Geoffroi de Villehardouin
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- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Middle Ages
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Christianity, Christians, Churches, Crusades, Catholic Church, Catholics, Historians, Aristocracy, Aristocrats, Nobles
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, French History
Article abstract: After playing a significant role in the organization and conduct of the Fourth Crusade, Villehardouin wrote an original and valuable history of it.
Early Life
Geoffroi de Villehardouin, who was in all likelihood the son of Villain I de Villehardouin, was born circa 1150 to a family whose earlier history is virtually unknown. While little information exists about Villehardouin’s youth, it seems that by 1172, the year that his name was entered on a list of the vassals of the Count of Champagne, he was already married and had children....
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