André de Chauvigny

André de Chauvigny ( German: Andreas, English: Andrew, * 1150, † 1202) was a French knight and lord of Châteauroux in right of his wife.

Life

André was a son of Pierre- de Hélie Chauvigny and Haois de Chatellerault. His father was hereditary Prévôt of Chauvigny in the service of the Bishop of Poitiers. About his mother, he was a cousin of the Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.

André was a knight in the wake of his second cousin Richard the Lionheart in 1189 and fought with against his father Henry II Plantagenet. They beat the old king on June 12, 1189 in Le Mans in flight. In an attempt to pursue him, but André was asked by the Knights William Marshal and Baudouin de Béthune. André fought successively in a duel against them, but was pushed by Marshal of the saddle. He broke an arm and was captured.

However, André did not stay long in captivity, because King Henry II died shortly afterwards in Chinon, and Richard Lionheart was new autocrat of the so-called Angevin Empire. In August 1189 André married the heiress of Salisbury in Châteauroux, Denise de Déols. The wedding took place on the orders of Richard the Lionheart and Eleanor took her also of Aquitaine as a guest. After André moved to the Third Crusade, where he fought at the siege of Acre and in the Battle of Arsuf. It was a wound him by the arm inflicted by a spear, was so well made ​​out to be, to have fought a personal battle with Saladin. After the peace treaty with Saladin in 1192 he led the first group of pilgrims to the holy grave in the held by the Muslims in Jerusalem.

Back at home, André Richard Lionheart supported in the fight against King Philip II of France. After the death of Richard in 1199 André supported the claims of the young Duke Arthur I of Brittany against John Lackland. For this, he has performed with the Duke over to the side of Philip II of France. Along with André Arthur took part in the siege of Mirebeau where Eleanor of Aquitaine had entrenched. A successful relief attack Johanns they fell into the captivity and were brought to Rouen. André died in the same year.

Progeny

His marriage to Denise de Déols († 1221 ) André had two sons:

  • Guillaume I de Chauvigny († 1234), Lord of Châteauroux
  • André de Chauvigny II († 1251 or later ), Lord of Levroux
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