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Jean de Joinville was born in the second half of 1224 or the first months of 1225, in Champagne, France, to Simon de Joinville and Beatrice d'Auxonne.
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Jean de Joinville was born in the second half of 1224 or the first months of 1225, in Champagne, France, to Simon de Joinville and Beatrice d'Auxonne.
He received an education befitting a young noble at the court of Theobald IV, count of Champagne: reading, writing, and the rudiments of Latin.
On the death of his father in 1233, he became lord of Joinville and seneschal of Champagne (and was therefore personally connected to Theobald IV).
He was 17 when he attended with his overlord, the poet Thibaut de Champagne, the feast at Saumur in 1241. When Louis IX left on the Seventh Crusade, Joinville dutifully followed him to Egypt and Palestine and fought there, but he had little enthusiasm for military action. After the taking of Damiette in 1249, the only real success of the whole expedition, Joinville and the King were taken prisoners and shared certain perils until they were released by ransom. In 1254 Joinville was back home, occupying himself with administrative duties. When Louis set off for the Eighth Crusade, Joinville begged off on the grounds that his duty was to protect his people at home.
About 1305 Jeanne de Navarre asked Joinville to write his memoirs of Louis, but she was long dead by the time the old gentleman had dictated his Livre des saintes paroles et des bons faiz nostre roy saint Looys (Life of Saint Louis), dedicated in 1309 to the Dauphin. The events recorded are recalled with remarkable accuracy and clarity.
The Life of Saint Louis, written with no idea of publication, is perhaps the most personal series of reminiscences that have come down from Louis's century. Unlike the more formal histories, this little book is subjective. The first part is concerned with the exemplary integrity and virtue of its subject. The second contains a sympathetic account of his career from his birth (1214) and coronation (1226), emphasizing naturally the Seventh Crusade with a frankness that includes the King's fears and reveals a rather ill-conducted campaign. The last chapters tell of Louis's second crusade, his illness and death (1270), and Joinville's participation in the canonical inquiries that led to the canonization of Louis. Joinville's other writings include a devout commentary on the Credo, which shows considerable scriptural knowledge, a pious epitaph on his forebears, and a few letters.
Joinville died on December 24, 1317, over 93 years old, nearly fifty years after the death of Louis.
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Quotations: "When the Saracens came to attack him, they threw Greek fire onto the barrier he had made; and the fire caught easily, and you should know that the Turks did not wait for the fire to burn itself out, but rushed upon the Templars among the scorching flames. "
He was a very pious man and was concerned with the proper administration of the region.
On August 11, 1230, Jean de Joinville married Alix de Grandpré, they had two sons. In 1261 he married Alix de Reynel, they had four children.
Geoffroy de Joinville was Lord Montclair.
Geoffroy de Joinville was an Anglo-French noble, supporter of Henry III, who appointed him Baron of Trim, County Meath, and, subsequently, a staunch supporter of Edward I.
