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Subject: Re: King's Kinsman: King Henry IV's kinsman, Richard Grey, 4th Lord Grey of C...
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:59:36 EDT


Dear Will.
AR 7 lines 114 and 120 give John de Brienne, King of
Jerusalem a third wife, Berengaria of Leon, daughter of King Alfonso IX of Leon by
Berengaria, daughter of King Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England. 114
Says She was mother of Louis de Brienne, 120 give the Jean de Brienne who was
father of Blanche de Brienne, wife of William de Fiennes. Interestingly,
Edward I of England`s first wife was an own cousin to the Brienne brothers if the
source cited CP II: 59. Line 114 gives Jean de Brienne `s marriages as
1)September 15, 1210 Mary de Montferrat who died shortly after, leaving a daughter
Yolanda in whose right He reigned, 2) 1214 Stephanie, daughter of King Leo II
of Armenia who dsp 1219 and 3) 1223 Berengaria of Leon b abt 1168- d March
21, 1237.
Sincerely,
James W Cummings
Dixmont, Maine USA

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