Simon III, Count of Saarbrücken
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Simon III of Sarrebrück (Saarbrücken-Leiningen) (c.1180-1243)[1] was a participant in the Fifth Crusade. He acted there as leader in operations in front of Damietta in 1218.[2]
[edit] Family
He married Gertrude of Dagsburg as her third husband; she died 1225. He then married Lauretta of Upper Lorraine (1195-?),[3] daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine[4] with whom he had two daughters, Laure who succeeded Simon[5] and married Geoffroi II of Aspremont,[6] and later Dietrich I Luf of Cleves[7]and Mathilde who married Simon III of Commercy[8] (and further children[9]).
[edit] Notes
- ^ [1], [2].
- ^ Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades III, p.151, where he is called Simon II.
- ^ Fiche : Laurette de Haute Lorraine
- ^ Généalogie Famille de Carné
- ^ Women in power 1200-1300
- ^ Pedigree: Geoffroi II (Sire) d' ASPREMONT
- ^ [3]; a son of Dietrich V of Cleves[4], [5].
- ^ I20086: COMMERCY, Simon III (Bef 1249 - ____)
- ^ Nobility of Upper Lotharingia
