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The Villehardouin family was a noble
dynasty that originated in
Villehardouin, a former commune of the
Aube department, now part of
Val-d'Auzon,
France. It is most notable as the ruling house of the
Principality of Achaea, a
Frankish
crusader state in the
Peloponnese peninsula of
Greece, between 1209 and 1278, when possession passed to the
Angevin
Kings of Naples.
Notable Family Members
- Vilain of Villehardouin (died before 1170)
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John of Villehardouin (died after 1216), Lord of Villehardouin
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Geoffrey I of Villehardouin (ca. 1169–1229/31), helped
William of Champlitte conquer the
Morea,
Prince of Achaea in 1209–1229/31; married Elisabeth (de Chappes?)
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Geoffrey II of Villehardouin (c. 1194-1246), Prince of Achaea in 1229/31–1246; married Agnes of Courtenay
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William II of Villehardouin (1211–1278), Prince of Achaea in 1246–1278; married unnamed daughter of Narjot of Toucy,
Carintana dalle Carceri (died 1255);
Anna Komnene Doukaina (died 1286)
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Isabella of Villehardouin (1260/63–1312), Princess of Achaea in 1289–1307; married
Philip of Sicily (died 1277),
Florent of Hainaut (died 1297),
Philip of Savoy (died 1334)
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Matilda of Hainaut (died 1331),
Lady of Kalamata in 1297–1308, 1311–1322, Princess of Achaea in 1313–1318; married
Guy II de la Roche (died 1308),
Louis of Burgundy (died 1316),
John of Gravina (died 1336), (secretly) Hugh de la Palisse
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Margaret of Villehardouin (1266–1315),
Lady of Akova; married
Isnard of Sabran (died 1297),
Richard Orsini (died 1303/4)
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Isabella of Sabran (1297–1315), married Infante
Ferdinand of Majorca (died 1316)
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Theodore of Villehardouin,
Patriarch of Antioch known as Theodose V
- unnamed daughter (?Alice), married
Hugh of Briel,
Lord of Karytaina
- Eremburge of Villehardouin, married de
Bernard de Montbar
- unknown
- Eudes, Bishop of
Coron before 1209
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Roscelin of Villehardouin (died before 1170), Canon of
Saint-Etienne Church in
Troyes
- Vilain of Villehardouin, vice-dean of
Saint-Etienne Church in
Troyes, excommunicated 1192
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Geoffrey of Villehardouin (died before 1218), Marshal of the
Champagne, participant in the
Fourth Crusade,
Marshal of the
Latin Empire, and author of the Chronicle of The Fourth Crusade and The Conquest of Constantinople
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Erard I of Villy (died 1224), Lord of
Lézinnes, of Villehardouin etc.
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William I of Lézinnes (died 1246), Marschal of the Champagne
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Erard II of Lézinnes (died 1279),
Bishop of Auxerre,
Cardinal and
Bishop of Palestrina in 1276–1279
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William II of Lézinnes (died 1264)
- Isabeau (died after 1299); married
Walter IV of Châtillon (died 1261)
- Mary of Villehardouin, married
Ascelin de Merry
- Alix of Villehardouin (died 1249) also called Adelaide, abbess of
Abbey of Notre Dame aux Nonnains in
Troyes
- Geoffroi of Villehardouin
- Dameron of Villehardouin, abbess of
Foissy abbey
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Emeline of Villehardouin, abbess of
Montier-en-l'Isle (1232)
- Haice of Villehardouin, nun at
Foissy abbey
- Gui of Villehardouin (died before 1223), also called la Grive, Lord of
Villevoques
- Gautier of Villehardouin
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