Thierry of Flanders (flourished 1197–1207)

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Thierry of Flanders (

Latin: Theodoricus de Flandria,[1] Old French: Tyerri de Flandres[2]) was a Flemish
nobleman and crusader active in 1197–1207.

Thierry was the illegitimate son of Count

Thierry of Flanders, was a distinguished crusader and his father died on the Third Crusade in 1191.[3]

In June or July 1197, Thierry witnessed the treaty of alliance between Baldwin and King

Raymond VI of Toulouse failed. Probably she hoped to recover her inheritance on the crusade.[4] The only source for this marriage is the Chronicle of Ernoul and Bernard the Treasurer.[6] At Marseille, the fleet received news of the planned attack on Constantinople and Baldwin ordered it to rendezvous with him off Methoni. Ignoring this order, it sailed directly for the Holy Land.[1]

The Flemish fleet stopped in Cyprus,

Thierry and his wife went to Constantinople sometime after Baldwin's imperial coronation in 1204.

Ibn al-Athīr suggests that the Latin emperors in Constantinople may have controlled Cyprus during the minority of Aimery's successor, Hugh I, from 1205 to 1210, a fact which may be connected to the presence in Constantinople of a pretender to the Cypriot throne (Thierry).[8] In July or August 1207, Thierry, his cousin Eustace and Anseau de Cayeux were sent by the Emperor Henry to raid Bulgaria. This episode, recorded by Geoffrey of Villehardouin, is the last that is known of him.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Longnon 1978, p. 145.
  2. ^ a b Rudt de Collenberg 1968, p. 173.
  3. ^ Rudt de Collenberg 1968, p. 170.
  4. ^ a b c Rudt de Collenberg 1968, p. 171.
  5. ^ Queller, Compton & Campbell 1974, p. 454ff.
  6. ^ a b c d Van Tricht 2011, p. 440.
  7. ^ Van Tricht 2011, p. 438n.
  8. ^ Van Tricht 2011, pp. 441–442.

Bibliography

  • Longnon, J. (1978). Les compagnons de Villehardouin: Recherches sur les croisés de la quatrième croisade. Librairie Droz.
  • Queller, D. E.; Compton, T. K.; Campbell, D. A. (1974). "The Fourth Crusade: The Neglected Majority". .
  • Rudt de Collenberg, W. H. (1968). "L'empereur Isaac de Chypre et sa fille (1155–1207)". Byzantion. 38 (1): 123–179.
  • Van Tricht, Filip (2011). The Latin Renovatio of Byzantium: The Empire of Constantinople (1204–1228). Brill.