Peter I of Courtenay
Peter I of Courtenay was the sixth son of Louis VI of France and his second wife, Adélaide de Maurienne. He was the father of the Latin Emperor Peter II of Courtenay.
Peter was born in France and died in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. In about 1150, he married Elizabeth de Courtenay, the daughter of Renaud de Courtenay and Hawise du Donjon, thus starting the Capetian line of the House of Courtenay.
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
- Peter II, Latin Emperor of Constantinople
- Unnamed daughter
- Alice, married Count Aymer of Angoulême
- Eustachia, married firstly William of Brienne, son of Erard II of Brienne and of Agnès of Montfaucon, secondly William of Champlitte
- Clémence
- Robert, Seigneur of Champignelles, married in 1217 Mathilde of Mehun. Their eldest son was Peter of Courtenay, Lord of Conches.
- William, Seigneur of Tanlay
- Isabella
- Constance