Editing Pierre II of Courtenay

{{short description|Latin Emperor from 1216 to 1217}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| title = Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
| image = [[File:Petrus2.jpg|150px]]
| succession = [[Latin Emperor of Constantinople]]<br>Claimant [[Byzantine Emperor]]
|coronation=9 April 1217
| reign = 1216{{dash}}
1217 (de facto) or 1219 (de jure)
| predecessor = [[Henry of Flanders|Henry]]
| successor = [[Yolanda, Latin Empress|Yolanda]]
| birth_date = 
| death_date = 1219
| spouse = {{ubl|[[Agnes I, Countess of Nevers]]|[[Yolanda of Flanders]]}}
| issue = {{plainlist|
* [[Matilda I, Countess of Nevers]]
* [[Philip II, Marquis of Namur]]
* [[Robert I, Latin Emperor]]
* [[Henry II, Marquis of Namur]]
* [[Baldwin II, Latin Emperor]]
* [[Margaret, Marchioness of Namur]]
* [[Elizabeth of Courtenay|Elizabeth, Empress of Bulgaria]]
* [[Yolanda, Queen of Hungary]]
* [[Maria of Courtenay|Marie, Empress of Nicaea]]
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| issue-link = #Family
| issue-pipe = more...
| house = [[Capetian House of Courtenay|Courtenay]]
| father = [[Peter I of Courtenay]]
| mother = Elizabeth de Courtenay
}}

'''Pierre''', also '''Peter II of Courtenay''' ({{langx|fr|Pierre de Courtenay}}; died 1219), was emperor of the [[Latin Empire of Constantinople]] from 1216 to 1217.

==Biography==
Pierre II was a son of [[Peter I of Courtenay|Pierre I of Courtenay]] (died 1183), a younger son of [[Louis VI of France]] and his second wife, [[Adelaide of Maurienne|Adélaide de Maurienne]].{{sfn|Rasmussen|1997|p=9}} His mother was Elisabeth de Courtenay, daughter of [[Renaud de Courtenay]] (died 1194) and Hawise du Donjon.{{sfn|Commire|1999|p=?}}

Pierre first married [[Agnes I, Countess of Nevers|Agnes I]], via whom he obtained the three counties of [[Count of Nevers|Nevers]], [[County of Auxerre|Auxerre]], and [[Tonnerre, Yonne|Tonnerre]].{{sfn|Bouchard|1987|p=349}} In 1193 he married secondly to [[Yolanda, Latin Empress|Yolanda]],{{sfn|Bouchard|1987|p=349}} a sister of [[Baldwin I, Latin Emperor|Baldwin]] and [[Henry of Flanders]], who were afterwards the first and second emperors of the Latin Empire of Constantinople. Pierre accompanied his cousin, King [[Philip II of France|Philip Augustus]], on the [[third Crusade]] in 1190, returning to France in 1193. He fought (alongside his brother Robert) in the [[Albigensian Crusade]] in 1209 and 1211, when he took part in the siege of [[Lavaur, Tarn|Lavaur]]. He was present at the [[Battle of Bouvines]] in 1214.

When his brother-in-law, the emperor [[Henry of Flanders|Henry]], died without issue in 1216, Pierre was chosen as his successor, and with a small army he left his residence of [[château de Druyes]] in [[France]] to take possession of his throne. He was consecrated emperor at the [[Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls]] in [[Rome]] by [[Pope Honorius III]] on 9 April 1217. He then borrowed some ships from the Venetians, promising in return to conquer [[Durrës|Durazzo]] for them, but he failed in this enterprise and sought to make his way to Constantinople by land.{{sfn|Ostrogorsky|1995|p=433}} On the journey he was seized by the [[Despotate of Epirus|despot of Epirus]], [[Theodore Komnenos Doukas]], and, after an imprisonment of two years, died,{{sfn|Ostrogorsky|1995|p=433}} probably by foul means. Pierre thus never governed his empire, which, however, was ruled for a time by his wife, Yolanda, who had succeeded in reaching Constantinople. Two of his sons, [[Robert of Courtenay|Robert]] and [[Baldwin II of Constantinople|Baldwin]], reigned in turn as emperors of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.

==Family==
By his first wife [[Agnes I, Countess of Nevers]] he had:
* [[Matilda I, Countess of Nevers]]{{sfn|Berman|2018|p=91}}

By his second wife [[Yolanda of Flanders]], of the [[House of Flanders]] {{sfn|Bouchard|1987|p=342}} he had:
* [[Philip II, Marquis of Namur|Philip]] (died 1226), Marquis of Namur,{{sfn|Previte-Orton|1960|p=732}} who declined the offer of the crown of the Latin Empire
* [[Robert of Courtenay]] (died 1228),{{sfn|Previte-Orton|1960|p=732}} [[Latin Emperor]] of the Latin Empire of Constantinople 
* [[Henry II, Marquis of Namur|Henry]] (died 1229), Marquis of Namur{{sfn|Previte-Orton|1960|p=732}}
* [[Baldwin II, Latin Emperor|Baldwin II of Constantinople]] (died 1273),{{sfn|Previte-Orton|1960|p=732}} [[Latin Emperor]] of the Latin Empire of Constantinople 
* [[Margaret, Marchioness of Namur|Margaret]] (died 1270), Marchioness of Namur, who first married Raoul, Lord of [[Issoudun]], and then [[Henry I, Count of Vianden]]
* [[Elizabeth of Courtenay]] who married Walter, count of Bar and then Eudes sire of Montagu
* [[Yolanda de Courtenay]], who married [[Andrew II of Hungary]], [[King of Hungary]] and [[King of Croatia]]{{sfn|Previte-Orton|1960|p=732}}
* Eleanor, who married [[Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre]]
* [[Marie of Courtenay|Marie de Courtenay]], who married [[Theodore I Lascaris]], [[Emperor of Nicaea]]{{sfn|Previte-Orton|1960|p=732}}
* Agnes, who married [[Geoffrey II Villehardouin]], [[Principality of Achaea|Prince of Achaea]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Sources==
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