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Geoffrey I of Villehardouin ((フランス語:Geoffroi Ier de Villehardouin)) (''c.'' 1169–''c.'' 1229) was a French knight from the County of Champagne who joined the Fourth Crusade.〔Runciman 1951, p. 126.〕〔Evergates 2007, p. 246.〕〔Setton 1976, p. 24.〕〔Longnon 1969, p. 242.〕 He participated in the conquest of the Peloponnese and became the second prince of Achaea (1209/1210–''c.'' 1229).〔 Under his reign, the principality of Achaea became the direct vassal of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.〔Longnon 1969, p. 239.〕 He extended the borders of his principality, but the closing years of his rule were marked by his conflict with the church.〔Longnon 1969, pp. 240-241.〕 == Early years and the Fourth Crusade == Geoffrey was the eldest son of John of Villeharouin and his wife, Celine of Briel.〔 He married one Elisabeth, traditionally identified with Elisabeth of Chappes,〔Evergates 2007, p. 263.〕 a scion of a fellow crusader family, an identification rejected by Longnon.〔Jean Longnon, ''Les compagnons de Villehardouin'' (1978), p. 36〕 He took the cross with his uncle, Geoffrey of Villehardouin, the future chronicler of the Fourth Crusade, at a tournament of Écry-sur-Aisne in late November 1199.〔 Geoffrey were among the crusaders who went directly to Syria.〔 Thus he was not present at the occupation of Constantinople by the crusaders on April 13, 1204.〔Setton 1976, pp. 12., 24.〕 But hearing of the capture of the great city on the Bosporus, he decided to sail west in the summer of 1204.〔〔Fine 1994, p. 69.〕 But the weather became bad, and adverse winds drove him westward.〔 He landed at Modon (now Methoni, Greece) in the southern Peloponnese where he spent the winter of 1204–1205.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geoffrey I of Villehardouin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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