Peter de Courtenay, I

1126 - 1183  (56 years)

• Name	Peter de Courtenay  [1, 2]
  Suffix	I
  Birth	Sep 1126	France   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military - Old World	Crusader  [1]
  Eden	97th great grandson of Adam and Eve
  Death	10 Apr 1183	Israel   [1, 2]
  	Died in the Holy Lands
  Burial	Exeter, Devon, England   [2]
  	(Church of Saint Peter)
  		Church - Cathedral at Exeter Exeter Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter at Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 1400, and has several notable features, including an early set of misericords, an astronomical clock and the longest…
  Person ID	I14408	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	King of the Franks Louis Capet, VI,   b. 1 Dec 1081, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 1 Aug 1137, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Queen Consort Adélaïde de Savoie,   b. 1092, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France d. 18 Nov 1154, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Apr 1115	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F3551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth de Courtenay,   b. 1127   d. Sep 1205, England (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1155
  Children	1. Countess of Angoulême Alice 'Alix' de Courtenay,   b. 1160, Bourgogne, France d. 12 Feb 1218, Poitou-Charentes, France (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5220	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Exeter, Devon, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~Eden-Peter de Courtenay On Our Path to the Garden of Eden (97th great grandson of Adam and Eve) Peter I of Courtenay (Sep 1126 – 10 Apr 1183) was the youngest son of Louis VI of France and his second queen consort, Adélaide de Maurienne. He was the father of the Latin Emperor Peter II of Courtenay. Peter was born in France and died in Palestine.

  
  

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  Arms-COURTENAY Courtenay Coat of Arms

  
  

  Old World

  _Petrus Peter I of Courtenay (September 1126 – 10 April 1183) was the youngest son of Louis VI of France and his second queen consort, Adélaide de Maurienne. He was the father of the Latin Emperor Peter II of Courtenay. Peter was born in France and died in Palestine.

  
  

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  Church - Cathedral at Exeter Exeter Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter at Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 1400, and has several notable features, including an early set of misericords, an astronomical clock and the longest…

  
  

• Sources

  [S1531] Wikipedia: Peter de Courtney, Peter de Courtney I. Peter I of Courtenay (September 1126 – 10 April 1183) was the youngest son of Louis VI of France and his second wife, Adélaide de Maurienne. He was the father of the Latin Emperor Peter II of Courtenay. Peter was born in France and died in Palestine. In about 1150, he married Elizabeth de Courtenay (1127 – September 1205), the daughter of Renaud de Courtenay and Hawise du Donjon, thus starting the Capetian line of the House of Courtenay.[2] Rumor has it that he is buried in a tomb in the floor of Exeter Cathedral, next to Elizabeth, however no physical evidence currently exists and the Historians at the Cathedral can find no documentation to support this rumor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_I_of_Courtenay [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Peter of France I 1126-1183. Peter de Courtney of France was the youngest son of Louis VI of France and his second Queen consort Adélaide de Savoy. He was the father of the Latin Emperor Peter II of Courtenay. Peter was born in France on September 1126 and died 10 April 1183 in Palestine. He married Elizabeth de Courtenay, who was born 1127 and died Sept. 1205 and the daughter of Renauld de Courtenay and Hawise du Donjon. His tomb is Exeter Cathedral in England Peter and Elizabeth were the parents of 10 children: Phillippe de Courtenay (1153 - bef. 1186) Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor of Constantinople (abt 1155 to 1218) Unnamed daughter (abt 1156 - ?) Alice de Courtenay, died Sep. 14, 1211. She married Aymer de Talliefer, Count of Angouleme, and they became the parents of Isabella of Angoulême, who married King John I "Lackland", King of England. Eustachia de Courtenay (1162 - 1235), married William of Brienne, son of Erard II of Brienne and of Agnès of Montfaucon Clementia de Courtenay (1164 - ?) Robert de Courtenay, Seigneur of Champignelles (1166 - 1239) William de Courtenay, Seigneur of Tanlay (1168 - bef 1248) Isabella de Courtenay (1169 - ?) Constance de Courtenay (aft 1170 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58301000/peter_i-of_france [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S930] Wikipedia: Louis VI, Louis Capet IV. Louis VI (c.1081 – 1 August 1137), called the Fat (French: le Gros) or the Fighter (French: le Batailleur), was King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137, the fifth from the House of Capet. Chronicles called him "roi de Saint-Denis". Louis VI Louis was the first member of his house to make a lasting contribution to the centralizing institutions of royal power.[1] He spent almost all of his twenty-nine-year reign fighting either the "robber barons" who plagued Paris[2] or the Norman kings of England for their continental possession of Normandy. Nonetheless, Louis VI managed to reinforce his power considerably and became one of the first strong kings of France since the death of Charlemagne in 814. Louis was a warrior king but by his forties his weight had become so great that it was increasingly difficult for him to lead in the field. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_VI_of_France