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Agnes of Courtenay (c. 1136 – c. 1184) was a Frankish noblewoman who held considerable influence in the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the reign of her son, King Baldwin IV. Though she was never queen, she has been described as the most powerful woman in the kingdom's history after Queen Melisende.
The House of Courtenay is a medieval noble house, with branches in France, England and the Holy Land. One branch of the Courtenays became a royal house of the Capetian dynasty, cousins of the Bourbons and the Valois, and achieved the title of Latin Emperor of Constantinople.
Agnes of Courtenay was a dynamic politician who greatly influenced events in the Frankish principality of Jerusalem. She was born a princess in Edessa when the Holy Land was controlled by the Christian knights who had remained to build their fortunes after the successful First Crusade.
Dec 26, 2023 · Agnes was the daughter of a count who had recently died in captivity and their county had ceased to exist. She had no lands or money. The alliance with the Byzantine Empire was in jeopardy after Baldwin III's death.
May 26, 2021 · In 1157, the heir of Jerusalem, Amalric, forced Agnes of Courtenay to marry him. In 1163, he divorced her due to opposition from the nobility, consanguinity, and her lacking political value. Agnes's father had held Edessa but that had been lost in 1146 and her father had been imprisoned and blinded, so she didn't hold any political value even then.
Agnes of Courtenay (c. 1136 – c. 1184) was the daughter of Joscelin II of Courtenay by his wife Beatrice (widow of William, Lord of Saône), and the mother of king Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and queen Sibylla of Jerusalem.
Agnes was a Courtenay and therefore a member of one of the greatest families in the Frankish East. As part of his reorganisation of the defences of the principality the king appointed Joscelin of Courtenay bailli of the important frontier-fief of Harim.
His sister, Agnes, had been the first wife of King Amalric before he succeeded to the throne, and was the mother of Baldwin IV and Sibylla. In 1164 Joscelin was taken captive by Nur ad-Din Zengi at the Battle of Harim. [2] He remained a prisoner until 1176 when Agnes paid his ransom of 50,000 dinars, probably with support from the royal ...
Aug 9, 2020 · Agnes de Courtenay is, without doubt, one of the women in the history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem who played a decisive role -- but not a positive one. She is an example of how women exercised power in the 12th-century crusader kingdoms and a reminder that female influence was not always benign.
Amalric, the son of King Fulk of Jerusalem, had been count of Jaffa and Ascalon before succeeding his elder brother Baldwin III on the throne in 1163. He was forced first to annul his marriage to Agnes of Courtenay because she was his third cousin (rights of legitimacy and inheritance, however, were granted to his son Baldwin and a daughter by ...
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