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unusual facts about John II of Brienne, Count of Eu



Hastings Castle

The Count of Eu held the castle for most of the Norman period, but King John ordered that the castle be destroyed to prevent it falling into the hands of the Dauphin Louis.

John de Cheam

When the mother of the king, Marie de Coucy, fled from her second husband John de Brienne (aka Jean d'Acre), the Grand Butler of the King of France and the son of John de Brienne, King of Jerusalem, Bishop John was used by King Alexander to reconcile them.

John II of Brienne, Count of Eu

John II of Brienne (d. 11 July 1302, Kortrijk) was the son of John I of Brienne, Count of Eu and Beatrice of Saint-Pol.

Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester

Stephen welcomed Ranulf’s support but some of the king's supporters, (especially William de Clerfeith, Gilbert de Gant, Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond, William Peverel the Younger, William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel and John, Count of Eu), did not.

Raoul I of Brienne, Count of Eu

Raoul I of Brienne (d. 1344, Paris) was the son of John II of Brienne, Count of Eu and Jeanne, Countess of Guînes.


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