RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1703
year: 1214
initiator: John of Brienne
recipient: Abbot Gervase of Prémontré
text: (1214). John, Dei gratia Jerosolimorum Rex et Comes Brenensis, gives Abbot Gervase of Prémontré and his convent news of events in the Holy Land. The situation is deteriorating day by day, with the kingdom facing poverty and a lack of defenders. There are truces with the Sarraceni, but it is feared that these will soon be broken, because the kingdom’s weakness is obvious. John asks for prayers. He adds that he and his daughter are well and that, with the advice of his prelates and barones, he is marrying the daughter of the king of [Cilician] Armenia, hoping to acquire great assistance as a result.
(1214). John, Dei gratia Jerosolimorum Rex et Comes Brenensis, gives Abbot Gervase of Prémontré and his convent news of events in the Holy Land. The situation is deteriorating day by day, with the kingdom facing poverty and a lack of defenders. There are truces with the Sarraceni, but it is feared... more
sources: Gervase of Prémontré 1:36, no. 36 (RRH no. 873)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1829
year: 1219
initiator: John of Brienne
recipient: Emperor Frederick II
text: Nov. 12. John, dei gratia Hierosolymitanus Rex, informs the emperor Frederick II of the course of the Fifth Crusade, stressing the importance of an invasion of Egypt to the recovery of the Holy Land. The reaction of the Muslims to the invasion had been the destruction of the castles of Mons Tabor and Planentiu and other places, which will make the reoccupation of the Holy Land easier. John has heard that they have also dismantled the walls of Jerusalem on hearing that the Christians had crossed the Nile before Damietta. They offered a truce, involving the return of the relic of the True Cross and all the kingdom of Jerusalem, except for the 2 castles [of Cracum and Petrensis]. They promised to pay tribute, to return the Christian prisoners held in their 2 kingdoms of Syria [Egypt?] and Damascus, and to pay for the rebuilding of Jerusalem. The Christians met, but discussion was overtaken by the fall of Damietta on 4 November, as the bearer of the letter will inform the emperor.
Nov. 12. John, dei gratia Hierosolymitanus Rex, informs the emperor Frederick II of the course of the Fifth Crusade, stressing the importance of an invasion of Egypt to the recovery of the Holy Land. The reaction of the Muslims to the invasion had been the destruction of the castles of Mons Tabor... more
sources: Perry, John of Brienne, pp. 198-200
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1874
year: 1221
initiator: John of Brienne
recipient: Countess Blanche of Champagne and her son Thibaut
text: April. 11-30. Acre. King John of Jerusalem writes to Countess Blanche of Champagne and her son Thibaut, requesting that they put his nephew Walter, the son of Count Walter of Brienne, in possession of the county of Brienne, which he has inherited.
April. 11-30. Acre. King John of Jerusalem writes to Countess Blanche of Champagne and her son Thibaut, requesting that they put his nephew Walter, the son of Count Walter of Brienne, in possession of the county of Brienne, which he has inherited.
sources: Layettes du trésor des chartes 1:516, no. 1446 (RRH no. 943)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2002
year: 1225
initiator: John of Brienne
recipient: The high court of Jerusalem
text: *Jul. 25/28 - Aug. 31. Italy. King John of Jerusalem writes to [the High Court of] Jerusalem about the forthcoming marriage of Isabella of Jerusalem to the emperor Frederick II.
*Jul. 25/28 - Aug. 31. Italy. King John of Jerusalem writes to [the High Court of] Jerusalem about the forthcoming marriage of Isabella of Jerusalem to the emperor Frederick II.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1057-8, no. 643