Villehardouin family


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 Capetian [House of Anjou|Angevin] Kings of Naples.

Notable members

  1. Vilain of Villehardouin
  2. # John of Villehardouin, Lord of Villehardouin
  3. ## Geoffrey I of Villehardouin, helped William of Champlitte conquer the Morea, Prince of Achaea in 1209–1229/31; married Elisabeth
  4. ### Geoffrey II of Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea in 1229/31–1246; married Agnes of Courtenay
  5. ### William II of Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea in 1246–1278; married a daughter of Narjot of Toucy, Carintana dalle Carceri ; Anna Komnene Doukaina
  6. #### Isabella of Villehardouin, Princess of Achaea in 1289–1307; married Philip of Sicily, Florent of Hainaut, Philip of Savoy
  7. ##### Matilda of Hainaut, Lady of Kalamata in 1297–1308, 1311–1322, Princess of Achaea in 1313–1318; married Guy II de la Roche, Louis of Burgundy, John of Gravina, Hugh de la Palisse
  8. #### Margaret of Villehardouin, Lady of Akova; married Isnard of Sabran, Richard Orsini
  9. ##### Isabella of Sabran, married Infante Ferdinand of Majorca
  10. ### Theodosius of Villehardouin, List of Greek [Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch|Patriarch of Antioch] known as Theodosius V
  11. ### Alice of Villehardouin, married Hugh of Briel, Lord of Karytaina
  12. ## Eremburge of Villehardouin, married de Bernard de Montbar
  13. ## unknown
  14. ### Eudes, Bishop of Coron before 1209
  15. # Roscelin of Villehardouin, Canon of Saint-Etienne Church in Troyes
  16. # Vilain of Villehardouin, vice-dean of Saint-Etienne Church in Troyes, excommunicated 1192
  17. # Geoffrey of Villehardouin, 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
  18. ## Erard I of Villy, Lord of Lézinnes, of Villehardouin etc.
  19. ### William I of Lézinnes, Marschal of the Champagne
  20. #### Erard II of Lézinnes, Bishop of Auxerre, Cardinal and Bishop of Palestrina in 1276–1279
  21. #### William II of Lézinnes
  22. #### Isabeau ; married Walter IV of Châtillon
  23. ## Mary of Villehardouin, married Ascelin de Merry
  24. ## Alix of Villehardouin also called Adelaide, abbess of Abbey of [Notre Dame aux Nonnains] in Troyes
  25. ## Geoffroi of Villehardouin
  26. ## Dameron of Villehardouin, abbess of Foissy abbey
  27. # Emeline of Villehardouin, abbess of Montier-en-l'Isle
  28. # Haice of Villehardouin, nun at Foissy abbey
  29. # Gui of Villehardouin, also called la Grive, Lord of Villevoques
  30. # Gautier of Villehardouin