Background
He was the eldest son of Erard I of Chacenay and Mathilde de Donzy, also known as Félicité.
He was the eldest son of Erard I of Chacenay and Mathilde de Donzy, also known as Félicité.
Erard took part in the Fifth Crusade (1217), but was back in Europe by 1220. He was a patron of the trouvère Guiot de Dijon. He was buried in the Abbey of Clairvaux.
Erard was the second husband of Emmeline (Emelina) de Broyes (died 1249, before April), widow of Eudes II de Champlitte.
Their eldest son, Erard III, succeeded Erard as sire. Their second son, Huet, died on Crusade in 1249.