Peter

Byzantine emperor
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Also known as: Peter of Courtenay, Pierre de Courtenay
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Also called:
Peter of Courtenay
French:
Pierre de Courtenay
Born:
c. 1165
Died:
1219?

Peter (born c. 1165—died 1219?) was briefly Latin emperor of Constantinople, from 1217 to 1219. The son of Peter of Courtenay (died 1183) and a grandson of the French king Louis VI, he obtained the counties of Auxerre and Tonnerre by his first marriage. He later married Yolande (died 1219), sister of Baldwin I and Henry of Flanders, first and second Latin emperors of Constantinople; she brought him the marquessate of Nevers. Chosen successor to Henry of Flanders when Henry died without sons in 1216, Peter was consecrated emperor in the church of San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, Rome, by ...(100 of 161 words)