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Guillaume II de Villehardouin

Male Abt 1215 - 1278  (~ 63 years)


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  • Name Guillaume II de Villehardouin 
    Born Abt 1215  Château de Kalamata, Grèce Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1246 
    Succeeded his brother as Prince of Achaia (d'Achaïe) 
    Occupation 1249 
    He was in Cyprus to join the 7th Crusade of King Louis IX of France 
    Occupation 1256 
    Invaded Euboea and captured Negroponte (recovered by Venice in 1258) 
    Occupation 1258 
    Invaded Athens and defeated Guy Lord of Athens at the pass of Mount Karydi 
    Occupation 1259 
    Allied with Manfred King of Sicily and Mikhael II Angelos of Epirus against Emperor Mikhael VIII of Nikaia 
    Occupation 1259 
    Defeated and captured by the Emperor's troops under the sébastokrator Ioannes Palaiologos in the valley of Pelagonia 
    Occupation 1261 
    Released in return for swearing allegiance to Emperor Mikhael and ceding the towns of Monemvasia, Mistra, Maina and Hierakion to Byzantium 
    Occupation 1263 
    Defeated the Byzantine army near Andravida 
    Occupation 1264 
    Defeated the Byzantine army at Nikli 
    Occupation 24 May 1267 
    Swore allegiance to Charles I King of Sicily under the Treaty of Viterbo 
    Died 1 May 1278  Château de Kalamata, Grèce Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Église Saint-Jacques, Andravida, Grèce Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I19537  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Geoffroy de Villehardouin,   b. Abt 1167,   d. Aft Sep 1225  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Mother Élisabeth de Chappes,   b. Abt 1176 
    Married Abt 1200 
    Family ID F10549  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Komnenodukaina,   b. Abt 1243,   d. 4 Jan 1286  (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Married 1259 
    Children 
     1. Isabelle de Villehardouin,   b. 1259,   d. 23 Jan 1312  (Age 53 years)
     2. Marguerite de Villehardouin,   b. 1266,   d. Feb 1315, Chlemoutsi, Grèce Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F10550  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart