Alphonso of Brienne

Coat of arms of Alphonso

Alphonso of Brienne or Alphonse I de Brienne, called Alphonse d'Acre (c. 1228 – August 25, 1270) was the son of John of Brienne and Berengaria of León,^[1] born in Acre. He was the Grand Butler of France in 1258.

By his marriage (bef. 1250) to Marie, Countess of Eu he became Count of Eu.^[1] He was also Grand Chamberlain of France, and died in Tunis on the Seventh Crusade. He had at least two children by Marie:

John I of Brienne, Count of Eu^[2]
Blanche (d. bef. 1338), Abbess of Maubuisson

Ancestry

Ancestors of Alphonso of Brienne

16. Erard I of Brienne

8. Gautier II of Brienne

17. Alix of Roucy-Ramerupt

4. Erard II of Brienne

18. John I, Count of Soissons

9. Adele of Soissons

19. Aveline de Pierrefonds

2. John of Brienne

20. Richard II of Montfaucon

10. Amadeus II of Montfaucon

21. Sophie of Montbéliard

5. Agnes of Montfaucon

11. Beatrice of Grandson-Joinville

1. Alphonso of Brienne

24. Alfonso VII of León and Castile

12. Ferdinand II of León

25. Berenguela of Barcelona

6. Alfonso IX of León

26. Afonso I of Portugal

13. Urraca of Portugal

27. Maud of Savoy

3. Berengaria of León

28. Sancho III of Castile

14. Alfonso VIII of Castile

29. Blanche of Navarre

7. Berenguela of Castile

30. Henry II of England

15. Eleanor of England

31. Eleanor of Aquitaine

References

1 2 M. A. Pollock, Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296, (The Boydell Press, 2015), 145.
↑ M. A. Pollock, Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296, 252.

Preceded by Raoul II	Count of Eu with Marie 1250–1270	Succeeded by John I

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