Individual Details
Amaury de St Amand
( - Bet 1240 and Sep 1241)
According to Wikipedia:
Sir Amaury de St Amand (also Aimery de Saint Amand ) ( between 1240 and September 1241) was a knight who, as a military, civil servant and diplomat, became the confidante of the English King Henry III. rise.
Service as a military officer and diplomat
The origin of Amaury de St Amand is unknown. He probably came from Flanders or from Normandy . It was probably named after Saint-Amand in the Pas-de-Calais , but an origin from Saint-Amand in the Manche or from Saint-Amand-des-Hautes-Terres is also possible. [1] It is the first time in March 1217 during the First War of the barons as a member of the crew of Taunton Castle mentioned, a castle of Peter des Roches , a supporter of the king. Even after the war of the barons he was in the service of Bishop des Roches several times, among other things he belonged in 1223 during theWar against Wales to the twenty knights that des Roches posed. [2] For this he was repeatedly in the service of King Henry III. In 1221 he testified to the award of the Channel Islands administration to Philip d'Aubigny the Younger . On behalf of the king, he traveled to Ireland in 1226 , took part in the king's campaign in France from 1230 to 1231 and then served as a military and diplomat in Brittany from 1232 to 1234 . In 1232 he was one of the Warden of the Channel Islands. Upon his return from France, St Amand became an important official of the king in the Welsh Marches. He served as the commander or administrator of several royal castles, including from 1234 of St Briavels Castle , with which he was also administrator of the royal Forest of Dean . From January 1234 he was high constable of the Welsh Marches and from 1234 to 1240 sheriff of Herefordshire . In 1231, 1237 and 1238 he served as a negotiator in negotiations with Welsh princes.
Position at the royal court and participate in the crusade of the barons
Before 1233 St Amand was knighted and in 1233 he was appointed one of the Stewards of the King's Household . Through this office he had considerable influence at the royal court. As the king's confidant, he was one of the nine godfathers of the heir to the throne Eduard in 1239 . Henry III rewarded St Amands services by giving him profitable guardianship administrations. In 1230 he received the possessions of his cousin Ralph de Verdun , a son of his uncle Walter de Verdun . As Knight Banneret , he took part in the retreat of Simon de Montfort in the summer of 1240 in the crusade of the barons , during which he died.
Marriages and offspring
St Amand was married twice. The name of his first wife is unknown. Before December 1222, he married Iseult , a daughter of William Pantulf . He had several children, including his son Ralph, who became his heir.
Weblinks
Simon Lloyd: St Amand, Sir Amaury de (d. 1240/41). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (ed.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
Individual records
Nicholas Vincent: Peter des Roches. An alien in English politics, 1205 - 1238 . Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2002. ISBN 0-521-52215-3 , p. 160
Nicholas Vincent: Peter des Roches. An alien in English politics, 1205 - 1238 . Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2002. ISBN 0-521-52215-3 , p. 211
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According to Wikipedia:
Sir Amaury de St Amand (also Aimery de Saint Amand ) ( between 1240 and September 1241) was a knight who, as a military, civil servant and diplomat, became the confidante of the English King Henry III. rise.
Service as a military officer and diplomat
The origin of Amaury de St Amand is unknown. He probably came from Flanders or from Normandy . It was probably named after Saint-Amand in the Pas-de-Calais , but an origin from Saint-Amand in the Manche or from Saint-Amand-des-Hautes-Terres is also possible. [1] It is the first time in March 1217 during the First War of the barons as a member of the crew of Taunton Castle mentioned, a castle of Peter des Roches , a supporter of the king. Even after the war of the barons he was in the service of Bishop des Roches several times, among other things he belonged in 1223 during theWar against Wales to the twenty knights that des Roches posed. [2] For this he was repeatedly in the service of King Henry III. In 1221 he testified to the award of the Channel Islands administration to Philip d'Aubigny the Younger . On behalf of the king, he traveled to Ireland in 1226 , took part in the king's campaign in France from 1230 to 1231 and then served as a military and diplomat in Brittany from 1232 to 1234 . In 1232 he was one of the Warden of the Channel Islands. Upon his return from France, St Amand became an important official of the king in the Welsh Marches. He served as the commander or administrator of several royal castles, including from 1234 of St Briavels Castle , with which he was also administrator of the royal Forest of Dean . From January 1234 he was high constable of the Welsh Marches and from 1234 to 1240 sheriff of Herefordshire . In 1231, 1237 and 1238 he served as a negotiator in negotiations with Welsh princes.
Position at the royal court and participate in the crusade of the barons
Before 1233 St Amand was knighted and in 1233 he was appointed one of the Stewards of the King's Household . Through this office he had considerable influence at the royal court. As the king's confidant, he was one of the nine godfathers of the heir to the throne Eduard in 1239 . Henry III rewarded St Amands services by giving him profitable guardianship administrations. In 1230 he received the possessions of his cousin Ralph de Verdun , a son of his uncle Walter de Verdun . As Knight Banneret , he took part in the retreat of Simon de Montfort in the summer of 1240 in the crusade of the barons , during which he died.
Marriages and offspring
St Amand was married twice. The name of his first wife is unknown. Before December 1222, he married Iseult , a daughter of William Pantulf . He had several children, including his son Ralph, who became his heir.
Weblinks
Simon Lloyd: St Amand, Sir Amaury de (d. 1240/41). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (ed.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
Individual records
Nicholas Vincent: Peter des Roches. An alien in English politics, 1205 - 1238 . Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2002. ISBN 0-521-52215-3 , p. 160
Nicholas Vincent: Peter des Roches. An alien in English politics, 1205 - 1238 . Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2002. ISBN 0-521-52215-3 , p. 211
Sir Amaury de St Amand (also Aimery de Saint Amand ) ( between 1240 and September 1241) was a knight who, as a military, civil servant and diplomat, became the confidante of the English King Henry III. rise.
Service as a military officer and diplomat
The origin of Amaury de St Amand is unknown. He probably came from Flanders or from Normandy . It was probably named after Saint-Amand in the Pas-de-Calais , but an origin from Saint-Amand in the Manche or from Saint-Amand-des-Hautes-Terres is also possible. [1] It is the first time in March 1217 during the First War of the barons as a member of the crew of Taunton Castle mentioned, a castle of Peter des Roches , a supporter of the king. Even after the war of the barons he was in the service of Bishop des Roches several times, among other things he belonged in 1223 during theWar against Wales to the twenty knights that des Roches posed. [2] For this he was repeatedly in the service of King Henry III. In 1221 he testified to the award of the Channel Islands administration to Philip d'Aubigny the Younger . On behalf of the king, he traveled to Ireland in 1226 , took part in the king's campaign in France from 1230 to 1231 and then served as a military and diplomat in Brittany from 1232 to 1234 . In 1232 he was one of the Warden of the Channel Islands. Upon his return from France, St Amand became an important official of the king in the Welsh Marches. He served as the commander or administrator of several royal castles, including from 1234 of St Briavels Castle , with which he was also administrator of the royal Forest of Dean . From January 1234 he was high constable of the Welsh Marches and from 1234 to 1240 sheriff of Herefordshire . In 1231, 1237 and 1238 he served as a negotiator in negotiations with Welsh princes.
Position at the royal court and participate in the crusade of the barons
Before 1233 St Amand was knighted and in 1233 he was appointed one of the Stewards of the King's Household . Through this office he had considerable influence at the royal court. As the king's confidant, he was one of the nine godfathers of the heir to the throne Eduard in 1239 . Henry III rewarded St Amands services by giving him profitable guardianship administrations. In 1230 he received the possessions of his cousin Ralph de Verdun , a son of his uncle Walter de Verdun . As Knight Banneret , he took part in the retreat of Simon de Montfort in the summer of 1240 in the crusade of the barons , during which he died.
Marriages and offspring
St Amand was married twice. The name of his first wife is unknown. Before December 1222, he married Iseult , a daughter of William Pantulf . He had several children, including his son Ralph, who became his heir.
Weblinks
Simon Lloyd: St Amand, Sir Amaury de (d. 1240/41). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (ed.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
Individual records
Nicholas Vincent: Peter des Roches. An alien in English politics, 1205 - 1238 . Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2002. ISBN 0-521-52215-3 , p. 160
Nicholas Vincent: Peter des Roches. An alien in English politics, 1205 - 1238 . Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2002. ISBN 0-521-52215-3 , p. 211
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According to Wikipedia:
Sir Amaury de St Amand (also Aimery de Saint Amand ) ( between 1240 and September 1241) was a knight who, as a military, civil servant and diplomat, became the confidante of the English King Henry III. rise.
Service as a military officer and diplomat
The origin of Amaury de St Amand is unknown. He probably came from Flanders or from Normandy . It was probably named after Saint-Amand in the Pas-de-Calais , but an origin from Saint-Amand in the Manche or from Saint-Amand-des-Hautes-Terres is also possible. [1] It is the first time in March 1217 during the First War of the barons as a member of the crew of Taunton Castle mentioned, a castle of Peter des Roches , a supporter of the king. Even after the war of the barons he was in the service of Bishop des Roches several times, among other things he belonged in 1223 during theWar against Wales to the twenty knights that des Roches posed. [2] For this he was repeatedly in the service of King Henry III. In 1221 he testified to the award of the Channel Islands administration to Philip d'Aubigny the Younger . On behalf of the king, he traveled to Ireland in 1226 , took part in the king's campaign in France from 1230 to 1231 and then served as a military and diplomat in Brittany from 1232 to 1234 . In 1232 he was one of the Warden of the Channel Islands. Upon his return from France, St Amand became an important official of the king in the Welsh Marches. He served as the commander or administrator of several royal castles, including from 1234 of St Briavels Castle , with which he was also administrator of the royal Forest of Dean . From January 1234 he was high constable of the Welsh Marches and from 1234 to 1240 sheriff of Herefordshire . In 1231, 1237 and 1238 he served as a negotiator in negotiations with Welsh princes.
Position at the royal court and participate in the crusade of the barons
Before 1233 St Amand was knighted and in 1233 he was appointed one of the Stewards of the King's Household . Through this office he had considerable influence at the royal court. As the king's confidant, he was one of the nine godfathers of the heir to the throne Eduard in 1239 . Henry III rewarded St Amands services by giving him profitable guardianship administrations. In 1230 he received the possessions of his cousin Ralph de Verdun , a son of his uncle Walter de Verdun . As Knight Banneret , he took part in the retreat of Simon de Montfort in the summer of 1240 in the crusade of the barons , during which he died.
Marriages and offspring
St Amand was married twice. The name of his first wife is unknown. Before December 1222, he married Iseult , a daughter of William Pantulf . He had several children, including his son Ralph, who became his heir.
Weblinks
Simon Lloyd: St Amand, Sir Amaury de (d. 1240/41). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (ed.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
Individual records
Nicholas Vincent: Peter des Roches. An alien in English politics, 1205 - 1238 . Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2002. ISBN 0-521-52215-3 , p. 160
Nicholas Vincent: Peter des Roches. An alien in English politics, 1205 - 1238 . Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2002. ISBN 0-521-52215-3 , p. 211
Events
| Death | Bet 1240 and Sep 1241 |
Families
| Child | Hawise de St Amand ( - 1287) |