Renaud of Briel
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Renaud of Briel, in older literature Renaud of Bruyères, was a French knight and the first lord of the Barony of Karytaina in the Principality of Achaea, in Frankish Greece.
Hailing from Briel-sur-Barse in the French province of Champagne, Renaud had accompanied Geoffrey of Villehardouin on the Fourth Crusade, traveling directly to Syria rather than to Constantinople with the main crusader expedition.{{sfn|Evergates|2007|p=187}} Renaud then went to Greece, where after five years of service as a knight, he was appointed lord of Karytaina (1209-1222) by Geoffrey of Villehardouin. Renaud’s younger brother Hugh joined him in Greece in 1215, married Geoffrey of Villehardouin’s only daughter Alix, and later succeeded Renaud as baron of Karytaina (ca. 1222-38).{{sfn|Evergates|2007|pp=187–188}}
References
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Sources
- {{La Morée franque}}
- {{cite journal | last = Evergates | first = Theodore | title = The Origin of the Lords of Karytaina in the Frankish Morea | year = 1994 | journal = Medieval Prosopography | volume= 15 | number = 1 | pages= 81–114 }}
- {{cite book | last = Evergates | first = Theodore| title = The aristocracy in the county of Champagne, 1100-1300 | year = 2007| language = | publisher = University of Pennsylvania Press | location = | url = }}
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Category:Christians of the Fourth Crusade
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