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Peter of Courtenay

 
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Peter of Courtenay was the youngest son of Louis VI of France and his second Queen consort Adélaide de Maurienne. He was the father of the Latin Emperor Peter II of Courtenay.

Peter was born in France on September 1126 and died 10 April 1183 in Palestine. He married Elizabeth de Courtenay, who was born 1127 and died Sept. 1205 and the daughter of Renauld de Courtenay and Hawise du Donjon. His tomb is Exeter Cathedral in England. Peter and Elizabeth were the parents of 10 children:

  1. Phillippe de Courtenay (1153 - bef. 1186)
  2. Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor of Constantinople (abt 1155 to 1218)
  3. Unnamed daughter (abt 1156 - ?)
  4. Alice de Courtenay, died Sep. 14, 1211. She married Aymer de Talliefer, Count of Angouleme, and they became the parents of Isabella of Angoulême, who married King John I "Lackland", King of England.
  5. Eustachia de Courtenay (1162 - 1235), married William of Brienne, son of Erard II of Brienne and of Agnès of Montfaucon
  6. Clementia de Courtenay (1164 - ?)
  7. Robert de Courtenay, Seigneur of Champignelles (1166 - 1239)
  8. William de Courtenay, Seigneur of Tanlay (1168 - bef 1248)
  9. Isabella de Courtenay (1169 - ?)
  10. Constance de Courtenay (aft 1170 - 1231)

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