1. ATHON de COURTENAY
b.c.985
d. after 1000 Courtenay,
Athon may have been the son of Renaud, Seigneur de Chateau Renard.(2)
In about the year 1000, during the reign of King Robert the wise, Athon fortified Courtenay in the Isle de France between Sens and Montargis.
The Historia of Monk Aimon names "Atho filius cuiusdam Gastellarii de Castro-Rainardo" and adds that he acquired "castrum Cortinaci" and married "quondam nobilem dominam", however he doesn't name her. He states that they had a son "Joscelinum de Cortinaco".(1)
Issue-
· 2I. JOSSELIN- m.1. Hildegarde, d. of Gaufride, Comte de Gastinois, 2. ELIZABETH de MONTHERY, d. after 1065
Ref:
(1) Ex Continuatione Historiae Aimoni Monachi Floriacensis-
RHGF, XI, p. 276
(2) Provinces, Pays and Seigneuries of France- Paul
Abbot, Myrtleford, 1981- p. 97
The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. III, p.
465
Histoire Genealogique de la Maison de France- Pere Anselme- Tome
I, p. 527
English Genealogy- Sir Anthony Wagner, Oxford, 1960
Les Comtes d'Anjou et Leurs Alliance aux Xe et XIe Siecles-
Christian Settipani, in "Family Trees and the Roots of Politics: The
Prosopography of Britain and France from the 10th to 12th Century"-
Katherine Keats Rohan, Ed., Woodbridge, 1997- p. 265
2I. JOSSELIN (ATHON 1), Seigneur de Courtenay
m.1. Hildegarde, d. of Gaufride, Comte de Gastinois and Ermengarde d'Angou
2. ELIZABETH de MONTLHERY- d. of Guy de Montlhery and Hodierne de Gometz
la Ferte
d. after 1065
Issue- first child by Hildegarde, last three by
· I. Vaindemonde- m. Renard, comte de Joigny
· 3II. MILES- m. ERMENGARDE de NEVERS
· III. Hodierne- m. Geoffrey de Joinville
· III. Joscelyn- d. before 1 Oct. 1131
· IV. Geoffrey- d. 1136
· V. Renaud- bur. Abbey of
Ref:
The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. IV,
p.317; VI, p. 215
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3II. MILES (ATHON 1, JOSSELIN 2)- Seigneur de Courtenay
m.
d. after 1127
"Milo de Curtiniaco" confirmed the donation by Robertus Bonet to the prior of Neronville of a grange with the consent of "Elisabeth uxor Milonis" by charter dated 1110-16.(2)
Miles founded the Cistertian Abbey of Fontain-Jean in 1124 and was buried there. The charter records donations including one in the presence of "Milo de Curtiniaco et uxor eius Elisabeth et filii eorum Willelmus, Joscelinus, Rainaldus".(3) A charter dated 1133 records a donation to the abbey of St. Jean de Sens by "Milo de Curteno" adding that his widowed mother had become a nun there and that "frater eius Rainaudus" was buried there which comfirms that Milo was the son of his father's second marriage.(1)
Issue-
· II. Josceline- d.s.p.
· 4III. RENARD- m.1. HAWISE de DONJON, 2. Maud Fitz Roy, d. after 1161
Ref:
(1) Cartulaire General de L'Yonne- M. Quantin,
Ed., 1860- Vol. I, CLXXII, p. 294
(2) Neronville Chartulary- XXX, p. 323
(3) Cartulaire General de l'Yonne- Tome I, CXXVIII,
p. 237
The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. IV, p.317;
VI, p. 231
Domesday Descendants- K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- p.
429
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4III. RENARD (ATHON 1, JOSSELIN 2, MILES 3)- Seigneur de Courtenay
m.1. HAWISE de DONJON, sister to Guy de Donjon, d. of Frederic de
Donjon
2. Hawise d'Avranches- (d. before 1173), d. of Robert d'Avranches
d. after 1161 Sutton,
The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Ford Abbey records that "domina Alicia uxor domini Randolphi Avenell filia sua unicam filiam Matildam" had "filiam unam Hawisiam, necnon duas alias, postea factas moniales" by her husband "Roberto de Abrincis" and that she married "Reginaldo de Courtenay" as his second wife.(1)
Renauld set out on the Crusade with Louis VII in 1147 but, returned before the king. Renauld succeeded to the estates of his father upon the death of his older brothers. He was described as Seigneur de Montargis, Chateau Renard, Champignelle, Tanlay, Charny, Chantecoq and several other seigneuries situated in the Pays de Gastinois around Sens.
Chateau Montargis
Renauld came to
Renaud probably died c.1190 as his son Reginald paid relief for Sutton without prejudice to the rights of his brother William.
Sutton Courtenay Manor- Home of the Courtenays until 1293
Issue- first three children by first wife, last by second.
·
· 5II. RENARD- m. HAWISE of OKEHAMPTON, d. 27 Sept. 1194
· III. Elizabeth/Isabelle- m. Prince
Pierre de France (son of King Louis 'The Fat' of
· IV. ______- m. Avelon, Lord of Selegny
· V. Robert- m.1. Maud FitzUrse of
Bulwick, 2. before 8 Dec. 1195
Ref:
(1) Dugdale's Monasticon- V, Ford Abbey,
Devonshire, I, p. 378
(2) Memorials of Old Devonshire-F.J. Snell, Ed.,
Bemrose and Sons, Ltd.,
The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. IV,
p.317; VI, pp. 231-2
Domesday Descendants- K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- p.
429
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5II. RENARD (ATHON 1, JOSSELYN 2, MILES 3, RENARD 4)
m. HAWISE of OKEHAMPTON (d. 31 July 1209, bur. Ford Abbey,
d. 27 Sept. 1194
Through his wife Hawise, Renard obtained many large estates in the West of England, the Barony of Okehampton, the Shrievalty of Devon, custody of Exeter castle, and the title of Viscount.(1)
In 1167 Roger of Hovedon records that Reginald de Curteney witnessed a treaty of peace between Henry II and Roderick, King of Connaught.(2)
Issue-
· 6I. ROBERT- m. MARY de RIVIERS, Countess of Devon (d. after 1242), d. 26 July 1242
· II. Egelina- m. Gilbert Bassett
· III. Reginald-
· IV. Henry-
Ref:
(1) Memorials of Old Devonshire- F.J. Snell, Ed.,
Bemrose and Sons, Ltd., London, 1904- p. 48
(2) Ibid- p. 47
Peerage of England- Vol. VI, pp. 232-8
The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. IV, p.317
Domesday Descendants- K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- p.
429
English Baronies- I.J. Sanders, Oxford University Press, 1963-
p.70
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6I. ROBERT (ATHON 1, JOSSELYN 2, MILES 3, RENARD 4, RENARD 5)
m. MARY de RIVIERS, Countess of Devon (m.1.
Pierre de Preaux, d. after 1242)
d. 26 July 1242 Iwerne, Dorset
bur. Ford Abbey,
Robert de Courtenay of Okehampton identified William de Curcy as his grandfather in a suit dated 1223.(1)
Ford
Abbey
Issue-
· I. John- m. Isabel de Vere (living Feb. 1298/9), d. 5 May 1273, bur. Ford Abbey
· II. William- m. Joan Bassett
· 7III. HAWISE- m. JOHN de NEVILLE (d. 1246), d. before 8 Apr. 1269
Ref:
(1) The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. IV, p. 317
The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. III, p.
465; IV, pp.317, 323
English Baronies- I.J. Sanders, Oxford University Press, 1963-
pp.70, 138
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