Joscelin I, Lord of Courtenay

Jocelyn I de Courtenay (1034-after 1065), son of Athon, Châtelain de Châteaurenard. Seigneur de Courtenay. Very little is known about his life other than his two marriages. He first married Hildegarde de Château-Landon, daughter of Goeffrey II, Count of Gâtinais, and Ermengarde of Anjou (daughter of Fulk III, Count of Anjou). Joscelin and Hildegarde had one daughter:

• Vaindemonde de Courtenay, married to Renard II, Count of Joigny.

Joscelin married secondly Elizabeth of Montlhéry, daughter of Guy I of Montlhéry and Hodierna of Gometz. Joscelin and Elizabeth had five children:

• Hodierne of Cortenay, married to Geoffroy II, Seigneur of Joinville
• Miles, Seigneur of Courtenay, married Ermengard of Nevers
• Joscelin I, Count of Edessa and Prince of Galilee
• Geoffroy of Courtney (d. 1139)
• Renaud (d. before 1133), Monk at the monastery of St. John the Evangelist at Sens.

After Joscelin’s death, Elizabeth became a nun at St. John’s. See also House of Courtenay.

Sources

• Saunier-Seité, Alice, Les Courtenay, Éditions France-Empire, 1998
• Riley-Smith, Johathan, The First Crusaders, 1095-1131, Cambridge University Press, London, 1997
• La Monte, John L., The Lords of Le Puiset on the Crusades, Speculum, 1942
• Jim Bradbury, 'Fulk le Réchin and the Origin of the Plantagenets', Studies in Medieval History Presented to R. Allen Brown, Ed. * Christopher Harper-Bill, Christopher J. Holdsworth, Janet L. Nelson, The Boydell Press, 1989