Guillaume de Chateauneuf
Guillaume de Chateauneuf (died c. 1258, in
Biography
Guillaume de Chateauneuf, a French knight, joined the Order on 3 October 1233 and became Marshal of the Order (Maréchal de l'Ordre) on 18 November 1241. He took over the leadership of the Order on 31 May 1242. He was taken prisoner and replaced in his duties as Grand Master by Jean de Ronay. However, the date of his death is not known; he was already replaced by his successor Hugues de Revel on 9 October 1258, but he was still in office on 20 February 1258 and most probably died in the summer of 1258.[3]
Possession and loss of Jerusalem
When de Chateauneuf took over as Grand Master, the
Battle of La Forbie
The forces allied to the Christians, associated with the Templars, the Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights, and the Muslims of Syria and Transjordan left
It was then that Jean de Ronay took over as interim Grand Master. He had been the Grand Tutor of the Hospital during the battle of La Forbie, and became lieutenant ad interim while waiting for the release of de Chateauneuf.[3]
The liberation of de Chateauneuf
The loss of Jerusalem and the defeat at La Forbie essentially eliminated Western military power in the Holy Land. Louis IX of France was compelled to respond, resulting in the Seventh Crusade. After its disastrous results (which included the death of Jean de Ronay), Louis IX returned to Acre on 13 May 1250. He was urged on all sides to return to France, but he did not want to leave the Holy Land until he had secured the release of the prisoners. To hasten their release, he twice delegated Jean de Valencienne,[6] who thanks to these efforts obtained the release of a large number of prisoners, including Guillaume de Chateauneuf and twenty-five Hospitallers who arrived in Acre on 17 October 1250. In 1256, a ten-year truce was concluded between Aybak, effectively ruler of Egypt, an-Nasir Yusuf, sultan of Damascus, and the barons of the Holy Land, the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers, the king of France, represented by Geoffrey of Sergines, and the Count of Jaffa, John of Ibelin.[7]
The war between Genoa and Venice
The Genoese and the Venetians had shared possession of the church of Saint Sabas, and each wanted exclusive possession, leading to the War of Saint Sabas. The pope thought he had solved the problem by committing the abbot to sell the church to the Genoese, but then reversed his decision. Those who had sided with the rights of Hugh II of Lusignan rallied around the Venetians, including the Templars, and those who had sided with Conradin, including the Hospitallers, rallied around the Genoese. The Hospitallers waited for the success of the Genoese fleet around Acre with the contingent gathered by Philippe de Montfort. But, on 24 June 1258, it was the failure of the Genoese fleet, the Venetians ruin their district in Acre by sharing it and the prisoners are led to Tyre. This marked the end of hostilities.[8]
Guillaume de Chateauneuf died shortly thereafter and was succeeded by Hugues de Revel.[2]
See also
- Cartulaire général de l'Ordre des Hospitaliers
- List of Knights Hospitaller sites
- Langue (Knights Hospitaller)
- Flags of the Knights Hospitaller
References
- ^ "Guillaume de Chateauneuf - 19th grandmaster of the Order of Malta (SMOM)". www.smom-za.org. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ a b Vann 2006, p. 604, Table: Masters of the Order of St. John.
- ^ a b c d e Delaville Le Roulx 1904, pp. 190–202.
- ^ Delaville Le Roulx 1904, p. 191.
- ^ Tyerman 2006, pp. 770–771, Louis IX and the Fall of Mainland Outremer (1244–1291).
- ^ "Another inscription that bears witness to the Frankish experience in the Latin East is found on the headstone of Jean de Valenciennes, now kept in the lapidary storage at St. Anne’s church in Jerusalem. Over the years, scholars have put forth several theories concerning the identity of Jean de Valenciennes. Contrary to previous assertions, current research suggests that he was neither a Frankish knight of the twelfth century, nor the lord of Haifa who took part in the Seventh Crusade and who died in 1270. Instead, a comparison of previously-neglected ecclesiastical sources leads us to identify him as a canon who lived in Acre during the first half of the thirteenth century. [H]is grave continues to mystify scholars, since the epitaph remains unfinished and, unlike most funerary inscriptions, is not preceded by a cross." Claverie 2020
- ^ Strayer, Joseph R. (1977). "The Crusades of Louis IX". In Wolff, Robert L. and Hazard, H. W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades: Volume II, The Later Crusades 1187-1311. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 487-521.
- ^ Riley-Smith 1973, p. 216.
Bibliography
- Bronstein, Judith (2005). The Hospitallers and the Holy Land: Financing the Latin East, 1187-1274. Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843831310.
- Claverie, Pierre-Vincent (2020). Frankish Epigraphy. The French of Outremer, Fordham University.
- Delaville Le Roulx, Joseph (1904). Les Hospitaliers en Terre Sainte et à Chypre (1100-1310). E. Leroux, Paris.
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- ISBN 978-0-674-02387-1.
- Vann, Theresa M. (2006). Order of the Hospital. The Crusades––An Encyclopedia, pp. 598–605.
External links
- Guillaume de Chateauneuf. French Wikipedia.
- Liste des grands maîtres de l'ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem. French Wikipedia.
- Eugène Harot, Essai d’armorial des Grands-Maîtres de l’Ordre de Saint Jean de Jérusalem.
- Seals of the Grand Masters. Museum of the Order of St John.
- Charles Moeller, Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem. Catholic Encyclopedia (1910). 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Knights of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, Encyclopædia Britannica. 24. (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 12–19.