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Birth:          1155 of Courtenay, Galinois, France
Death:          AFT Jun 1219 Epirus, Asia Minor

Notes
also Marquis of Namur
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_II_of_Courtenay
Peter, also Peter II of Courtenay (French: Pierre de Courtenay) (died 1219), was 
emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople from 1216 to 1217.
Biography[edit]

Peter II was a son of Peter I of Courtenay (died 1183), the youngest son of Louis VI of 
France and his second Queen consort Adélaide de Maurienne.[1] His mother was 
Elisabeth de Courtenay, daughter of Renaud de Courtenay (died 1194) and Hawise du 
Donjon.[2]

Peter first married Agnes I, via whom he obtained the three counties of Nevers, 
Auxerre, and Tonnerre. He took for his second wife, Yolanda of Flanders (died 1219), 
a sister of Baldwin and Henry of Flanders, who were afterwards the first and second 
emperors of the Latin Empire of Constantinople. Peter accompanied his cousin, King 
Philip Augustus, on the crusade of 1190 and fought (alongside his brother Robert) in 
the Albigensian Crusade in 1209 and 1211, when he took part in the siege of Lavaur. 
He was present at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214.[3]

When his brother-in-law, the emperor Henry, died without sons in 1216, Peter was 
chosen as his successor, and with a small army he left his residence of château de 
Druyes, in France to take possession of his throne. Consecrated emperor at Rome, in 
a church outside the walls, by Pope Honorius III on 9 April 1217, he borrowed some 
ships from the Venetians, promising in return to conquer Durazzo for them; but he 
failed in this enterprise, and sought to make his way to Constantinople by land. On the 
journey he was seized by the despot of Epirus, Theodore Komnenos Doukas, and, 
after an imprisonment of two years, died, probably by foul means. Peter thus never 
governed his empire, which, however, was ruled for a time by his wife, Yolanda, who 
had succeeded in reaching Constantinople. Two of his sons, Robert and Baldwin, in 
turn emperors of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.[3]

Family[edit]

By his first wife Agnes I, Countess of Nevers he had one child, Matilda I, Countess of 
Nevers.[citation needed]

By his second wife Yolanda of Flanders, he had 11 children:[citation needed]
Philip (died 1226), Marquis of Namur, who declined the offer of the crown of the Latin 
Empire
Robert of Courtenay (died 1228), emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople
Henry (died 1229), Marquis of Namur
Baldwin II of Constantinople (died 1273), emperor of the Latin Empire of 
Constantinople
Margaret, Marchioness of Namur, who married first Raoul d'Issoudun and then Henry 
count of Vianden
Elizabeth of Courtenay who married Walter count of Bar and then Eudes sire of 
Montagu
An unnamed daughter who married Tsar Boril of Bulgaria
Yolanda de Courtenay, who married Andrew II of Hungary
Eleanor, who married Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre
Marie de Courtenay, who married Theodore I Lascaris of the Empire of Nicaea
Agnes, who married Geoffrey II Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea

He had an illegitimate son:
Geoffrey, marquis of Lavaur (died 1229).[citation needed]

Parents
____ Peter I (Pierre) (Sep 1126 - 10 Apr 1183)
DE COURTENAY (Elizabeth) Isabelle (1127 - AFT 14 Sep 1205)

Siblings
DE COURTENAY Peter (Pierre) II (1155 - AFT Jun 1219)
DE COURTENAY Alice (Adelaide) (ABT 1160 - 14 Sep 1218)

Marriage To OF FLANDERS Yolanda (1175 - 26 Aug 1219)
    m. 1 Jul 1193 his second

Notes

Parents
____ Baldwin VIII (V) (ABT 1150 - 17 Dec 1195)
DE LORRAINE Margaret (Marguerite) (ABT 1135 - 15 Nov 1194)

Children by OF FLANDERS Yolanda 1175 - 26 Aug 1219
DE COURTENAY Yolanda (Iolande) (ABT 1194 - ABT 1233)

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