Alfonso of Brienne

Coat of arms of Alphonso

Alfonso of Brienne, called Alphonse d'Acre (c. 1220 – 14 September 1270), was the son of John of Brienne and Berengaria of León,[1] born in Acre.

Alfonso took part in the Seventh Crusade (1248) as a squire.[2] By his marriage (before 1250) to Marie, Countess of Eu he became Count of Eu.[1] He was also Grand Chamberlain of France. He died on 14 September 1270 in Tunis on the Eighth Crusade in the same epidemic that claimed King Louis IX.[3]

He had at least two children by Marie:

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c Pollock 2015, p. 145.
  2. ^ Perry 2018, p. 79.
  3. ^ Perry 2018, pp. 107–108.
  4. ^ Perry 2018, p. xxiii.

Sources

  • Perry, Guy (2018). The Briennes: The Rise and Fall of a Champenois Dynasty in the Age of the Crusades, c. 950-1356. Cambridge University Press.
  • Pollock, M. A. (2015). Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296. The Boydell Press.


Preceded by Count of Eu
with Marie
1250–1270 		Succeeded by