Villehardouin
GEOFFROI DE, a French chronicler; born in the family château near Bar-sur-Aube, about 1160.
In 1180 he succeeded his father Guillaume as Marshal of Champagne under Thibaut, brother of Henri II. of France, and in 1201 he was one of the ambassadors despatched to Venice to make arrangements for the transport of the forces for the fourth crusade. On his return he found Thibaut dangerously ill, guardian of the rights of the widowed and it was soon his duty to act as the East, where he distinguished him- king, Philippe Auguste, he departed for self greatly in the conflict which finally concluded a treaty in her name with the king, Philippe Auguste, he departed for the East, where he distinguished himself greatly in the conflict which finally on the placed Baldwin of Flanders throne of the Byzantine empire. Rewarded by the monarch with extensive by saving the crusaders from disastrous Marshal of Rumania, he repaid the favor by saving the crusaders from disastrous defeat near Adrianople in 1205. On his narrative of the fourth crusade by which herited his title and possessions. The narrative of the fourth crusade by which Villehardouin ranks among the most important historians of the time, covers the period from 1198-1207, and consists personal experience. de Viginère as and it was soon his duty to act as largely of his own p First published by Blaise de "History of the Conquest of Constantinople by the French Barons, associated with the Venetians in the year 1204, in the Change of its Absolute Language to (1584), it has been frequently re-edited Modern and Intelligible" by Ducange (1657); by Petitot in his "Collections of Memoirs" (1819); by tures" (1838) ; and by Natalis de Wailly Bouquet in his "Things Gallic." "Scripone more tures" (1838); and by Natalis de Wailly (1st ed. 1871, 2d 1874). There is an English translation by T. Smith, "Chronicles concerning the Conquest of Contranslation by Todt (1878). translation by Todt (1878).
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