Pierre I de Courtenay prince de France

  General Notes:

~Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 107:26, 117:25, Peter of France, Seigneur de Courteney, the son of Louis Vi, King of France, married Isabel de Courtenay, Dame de Courteney, daughter of Renaud de Courtenay and Helvis, sister of Gui du Donjon et Corbeil. ¹⁶⁰

  Information about this person:

• Background Information. ⁹⁰⁰
Pierre, youngest son of Louis "le Gros," King of France, married Elizabeth de Courtenay, daughter of Renauld. From this marriage descended the Courtenay family in France. The estates of Elizabeth's father were given to Pierre and Elizabeth, when her father, Renauld, left France for England. Pierre and his children took the name of Courtenay.

The children of Pierre and Elizabeth were:

Pierre, Seigneur de Courtenay, Marquis of Namure, Emperor of Constantinople, who married, 1184, the heiress of the family of Nevers, one of the most ancient and illustrious of France. He was elected Emperor

~Collin's Peerage of England, Vol. VI, p. 239

Pierre married Elizabeth de Courtenay, daughter of Renaud de Courtenay and Helvis de Donjon, after 1150 ¹⁴¹.^,900 (Elizabeth de Courtenay died after 1205 ¹⁶⁰.)