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William of Champlitte

William I of Champlitte (French: Guillaume de Champlitte) (1160s-1209) was a French knight who joined the Fourth Crusade and became the first prince of Achaea (1205–1209).[1][2][3]

William I
Prince of Achaea
Coat of Arms of William of Champlitte
Reign1205-1209
SuccessorGeoffrey I
Born1160s
Died1209
SpouseAlais of Meursault
Elisabeth of Mount-Saint-Jean
House
FatherOdo I of Champlitte
MotherSybille

Early years and the Fourth Crusade

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William was the second son of Odo or Eudes I of Champlitte, viscount of Dijon.[3] He later married Elisabeth of Mount-Saint-Jean, but they divorced in 1199.

William was one of the crusader leaders who signed the letter written in April 1203 by Counts Baldwin IX of Flanders, Louis I of Blois and Chartres and Hugh IV of Saint Pol to Pope Innocent III after the occupation of Zara (now Zadar, Croatia).[4]

The imperial throne was given to Baldwin IX of Flanders on May 16, 1204.[5]

Foundation of the Principality of Achaea

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Early in 1205 Geoffrey of Villehardouin, one of William of Champlitte's allies went to the camp of Boniface I of Thessalonica at Nauplia (now Nafplion, Greece).[6][7] He had earlier occupied some parts of Messenia.[6]

 
The Peloponnese in the Middle Ages

William in short time occupied Coron (now Koroni, Greece), Kalamata and Kyparissia.[8]

 
Fortress at Modon (Methoni)

William became the Prince of Achaea during 1205.[9]

While traveling to France, his death occurred during 1208 in Apulia.[10][11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Runciman 1951, p. 126.
  2. ^ Longnon 1969, p. 239.
  3. ^ a b Evergates 2007, p. 220.
  4. ^ Andrea 2000, pp. 54-56.
  5. ^ Runciman 1951, p. 125.
  6. ^ a b Fine 1994, p. 69.
  7. ^ Longnon 1969, p. 237.
  8. ^ Setton 1976, p. 25.
  9. ^ Fine 1994, p. 70.
  10. ^ Fine 1994, p. 71.
  11. ^ Setton 1976, p. 34.

Sources

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  • Andrea, Alfred J. (2000). Contemporary Sources for the Fourth Crusade. Brill. ISBN 90-04-11740-7.
  • Evergates, Theodore (2007). The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-4019-1.
  • Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1994) [1987]. The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08260-4.
  • Longnon, Jean (1969) [1962]. "The Frankish States in Greece, 1204–1311". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Wolff, Robert Lee; Hazard, Harry W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Later Crusades, 1189–1311 (Second ed.). Madison, Milwaukee, and London: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 234–275. ISBN 0-299-04844-6.
  • Runciman, Steven (1954). A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Setton, Kenneth M. (1976). The Papacy and the Levant (1204–1571), Volume I: The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society. ISBN 0-87169-114-0.

Further reading

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Regnal titles
New title Prince of Achaea
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