Brienne, d.ca 1200; m.Eustachie, Dame de Pacy (d.after 1235) dau.of Pierre de Courtenay (and later wife of Guillaume de Champlitte, Pr of Achaia, and of Guillaume de Champagne, Cte de Sancerre)

1g) Andre de Brienne (d.ca 1215; bur St.Etienne, Auxerre)

2g) Elvis de Brienne; m.Jean, Vcte de Saint-Florentin (d.ca 1235)

3f) André de Brienne, living 1181

4f) Jean de Brienne; having already been King of Jerusalem between the death of his 1^st wife, Queen Maria, in 1212 and the majority of their only child in 1225, in 1229 he became Latin Emperor of Constantinople, after the death of the Emperor Robert (whose heir, Baldwin II, was a child); d.21 Mar 1237; m.1^st Tyrus 14 Sep 1210 Maria of Montferrat, Queen of Jerusalem (1191-1212); m.2^nd before May 1214 Stephanie (d.1219) dau.of King Leon I of Armenia; m.3^rd Burgos 1224 Berenguela (d.1198/9), dau of King Alfonso IX of Léon

[by 1^st m.]:

1g) Yolande=Isabella, 1225 Queen of Jerusalem (1211-4 May 1228); m.Brindisi 9 Nov 1225 Emperor Friedrich II (d.13 Dec 1250)

[by 2^nd m.]:

2g) John, Crown Prince of Armenia (1216-1220)

[by 3^rd m.]:

3g) Alphonse "d'Acre", Cte d'Eu (d.Tunis of the plague 25 Aug 1270; bur St.Denis); m.before 1250 Marie, Cts d'Eu (d.Melle, Poitou 1 Oct 1260; bur Foucarmont) dau.of Raoul de Lusignan, Cte d'Eu et de Guines

1h) Jean I de Brienne, Cte d'Eu (d.Clermont-en-Beauvaisis 12 Jun 1294; bur Foucarmont); m.Beatrix (d.St.Pol 1304; bur abbaye de Cercamp) dau.of Guy de Châtillon, Cte de St-Pol

1i) Jean II de Brienne, Cte d'Eu et de Guines (k.a.Kortrijk 11 Jul 1302; bur Foucarmont); m.Jeanne, Cts de Guines (d.1331/2; bur Foucarmont) dau.of Baudouin, chatelain de Bourbourg, sn d'Ardres

1j) Raoul I de Brienne, Cte d'Eu, Gov of Languedoc (d.at a tournament in Paris 19 Jan 1344; bur Foucarmont); m.1315 Jeanne, Dame de Lormes et de Château-Chinon (d.1351) dau.of Dreux de Mello by Jeanne de Toucy

1k) Raoul II de Brienne, Cte d'Eu et de Guines (beheaded at Paris 19 Nov 1350; bur St.Augustin, Paris); m.Oct 1340 Catherine (d.18 Jun 1388; bur Namur) dau.of Louis of Savoy, Baron de Vaud, and idow of Azzo Visconti of Milan (and later wife of Guillaume Cte de Namur)

1l) [illegitimate] Jean du Bois, sn de la Maison Forte, legitimized 1395

2k) Jeanne de Brienne, Dame de Château-Chinon, de Darcey, etc (d.Sens 6 Jul 1389; bur St.Denis); m.1^st 1342/3 Cte Gautier VI de Brienne (above); m.2^nd 1357 Louis d'Evreux, Cte d'Etampes (d.6 May 1400)

3k) Marie de Brienne, d.young

2j) Marie de Brienne (d.young; bur abbaye de Longvillers)

2i) Isabelle de Brienne, d.1302/7; m.Jean de Dampierre, Vcte de Troyes (d.ca 1307)

3i) Jeanne de Brienne, d.after 12 Mar 1325; m.1^st Raymond, Vcte de Turenne (d.1304); m.2^nd before 4 Aug 1314 Renauld, Sire de Picquigny, vidame d'Amiens (d.1315)

4i) Marguerite de Brienne, d.1310; m.Guy, Vcte de Thouars (d.1308)

5i) Mahaut de Brienne, living 1328

2h) Blanche de Brienne, 1309 Abbess of Maubuisson, d.ca 1328

4g) Louis "d'Acre" (d.after 1 Sep 1297; bur Etival) m.Agnes, Vcts de Beaumont, dau.of Raoul VIII, Vcte de Beaumont-au-Maine. Louis then became Vcte de Beaumont-au-Maine himself. For their descendants see Part 2, below

5g) Jean "d'Acre" bouteiller of France (d.1296; bur abbaye de Maubuisson); m.1^st Marie, Dowager Queen of Scotland, dau.of Enguerrand de Coucy; m.2^nd 1251 Jeanne, Dame de Château-du-Loir, dau.of Vcte Geoffroy de Châteaudun

1h) [by 2^nd m.] Blanche de Brienne, Dame de Loupelande; m.ca 1266 Guillaume de Fiennes

6g) Maria, Regent of Constantinople and Namur 1244-5 (1225-Italy after 5 May 1275; bur Assisi); m.Emperor Baldwin II of Constantinople, Mgve of Namur (d.1273)

5f) Ida de Brienne; m.Arnoul de Reynel, sn de Pierrefitte et de Cirey (d.ca 1228)

4e) André de Brienne, sn de Ramerupt (k.a.Acre 4 Oct 1189); m.before 1167 Adelais, Dame de Venisy (d.1221/2) dau.of Anseau de Venisy

1f) Gautier de Brienne, d.young

2f) Erard de Brienne, sn de Ramerupt et de Venisy, Pretender to the comté of Champagne, d.1245/6; m.1^st Helissende, Cts du Perche; m.2^nd 1213/4 Philippe (d.1250) dau.of Cte Henri II de Champagne

1g) [by 1^st m.] André de Brienne, living 1211

[by 2^nd m.]:

2g) Henri de Brienne, sn de Venisy, d.on Crusade 1249; m.Marguerite (d.1262) dau.of Jean le Sage, Cte de Bourgogne, and former wife of Albert de la Touyr (and later wife of Guillaume de Courtenay, sn de Champignelles)

1h) Erard de Brienne, sn de Ramerupt et de Venisy; m.Mahaut ___

1i) Beatrix de Brienne, Dame de Venisy et de Turny, d.after 1314; m.before 1309 Guillaume de Joinville (d.1314)

2h) Henri de Brienne, living 1266

3g) Erard de Brienne, sn de Ramerupt, k.a.Palestine Feb 1250

4g) Marie de Brienne; m.1^st Gaucher, Sire de Nanteuil-la-Fosse; m.2^nd Hugues de Conflans

5g) Isabeau de Brienne, d.1274/7; m.before May 1237 Cte Henri de Grandpré (d.1287)

6g) Marguerite de Brienne, d.1275; m.Dietrich van Beveren, Burggrave of Dixmuiden (d.1274)

7g) Jeanne de Brienne, Dame de Seans-en-Othe; m.before 1250 Mathieu de Montmorency (d.1270)

8g) Sibylle de Brienne, Abbess of Ramerupt

9g) Alix de Brienne

3f) Elizabeth de Brienne, Dame de Saint-Valerian; m.before 1201 Milon, sn de Pougy (d.ca 1218)

4f) Agnes de Brienne; m.Miles, Sire de Noyers

5f) Ada de Brienne

5e) Jean de Brienne, Abbot of Beaulieu, d.ca 1192

6e) Agnes de Brienne, d.after 1191; m.1^st before 1138 Jacques, Sire de Chacenay; m.2^nd Jean de Salmaise, Sire de Chacenay

7e) Marie de Brienne, living 1152

8e) Adelais de Brienne, living 1152

9e) Felicite de Brienne, living 1144

10e) Elvide de Brienne; m.Barthelmy, Sire de Vignory

2d) Guy de Brienne, d.after 22 Jan 1243

3d) Felicite de Brienne, d.after 21 Jun 1178; m.1^st Simon, sn de Broyes (d.ca 1132); m.2^nd before 1141 Geoffroi de Joinville (d.1188)

3c) Milon de Brienne, Cte de Bar-sur-Seine, d.ca 1126; m.before 1103 Matilda, dau.of Miles de Noyers

1d) Guy de Brienne, Cte de Bar-sur-Seine; m.Petronille-Elizabeth, dau.of Anseric de Chacenay

1e) Milon de Brienne, Cte de Bar-sur-Seine, d.1151

1f) Petronille, Cts de Bar-sur-Seine; m.1168 Hugues de Puiset, Vcte de Chartres (d.1189)

2e) Guillaume de Brienne

3e) Gui de Brienne

4e) Manasses de Brienne, Cte de Bar-sur-Seine, Bp of Langres, d.1193

5e) Thibaut de Brienne, Cte de Bar-sur-Seine; m.Marguerite de Salmaise, Dame de Champlost

1f) Perronelle de Brienne, Dame de Champlost, d.1236/7; m.Guy de Chappes (d.1221)

2f) Agnes de Brienne, Dame de Bragelogne, d.ca 1240; m.Philippe de Plancy

6e) Ermesinde de Brienne; m.1^st Anseau de Trainel (d.1188/9); m.2^nd 1189 (div ca 1195) Ct Theobald I of Bar, Mousson and Luxemburg (d.1214)

2d) Renaud de Brienne, Abbot of Citeaux, d.1150

4c) Mantia de Brienne

2a) Guy de la Pione

1b) Lietaud

2b) Gautier de Ciresio

1c) Gui

2c) Thibaud

3a) [by 2^nd m.]a dau., m.Etienne de Joinville

Part 2

The descendants of Louis d'Acre [de Brienne] (see Part 1 above) and Agnes de Beaumont:

1a) Jean de Beaumont, d.1306, bur Etival; m.1^st after 26 Sep 1265 Jeanne (d.after 29 Jan 1290) dau.of Geoffroy, sn de la Guerche by Emma, Dame de Chateaugontier; m.2^nd ca 1305 Marie, Dame de Chantoce, (d.28 Sep 1306, bur Angers) dau.of Walter VII Berthout, sn de Malines, by Marie d'Auvergne; all issue by 1^st m.

1b) Robert, Vcte de Beaumont, d.28 Sep 1327; m.1^st Paris Aug 1299 Marie (d.21 Aug 1322, bur Angers) dau.of Maurice V, Sire de Craon; m.2^nd 23 Mar 1323 Marie d'Astort; all issue by 1^st m.

1c) Jean, Vcte de Beaumont, b.1302, d.ca 1355, bur l'abbaye de Melinais; m.1^st Isabeau, dau.of Jean d'Harcourt by Alix of Brabant; m.2^nd ca 1330 Marguerite (d.Feb 1380, bur abbaye de Melinais) dau.of Aymar IV de Poitiers, Cte de Valentinois, by Sibylle de Baux

1d) [by 1^st m.] Jeanne de Beaumont, Dame de Hommet

2d) [by 1^st m.] Marie de Beaumont, Dame de Beaumont-le-Vicomte, d.1372; m.before 1340 Guillaume de Chamaillart (d.1391); Beaumont-le-Vicomte was inherited by their dau., who m.Pierre de Valois, Cte d'Alencon

3d) [by 2^nd m.] Louis II, Vcte de Beaumont, k.a.nr Cocherel 23 May 1364; m.Lyon 13 Nov 1363 Isabelle (d.1371 bur Notre Dame du Parc), dau.of Jacques de Bourbon, Cte de la Marche

4d) [by 2^nd m.] Geoffroy de Beaumont

5d) [by 2^nd m.] Jeanne de Beaumont, a nun

6d) [by 2^nd m.] Marguerite de Beaumont, d.after 1373; m.Bouchard de Vendome, sn de Feuillet (d.after 6 Mar 1373)

2c) Geoffroy de Beaumont, sn de Lude, d.ca 1355; m.Jeanne, Dame de Beaucay (d.Mar 1402) dau.of Hugues de Beaucay

3c) Guillaume de Beaumont, d.after 11 Mar 1339

4c) Amaury de Beaumont

5c) Marie de Beaumont, Abbess of Bonceray

6c) Jeanne de Beaumont, d.shortly after 23 Oct 1347; m.ca 1331 Jean d'Amboise, sn de Chaumont (d.1346/7)

7c) Marguerite de Beaumont; m.17 May 1338 Bernard I, Cte de Ventadour (d.after 1390)

2b) Richard de Beaumont

3b) Isabelle de Beaumont, m.Geoffroy, sn d'Ancenis

4b) Anne de Beaumont, m.Payen de Chourses

2a) Louis de Beaumont, Bp of Durham, d.25 Sep 1333

3a) Henry de Beaumont, Lord Beaumont, Earl of Buchan, d.shortly before 10 Mar 1340; m.before 14 Mar 1310 Alice, dau.of Alexander Comyn and niece of John Comyn, Earl of Buchan

1b) John, 2^nd Lord Beaumont (1317/8-May 1342); m.before Jun 1337 Eleanor (d.Arundel 11 Jan 1372, bur Lewes) dau.of Henry, Earl of Lancaster & Leicester by Maud de Chaworth

1c) Henry, 3^rd Lord Beaumont, b.Brabant 1339/40, d.25 Jul 1369, bur Septringham; m.Margaret (d.15 Jun 1398, bur Grey Friars, London) dau.of John de Vere, Earl of Oxford by Joan Badlesmere

1d) John, 4^th Lord Beaumont, b.1360/1, d.Stirling 9 Sep 1396; m.Catherine (d.1426) dau.of Thomas Everingham

1e) Henry, 5^th Lord Beaumont, b.1379/80, d.Jun 1413; bur Sempringham; m.before Jul 1405 Elizabeth (d.shortly before 12 Nov 1428) dau.of William Willoughby

1f) John, Viscount Beaumont, Cte de Boulogne, Constable and Great Chamberlain of England, k.a.Northampton 10 Jul 1460; m.1^st Elizabeth, dau.of William Phelip, Lord Bardolph; m.2^nd after 1442 Katherine (d.after 1483) dau.of Ralph Neill, Earl of Westmorland, by Joan Beaufort all issue by 1^st m.

1g) Henry, d.after 10 Aug 1441

2g) William, 2d Viscount Beaumont, d.Wivenhoe 19 Dec 1507, bur there; m.1^st before 4 May 1461 (div before 1477) Joan, dau.of Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham; m.2^nd 24 Apr 1486 Elizabeth (d.26 June 1537, bur Wivenhoe) dau.of Richard Scrope

3g) Joan Beaumont, d. 5 Aug 1466; m.1^st John, Lord Lovel (d.1465); m.2^nd shortly after 11 Nov 1465 Sir William Stanley

2f) Henry Beaumont à issue

3f) Elizabeth Beaumont, d.Jul 1447; m.1^st ca 1418 William Deincourt (d.1422); m.2^nd ca 1427 Sir Richard Hastings (d.1436); m.3^rd Sir Thomas Neville

2e) Thomas Beaumont à issue

3e) Richard Beaumont

4e) Elizabeth Beaumont; m.before 1411 William, Lord Botreaux (d.ca 1462)

2d) Eleanor Beaumont, m.Richard de Molines

3d) Catherine Beaumont, m.Sir John Stourton

2b) Richard Beaumont

3b) John Beaumont

4b) Thomas Beaumont

5b) Elizabeth Beaumont, d.27 Oct 1400; m.ca 1330 Nicholas, Lord Audley

6b) Catherine, d.11 Nov 1368; m.David, Earl of Athol (d.1335)

7b) Isabel Beaumont, d.after 24 Mar 1356; m.ca 1334 Henry, Earl of Lancaster, Leicester & Derby (d.1361)

8b) Agnes Beaumont, d.after 1359; m.ca July 1343 Thomas, Lord Lucy (d.1365)

9b) Joan Beaumont, m.Sir William Fitzwarin