Hugh of Briel, in older literature Hugh of Bruyères, was a French knight and the second lord of the Barony of Karytaina in the Principality of Achaea, in Frankish Greece.

Hugh of Briel
Baron of Karytaina
Reignaround 1222–1238
PredecessorRenaud of Briel
SuccessorGeoffrey of Briel
Died1238
SpouseAlice of Villehardouin
ReligionRoman Catholic

Hailing from Briel-sur-Barse in the French province of Champagne,[1] Hugh inherited the Barony of Karytaina sometime around 1222 from his brother, Renaud of Briel. Hugh married Alice of Villehardouin, a daughter of the Prince of Achaea, Geoffrey I of Villehardouin. Hugh of Briel died in early 1238, not yet forty years old, and was succeeded by his son Geoffrey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bon 1969, p. 105 note 3.
  2. ^ Evergates 1994, pp. 104.

Sources

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  • Bon, Antoine (1969). La Morée franque. Recherches historiques, topographiques et archéologiques sur la principauté d'Achaïe [The Frankish Morea. Historical, Topographic and Archaeological Studies on the Principality of Achaea] (in French). Paris: De Boccard. OCLC 869621129.
  • Evergates, Theodore (1994). "The Origin of the Lords of Karytaina in the Frankish Morea". Medieval Prosopography. 15 (1): 81–114.


Preceded by Baron of Karytaina
around 1222–1238
Succeeded by