Erard II of Chacenay
Erard II (died 16 June 1236) was the Sire de Chacenay (Chassenay) from 1190/1.Template:Efn He was the eldest son of Erard I of Chacenay and Mathilde de Donzy.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Life
In 1209 Erard, with the consent of his unnamed wife, confirmed a donation to Basse-Fontaine by a certain Agnete, specified as domina of Chacenay, probably his grandmother Agnes de Brienne.
During the succession crisis of Champagne, Erard was the strongest support of Erard of Brienne-Ramerupt and was the last to reconcile with Blanche of Navarre.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Uneasy with the result in Champagne, Erard took part in the Fifth Crusade (1217),Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". but was back in Europe by 1220. In July 1219 Erard's cousin, Hervé, Count of Nevers, confirmed a donation Erard had made to the Teutonic Knights, while Erard was at the siege of Damietta.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Upon his return, Erard paid homage to Theobald, Count of Champagne and made a donation to the convent of Argensolles, which had been founded by Blanche of Navarre.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
He was a patron of the trouvère Guiot de Dijon. He was buried in the Abbey of Clairvaux, 16 June 1236.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Marriage and children
Erard was the second husband of Emmeline (Emelina) de Broyes (died 1249, before April), widow of Odo II of Champlitte.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". They were married in 1205. In 1218 she made a joint donation with her husband to the Abbey of Moutier-la-Celle. Erard was faced with a possible divorce when he sold his step-daughter, Oda's, inheritance to the Knights Templar.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Erard and Emeline had:
- Huet, died on Crusade in 1247, no childrenScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erard III, succeeded ErardScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Matilda, who married Guy d'Arcis-sur-Aube
- Alix of Chacenay
- Joanna, who is only known from the donation of 1218
Notes
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