1212 in France

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Events from the year 1212 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch – Philip II ^[1]

Events

• January –
  • Ferdinand, Count of Flanders and Joan, Countess of Flanders are captured by Joan's first cousin prince Louis VIII of France, eldest son of King Philip II of France and Joan's aunt Isabella. Louis' aim is to acquire his dead mother's dowry, a large piece of Flemish territory including Artois, which Joan's father had taken back by force after Isabella's death. ^{[2] [3]}
  • Prince Louis VIII of France captures the town of Saint-Omer. ^[4]
  • Prince Louis VIII of France captures the town of Aire-sur-la-Lys. ^[4]
• February 25 – The Treaty of Pont-à-Vendin is signed at Pont-à-Vendin between king Philip II of France and Ferdinand, Count of Flanders and Joan, Countess of Flanders. The treaty cedes the two captured towns of Saint-Omer and Aire-sur-la-Lys to France. ^{[5] [6] [2]}
• May 4 – The Treaty of Lambeth (also called Treaty of Kingston) is signed by King John of England and several French counts, including Renaud I of Dammartin and Boulogne and Ferdinand of Flanders. ^{[7] [8]}
• June – The Children's Crusade: The 12-year-old Stephen of Cloyes leads a group across France to Vendôme. ^[9] Attracting a following of over 30,000 adults and children. ^[10] On the orders of Philip II, advised by the University of Paris, the people were implored to return home. Philip himself did not appear impressed, especially since his unexpected visitors were led by a mere child, and refused to take them seriously.
• Late June – Stephen of Cloyes led his largely juvenile Crusaders from Vendôme to Marseille. They survived by begging for food, while the vast majority seem to have been disheartened by the hardship of this journey and returned to their families. Two French merchants (Hugh the Iron and William of Posqueres) offered to take them by boat to Palestine. They were then taken to Tunisia instead of Palestine, where they were sold into slavery by the merchants. ^{[9] [11]}

Date unknown

• Bertran de Gourdon writes two coblas on doing homage to Philip II of France ^[12]
• Fontenelle Abbey, a Cistercian nunnery in Maing, Nord, France, is founded as a small oratory by two sisters Agnes and Jeanne, daughters of Hélin, seigneur d'Aulnoy.

Births

Date unknown

• Yolande of Dreux, French noblewoman (d. 1248) ^{[13] [14]}

Deaths

• October 13 or October 14 – Baldwin of Béthune, French nobleman and knight ^[15]
• November 4 – Saint Felix of Valois, French hermit and a co-founder of the Trinitarian Order. (b. 1127) ^{[16] [17]}

Date unknown

• Robert of Auxerre, French chronicler and writer (c. 1156)

References

1. "Philip II King of France, Crusader & Reformer". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
2. Nicholas, David. (1992). Medieval Flanders. Longman Group UK Limited, London. p. 152.
3. Warnkönig, Leopold August (1846). Vandale, A. (ed.). Histoire constitutionnelle et administrative de la ville de Gand et de la chatellenie du Vieux-Bourg: jusqu'à l'année 1305[Leopold August Warnkönig, Constitutional and administrative history of the city of Ghent and the Chatellenie du Vieux-Bourg: until the year 1305] (in French).
4. "Louis VIII | Crusader, Holy Roman Empire, Capetian Dynasty | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
5. John W., Baldwin (1991-06-19). The Government of Philip Augustus: Foundations of French Royal Power in the Middle Ages. University of California Press. ISBN   978-0-520-07391-3.
6. D.M. Nicholas, Medieval Flanders, New York - London, 1992, p. 152.
7. "Lambeth, treaty of (4 May 1212)". In Dictionary of British History. 1999
8. Cannon, John (Ed.) (2009). "Kingston, treaty of" A Dictionary of British History. Oxford University Press.
9. Bridge, Antony. The Crusades. London: Granada Publishing, 1980. ISBN   0-531-09872-9
10. "Children's Crusade | European history | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
11. "They Sent Children to War!: The Children's Crusade". CBN. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
12. Anglade, Joseph (1920). Poésies du troubadour Peire Raimon de Toulouse: Texte et traduction .
13. Lower, Michael (2005). The Barons' Crusade: A Called to Arms and Its Consequences. University of Pennsylvania Press.
14. Bubenicek, Michelle (2002). Quand les femmes gouvernent: droit et politique au XIVe siècle:Yolande de Flandre, Droit et politique au XIV siecle[When women govern: law and politics in the 14th century: Yolande of Flanders, Law and politics in the 14th century] (in French). Ecole des Chartes.
15. Andre Du Chesne, Historiographe Du Roy (1639). Histoire Genealogique de La Maison de Béthune, Justifïee par Chartes de Diverses Eglises & Abbayes, Arrests du Parlement, Titres Particuliers, Epitaphes, et Autres Bonnes Preuves. Paris, chez Sebastien Cramoisy, Imprimeur Ordínaire Du Roy, Rue Saint Jacques, aux Cicognes. pp. 149 to 156.
16. "Butler, Rev. Alban, "Saint Felix of Valois, Confessor", Lives of the Saints, Volume XI, 1886". Bartleby.com. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
17. "Saint Felix of Valois - Saint of the Day - November 4 -". 9 June 2019.