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William of Champlitte

William of Champlitte

Following the Fourth Crusade, Kalamata was conquered by Frankish feudal lords William of Champlitte and Geoffrey of Villehardouin in 1205.
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    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). See more

    William was the second son of Odo or Eudes I of Champlitte, viscount of Dijon (son of Hugh, Count of Champagne) and his wife, Sybille. He … See more

    • Andrea, Alfred J. (2000). Contemporary Sources for the Fourth Crusade. Brill. ISBN 90-04-11740-7.
    • Bon, Antoine (1969). La Morée franque. Recherches historiques, topographiques et archéologiques sur la principauté d'Achaïe [The … See more

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    Early in 1205 Geoffrey of Villehardouin, one of William of Champlitte's old friends arrived to the camp of Boniface I of Thessalonica at See more

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  2. WebPrincipality of Achaea. The Principality of Achaea was the Frankish territory in the Peloponnese ruled by the princes of Achaia from 1205 to 1430. In the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade and the Latin conquest of …

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    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). William was the second son of Odo or Eudes I of Champlitte, viscount of Dijon (son of Hugh, Count of Champagne) and his wife, Sybille.
    The first lord of Champlitte whose name is preserved was Gérard de Fouvent. The town prospered under the Lords of Vergy . Champlitte was successively part of the dioceses of Langres, Dijon and Besançon. It was the chief town of the district from 1790 to 1795.
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    The third daughter was a nun who founded the convent at Gray, and the last daughter married the Duke of Arenburg and Aarschot, governor of Hainaut. The eldest son died in 1619, and so the title of Count of Champlitte passed in 1633 to the second son, Cleriadus de Cusance.
    The origin of the name come from Champlitte campus litensis or campus limites. We find the first written in the chronicle of the Abbey of Bèze. The first lord of Champlitte whose name is preserved was Gérard de Fouvent. The town prospered under the Lords of Vergy . Champlitte was successively part of the dioceses of Langres, Dijon and Besançon.
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