Duca Gauthier de Brienne, III

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• Name	Gauthier de Brienne
  Prefix	Duca
  Suffix	III
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Siblings	2 Siblings
  + 1. Duca Gauthier de Brienne, III   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Elvira di Sicilia + 2. Ida de Brienne   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Arnoul de Reynel + 3. Roy Jean de Brienne,   b. 1168   d. 21 Mar 1237, Constaninopel  (Age 69 years) ▻ Maria Jolanta de Montferrat,  m. 14 Sep 1210 ;   Stephanie von Armenien,  m. Bef May 1214 ;   Berengaria de León,  m. 1224
  Person ID	I79437	Geneagraphie | Ahnen BvS
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	Comte Erard de Brienne, II,   b. Abt 1135   d. 1191 (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Agnès de Nevers   d. Aft 1199
  Marriage	Bef 1166
  Family ID	F29821	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elvira di Sicilia   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Comte Gauthier de Brienne, IV, 'le Grand',   b. 1205   d. 1247-1251, Cairo, al Qahirah, Egypt (Age 46 years)   2. Anais de Brienne   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F32937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

• Notes

  Duca di Apulia of Brienne 1191-1205, Prince of Taranto, Duke of Apulia, Count of Lecce, and titular King of Sicily 1201-1205. In 1200 Gauthier married the sister and heiress of the deposed king Guglielmo III of Sicily. Her precise name is unclear but has been given variously as Elvira or Albinia, but also as Maria, Albiria and Blanche. At the time of their marriage, she and her family were exiles in France, trying to find allies to reclaim the kingdom of Sicily from the young King Fadrique (the future Friedrich II, Holy Roman Emperor, son of Heinrich VI, who deposed Guglielmo, had him blinded and castrated, and took him to Germany where he died). As her husband, Gauthier was recognised by Pope Innocent III as Prince of Taranto, Duke of Apulia, and Count of Lecce. After the Battle of Agnella in 1201, he took the title of King of Sicily. In 1204 he was besieged in the fortress of Terracino by Diepold von Vohburg and lost an eye to an arrow, but he broke the siege and put Diepold to flight. On 11 June 1205 he was ambushed by Diepold while besieging him at Sarno, and was mortally wounded. Gauthier died imprisoned by the Germans on 14 June 1205, and was buried at the church of St. Maria della Foce in Sarno. Later in 1205 Gauthier's widow gave birth to his son Gauthier, who became known as Gauthier IV 'le Grand' de Brienne, Comte de Brienne, Count of Jaffa; he received only the County of Brienne, his Sicilian inheritance having been confiscated because of his father's rebellion. Gauthier III's daughter Anais (Marguerite) married Balian I Grenier, Lord of Sidon, and was also a mistress of Friedrich II. Gauthier's widow Elvira/Albinia married Giacomo Sanseverino, Conte de Tricario, and then Tigrino Palatino, Conte di Toscana. Neither marriage resulted in issue. She died after 1216.