William I of Bures

William I of Bures (* 1090, † 1158 ) was a French crusader from Bures- sur -Yvette (Île- de -France ). In Palestine, he made ​​a career as Prince of Galilee, and as a constable and bailiff of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Life

He came before 1115 with his brother Godfrey of Bures into the Kingdom of Jerusalem. There were both vassals Joscelin of Courtenay, who was then prince of Galilee. In 1119 she took part in a raid on Muslim territory beyond the Jordan. Gottfried was killed. In the same year, Count Joscelin of Edessa, leaving William the Principality of Galilee.

As Eustace I. Garnier in 1122 and died during King Baldwin II of Jerusalem was in captivity, he was constable and bailiff of the kingdom.

1127 to 1128 he was sent along with the Templar Master Hugh of Payns and the Lord of Beirut, Guido I. Brisebarre to France by a husband for the heiress to the throne of Jerusalem, to find Baldwin's daughter Melisende. In the spring of 1129 they traveled to Count Fulk V of Anjou back to the Holy Land, where they arrived in May.

In the fall of 1129 he participated in the unsuccessful attempt to lay siege to Damascus, where he fell in November for the food procurement in the surrounding area in an ambush and barely escaped.

After the death of King Fulkos he lost his principality on Elinand and had to go into exile in Latakia. Since 1150 his nephew Simon held the principality for him. He was allowed to return only after the death of Queen Melisende.

He died in 1158. Principality him in Walter followed by St. Omer after, who married his heiress Eschiva.

Marriages and descendants

He was married in first marriage with an Agnes. His second wife he married Eschiva of St. Omer, the daughter of the former Prince of Galilee Hugh of Falkenberg. With his first wife he had the following children:

  • Gottfried ( † before 1142 )
  • Rudolf ( Raoul ), a monk at the monastery on Mount Zion
  • Simon, a monk at the Holy grave in Jerusalem
  • N.N. ⚭ Rudolf ( Raoul ) of Ysis
  • Agnes ⚭ I) Rainer Brus, lord of Banias, ⚭ II) Gerhard Garnier, Count of Sidon;
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