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  John of Brienne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The legate Pelagius of Albano, however, claimed the command; and insisting on the advance from Damietta, in spite of John's warnings, he refused to accept the favourable terms of the sultan, as the king advised, until it was too late.
John was now a septuagenarian "king in exile," but he was still vigorous enough to revenge himself on Frederick, by commanding the papal troops which attacked southern Italy during the emperor's absence on the Sixth Crusade (1228-1229).
In 1229 John, now eighty years of age, was invited by the barons of the Latin Empire of Constantinople to become emperor-regent, on condition that Baldwin of Courtenay should marry his second daughter and succeed him.
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 JOHN OF BRIENNE - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN OF BRIENNE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The legate Pelagius, however, claimed the command; and insisting on the advance from Damietta, in spite of the warnings of King John, he refused to accept the favorable terms of the sultan, as the king advised, until it was oo late.
John was now a septuagenarian " king in exile," but he was still vigorous enough to revenge himself on Frederick, by commanding the papal troops which attacked southern Italy during the emperor's absence on the sixth crusade (1228-1229).
The story of John's career must be sought partly in histories of the kingdom of Jerusalem and of the Latin Empire of the East, partly in monographs.
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 John of Brienne. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
John played a conspicuous part in the Fifth Crusade (see Crusades), capturing Damietta in 1219, and in 1222 he went to Europe in search of support.
John, claiming the title for himself, joined with a papal army in invading (1229) Frederick’s kingdom in S Italy, while Frederick was absent on crusade.
In 1228, John was chosen regent during the minority of Baldwin II, Latin emperor of Constantinople (see Constantinople, Latin Empire of), and he became coemperor in 1231.
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 Encyclopedia: John I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John I was Pope from 523 to 526.
John I (August 24, 1358 – 1390) (in Spanish: Juan I) was the king of Castile, was the son of Henry II and of his wife Joan, daughter of John Manuel of Villena, head of a younger branch of the royal house of Castile.
John II of Jerusalem (died May 20, 1285) was the son of Hugh I of Jerusalem and Isabella of Ibelin.
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 John of Brienne: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about John of Brienne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1210 John married the heiress Mary (daughter of Isabella and Conrad of Montferrat), assuming the title of king in right of his wife.
The legate Pelagius, however, claimed the command; and insisting on the advance from Damietta[?], in spite of the warnings of King John, he refused to accept the favourable terms of the sultan, as the king advised, until it was too late.
In 1229 John, now eighty years of age, was invited by the barons of the Latin empire of Constantinople to become emperor, on condition that Baldwin of Courtenay should marry his second daughter and succeed him.
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John of Brienne (1148-1237), Latin king of Jerusalem (1210-1225).
John the Evangelist (?-ad 101), in the New Testament, one of the 12 apostles, son of Zebedee and younger brother of Saint James the Great.
Milton, John (1608-1674), English poet, whose rich, dense verse was a powerful influence on succeeding English poets, and whose prose was devoted to...
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Frederick was married to Isabella II, John of Brienne’s daughter, and he attempted to claim the kingship of Jerusalem and the overlordship of Cyprus, as well as John of Ibelin’s lordship of Beirut, which John naturally refused.
John was deposed and the island was placed under imperial control, but he resisted with military force, and outside Nicosia on July 14, 1229, he defeated the imperial bailiffs that Frederick had left on the island after returning home in April.
John was supported by his nobles on Cyprus, and in his continental holdings in Beirut, Caesarea, and Arsuf, as well as by the Knights Templar and the Genoese merchant community.
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 JOHN I., KING OF PORTUGAL - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN I., KING OF PORTUGAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540), king of Hungary, was the son of the palatine Stephen Zapolya and the princess Hedwig of Teschen, and was born at the castle of Szepesvar.
Finally, in 1538 by the compact of Nagyvarad, Ferdinand recognized John as king of Hungary, but secured the right of succession on his death Nevertheless John broke the compact by bequeathing the king dom to his infant son John Sigismund under Turkish protection John was the last national king of Hungary.
Unfortunately Poland profited little or nothing by this great triumph, and now that she had broken the back of the enemy she was left to fight :he common enemy in the Ukraine with whatever assistance she could obtain from the unwilling and unready Muscovites.
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 Yolande of Jerusalem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She was the daughter of John of Brienne and Maria of Montferrat.
Because John did not have a direct claim on the throne, Yolande succeeded Maria upon Maria's death in 1212.
John ruled as regent until 1225, when Yolande married Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor with the encouragement of Pope Honorius III, who hoping by this bond to attach the emperor firmly to the Sixth Crusade.
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 1214-30. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
On the death of Robert of Courtenay, it was proposed that a regency be established under the Bulgarian ruler, John Asen II (1218–41), but this suggestion was frustrated by the Latin clergy.
Regency of John of Brienne, former king of Jerusalem, for the boy-emperor.
Theodore of Epirus was defeated and captured by the Bulgarian Tsar John Asen, eldest son of Asen I at battle of Klokotnica.
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 John of Brienne -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He was the second son of Erard II, count of Brienne, in (A region of northeastern France) Champagne.
In 1210 John married the heiress (Valuable timber tree of Panama) Maria (daughter of (Click link for more info and facts about Isabella) Isabella and (Click link for more info and facts about Conrad of Montferrat) Conrad of Montferrat), assuming the title of king in right of his wife.
In 1229 John, now eighty years of age, was invited by the barons of the Latin Empire of Constantinople to become emperor-regent, on condition that (Click link for more info and facts about Baldwin of Courtenay) Baldwin of Courtenay should marry his second daughter and succeed him.
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 Fifth Crusade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
They left for Acre in 1217, and joined John of Brienne, nominal king of Jerusalem, Hugh I of Cyprus, and Prince Bohemund IV of Antioch to fight against the Ayyubids in Syria.
Immediately the papal and secular powers fought for control of the town, with John of Brienne claiming it for himself in 1220.
Pelagius hoped Frederick II would arrive with a fresh army, but he never did; instead, after a year of inactivity in both Syria and Egypt, John of Brienne returned, and the crusaders marched south towards Cairo in July of 1221.
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 Buells and their Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John of Austria was born in 1547 in Regensburg, Germany.
John of Brienne King of Jerusalem was born in 1148.
John the Fearless Duke of Burgundy was born in 1371.
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 Outremer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
She arrived at Brindisi in October, where she was met by John of Brienne and her future husband.
The Emperor declared that John was no longer regent and so deserved nothing in particular, and he even seized control of the money King Philip had given.
Jerusalem now had a King and an heir, but its Queen was dead and John of Brienne was an outcast, and the Kingdom was in effect ruled by foreigners.
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 Jean Count De Brienne (1195-1237)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A penniless younger son of the French count Erard II of Brienne and Agnes of Montbéliard, John passed most of his life as a minor noble until befriended by King Philip II Augustus of France, who arranged for him to marry Mary (Marie) of Montferrat, queen of the crusader state of Jerusalem, in 1210.
As regent, John arranged a five-year truce with al-Malik al-'Adil, sultan of Egypt and Syria, in July 1212, and during the truce he persuaded Pope Innocent III to launch the Fifth Crusade in support of his daughter's kingdom.
In 1228 John was invited to Constantinople to be regent and co-emperor with the young Baldwin II and arranged a match between Baldwin and his four-year-old daughter by Berengaria.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: John of Rupella
In 1238 he was already a master of theology, with his own pupils, for his name is to be found in the list of masters convoked in that year by William, Bishop of Paris, to discuss the vexed question of ecclesiastical benefices.
John was of the number of those who declared against the general lawfulness of plurality, and who afterwards taught the same doctrine in their schools.
In the dissensions which already rent the order, John was one of the most determined opponents of Brother Elias, and with Alexander of Hales placed himself at the head of the movement which brought about Elias's downfall in 1239.
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 Constantinople   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John II was an able and just ruler who gave to the Empire peace at home and was usually successful in his wars.
John V was restored to the throne on condition that he should recognize Andronicus IV as his rightful heir.
John's contribution to the defence of Europe was a treaty with the western ecclesiastical council of Ferrara (1439) for the union of the Greek and Latin churches which he was quite unable to impose on his own subjects.
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 Bryant Family Genealogy :: Patten & Allied Families - Bryant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John's father was killed in the siege of Acre and his brother Walter was sent by the barons to serve the pope.
Philip II of France chose John of Brienne, a middle-aged knight, to marry Marie of Montserrat, heiress to the kingdom of Jerusalem.
They were crowned King and Queen of Jerusalem; John held the throne until the day after his 13 year old daughter Yolande wed in 1225 Frederick II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor, the mightiest monarch in Christendom, who then demanded of the helpless John that he turn over the kingdom to him.
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 John of Brienne --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
Count of Brienne (in northeastern France) and later titular king of Jerusalem (1210–25) and Latin emperor of Constantinople (1231–37).
John Jay College is a member of the City University of New York system and is located on Manhattan's West Side.
Sir John French was born on Sept. 28, 1852, in Ripple, Kent, England.
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 Alfonso IX of Leon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
His eldest daughter, Sancha, was engaged to her cousin King Henry I of Castile, but Henry died in 1217 before the marriage could be solemnized.
Wanting to disinherit his eldest son, Fernando, King Alfonso invited John of Brienne to marry his daughter Sancha and thusly inherit the Leonese throne.
However, Queen Berenguela convinced John of Brienne to marry one of her daughters instead.
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 Sixth Crusade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1225 Frederick married Yolande of Jerusalem (also known as Isabella), daughter of John of Brienne, the nominal king of Jerusalem, and Maria of Montferrat.
Legally, however, he was actually regent for his son Conrad II of Jerusalem, only child of Yolande and the grandson of Maria of Montferrat and John of Brienne, who had been born shortly before Frederick left in 1228.
As Frederick had other matters to attend to at home, he left Jerusalem in May. It took a defeat in battle later in 1229 for the Pope to lift the excommunication, but by now Frederick had shown that a crusade could be successful with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
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 Carson Johnson - The Bryans - Chapter 7
Count Erard de Brienne  married Alex de Rouche Ramerie.  He went on a Crusade in 1097, and he died in 1112.  Among their children was Count Gautier II de Brienne.  Alex de Rouche Ramerie was born ca.
Count Erard II de Brienne  was born ca 1133, and he married Agnes de Montbelliar (before 1140-after October 23, 1186, daughter of Count Richard II).  He died February 8, 1189 (or 1190), in Acre, Palestine.  Among their children were Gauthier de Brienne  and Count John (Jean) de Brienne.
Alphonse de Brienne, son of Count John (Jean) de Brienne  and Berengaria, was born in 1176 (or 1166) and died in 1229 (or 1270).  He married Mary Lusignan, also born in 1176, daughter of Count Ralph Lusignan, who was born about 1150.  Among their children was Guy de Brienne.
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 John --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Scottish inventor and veterinary surgeon John Boyd Dunlop was born in Dreghorn, near Irvine.
English astronomer John Frederick William Herschel was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire, on March 7, 1792.
John Herschel discovered 525 star clusters and nebulae not recorded by his father, and he made the first telescopic survey of the southern heavens.
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 Articles - County of Jaffa and Ascalon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1221 it was given to Walter IV of Brienne by his uncle the king-consort John of Brienne, Walter being married to a granddaughter of the late king-consort Amalric II, who had held the county as successor of his brother king-consort Guy.
It was bestowed anew upon John Perez Fabrice by James II of Cyprus and Jerusalem.
Walter IV of Brienne (1221–1244), nephew of John of Brienne and husband of Amalric II's granddaughter
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