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Correspondence/envoy
Request
1637
year: 1210
initiator: Abbot Gervase of Prémontré
recipient: John of Brienne
text: 1208 - Oct. 3 1210. [290] Replying to the request of John [of Brienne], Abbot Gervase of Prémontré, together with the Premonstratensian general chapter, congratulates him on his elevation to the kingship of Jerusalem and assures him that he will profit from the Order’s spiritual benefits and prayers. He asks [John] to restore the Order’s properties when he recovers his kingdom. 1208 - Oct. 3 1210. [290] Replying to the request of John [of Brienne], Abbot Gervase of Prémontré, together with the Premonstratensian general chapter, congratulates him on his elevation to the kingship of Jerusalem and assures him that he will profit from the Order’s spiritual benefits and... more
sources: Gervase of Prémontré, pp. 76-7, no. 84 (RRH no. 847)
comments: [290] The wording of the letter suggests that Gervase did not yet know that John had been crowned [on 3 October 1210].
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Correspondence/envoy
Request
1669
year: 1212
initiator: Abbot Gervase of Prémontré
recipient: John of Brienne
institution: Saint Samuel of Montjoie
text: Late 1212. [292] Abbot Gervase of Prémontré assures King John of Jerusalem of the prayers of the Premonstratensians for him, his wife the queen and his daughter. Responding to a request for [spiritual advice], Gervase reminds the king of St John, who stood at the foot of the cross, and assures him that he has been providentially chosen. He prays that he will be strengthened and protected. He appeals for assistance and protection for the brothers of the abbey of St Samuel. He recommends magister O., a brother of his Order, whom he is sending to Palestine. Late 1212. [292] Abbot Gervase of Prémontré assures King John of Jerusalem of the prayers of the Premonstratensians for him, his wife the queen and his daughter. Responding to a request for [spiritual advice], Gervase reminds the king of St John, who stood at the foot of the cross, and assures him... more
sources: Gervase of Prémontré, pp. 102-4, no. 115 (RRH no. 854)
comments: [292] John’s daughter Isabella was born early in 1212.
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Correspondence/envoy
1695
year: 1214
initiator: Louis, the eldest son of King Philip of France
recipient: John of Brienne
text: Mar. 1-31. Compiègne. Louis, the eldest son of King Philip of France, reminds King John of Jerusalem that in French law no one under the age of 21 can plead in court. He states on behalf of his father that if the daughters of comes Henricus [Henry of Champagne] wish to bring the countess of Troyes and Thibaut her son to court over the patrimonial lands, he will not hear any case until Thibaut is 21 years old, especially as he has evidence that Henricus left the land to Thibaut on his departure for Jerusalem; He also informs John of his desire that Erardus de Rameruco be forbidden to marry the daughter of comes Henricus. [298] Mar. 1-31. Compiègne. Louis, the eldest son of King Philip of France, reminds King John of Jerusalem that in French law no one under the age of 21 can plead in court. He states on behalf of his father that if the daughters of comes Henricus [Henry of Champagne] wish to bring the countess of Troyes... more
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:975-6
comments: [298] On 11 December 1213 Innocent had assured Countess Blanche of Champagne and her son Thibaut that he would confirm the judgement of Cardinal Robert of Courçon that Comes Henricus had ensured that his land would pass to his brother Thibaut should he not return from the Holy Land and that his marriage to the queen of Jerusalem had been illegitimate, as had been her previous marriage to Conradus marchio Montisferrati, who had removed her from her legitimate husband Unfredus de Toron. Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:942, no. 151.
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Correspondence/envoy
Request
1721
year: 1215
initiator: Abbot Gervase of Prémontré
recipient: John of Brienne
institution: Saint Samuel of Montjoie
text: (1215). [303] Abbot Gervase of Prémontré thanks King John of Jerusalem for his letter and rejoices in the good health of the king and his daughter. He and his chapter are saddened by the state of the Holy Land. He encourages the king and assures him of the prayers of all the Premonstratensians, especially at Mass, with particular reference to John and his daughter. He asks John to favour the Premonstratensian brothers of St Samuel now residing in Acre and to restore them to their old abbey once it is recovered. (1215). [303] Abbot Gervase of Prémontré thanks King John of Jerusalem for his letter and rejoices in the good health of the king and his daughter. He and his chapter are saddened by the state of the Holy Land. He encourages the king and assures him of the prayers of all the Premonstratensians,... more
sources: Gervase of Prémontré, pp. 37-8, no. 37 (RRH no. 884)
comments: [303] Ralph of Merencourt, the bishop of Sidon, who was consecrated patriarch by the pope during the council. ‘L’Estoire de Eracles’, p. 319.
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