Peter I of Courtenay

Peter
Peter
	Peter dressed like a warrior in chain mail, from a medieval illuminated manuscript
Born	c. 1126; Reims
Died	10 April 1183; Acre, Palestine
Burial	Exeter Cathedral
Spouse	Elizabeth de Courtenay
Issue	Phillip de Courtenay; Peter II de Courtenay; Alice de Courtenay; Eustachia de Courtenay; Clémence de Courtenay; Robert de Courtenay; William de Courtenay; Isabella de Courtenay; Constance de Courtenay
House	Courtenay
Father	Louis VI of France
Mother	Adélaide de Maurienne

Peter I of Courtenay (1126 – 10 April 1183) was the sixth son of Louis VI of France and his second wife, Adélaide de Maurienne.^[1] He was the father of the Latin Emperor Peter II of Courtenay.^[1]

Peter was born in France and died in Palestine. In about 1150, he married Elizabeth de Courtenay (1127 – September 1205), the daughter of Renaud de Courtenay and Hawise du Donjon, thus starting the Capetian line of the House of Courtenay.^[2]

Rumour has it that he is buried in a tomb in the floor of Exeter Cathedral, next to Elizabeth; however, no physical evidence currently exists and the historians at the cathedral can find no documentation to support this rumour.

Children

Peter I and his wife had ten children:

Phillip (1153 – before 1186)
Peter II, Latin Emperor of Constantinople (c. 1155 to 1218)^[1]
Unnamed daughter (c. 1156 – ?)
Alice (1160-12 Feb 1218),^[1] married Count Aymer of Angoulême
Eustachia (1162–1235), married firstly William of Brienne, son of Erard II of Brienne and of Agnès of Montfaucon,^[3] secondly William of Champlitte
Clémence (1164 – ?)
Robert, Seigneur of Champignelles (1166–1239), married in 1217 Mathilde of Mehun (d. 1240). Their eldest son was Peter of Courtenay, Lord of Conches.^[4]
William, Seigneur of Tanlay (1168 – before 1248)^[4]
Isabella (1169 – after 1194)
Constance (after 1170–1231)

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Vincent 1999, p. 175.
^ Vincent 1999, pp. 201–202.
^ Perry 2013, p. 13.
^ ^a ^b Mosley 2003, p. 1112.

References

Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Burke's Peerage. ISBN 0971196621.
Perry, Guy (2013). John of Brienne: King of Jerusalem, Emperor of Constantinople, c.1175-1237. Cambridge University Press.
Vincent, Nicholas (1999). "Isabella of Angouleme:John's Jezebel". In Church, S. D. (ed.). King John: New Interpretations. The Boydell Press.