Walter V of Brienne (c.1275 - March 15, 1311) was born in Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Champagne, France. He was the son of Hugh of Brienne, Count of Lecce, and Isabel de la Roche, daughter of Guy I de la Roche, the Duke of Athens. Events Eleanor de Montfort is captured by pirates in the employ of Edward I of England to prevent her marriage to Llywelyn the Last, prince of Jews over the age of 7 to wear the yellow badge and makes usury illegal Jean de Meun writes the second portion of the... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... Events Bolingbroke Castle passes to the House of Lancaster. ... Aube is a département in the northeastern part of France named after the Aube River. ... The word Champagne can have one of several meanings when stated alone. ... Hugh, Count of Brienne (b c 1240. ... The Duchy of Athens was one of the Crusader States set up in Greece after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire during the Fourth Crusade. ...

His father who died 1296, had been an ally of Charles I of Anjou in Sicily and Naples and in the pursuits of Constantinople and Holy Land. Charles I (March 1227 - January 7, 1285) was the posthumous son of King Louis VIII of France, created Count of Anjou by his elder brother King Louis IX in 1246, thus founding the second Angevin dynasty. ...

Walter spent his youth as a hostage in Sicily, in the castle of Agosta. On the death of his father Hugh in the Battle of Garigliano on August 8, 1296, Walter inherited the titles of Count of Brienne, Conversano and Lecce. The death of his mother's first cousin, Guy II de la Roche, in 1308 brought him the Duchy of Athens. He found himself hard pressed by the Despot of Epirus, the Emperor Andronicus II and the Lord of Vlachia. In 1310, he hired the Catalan Company, then ravaging the Byzantine empire, to fight the Greeks enroaching on his territory. After the Company had successfully reduced his enemies, he attempted to expel the Company from Athens with their pay in arrears. The Company refusing this, Walter marched out with a strong force of French knights from Athens, the Morea and List of monarchs of Naples and Sicily and Greek foot from Athens. Walter's army met the Catalans at the Battle of Halmyros on the river Cephissus in Boeotia on March 15, 1311. The Catalans won a devastating victory, killing Walter and almost all of his chivalry, and seizing his Duchy of Athens, excepting only the Lordship of Argos and Nauplia. His son Walter VI of Brienne succeeded him in all his titles; the Catalan Company nominated one of the surviving knights, Roger Deslaur, as their leader and new Duke of Athens by conquest. Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... Events April 27 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England. ... Conversano is an ancient town and comune of Bari province in the Italian region of Puglia. ... Categories: Stub ... Events Henry VII is elected as king of the Holy Roman Empire. ... The Duchy of Athens was one of the Crusader States set up in Greece after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire during the Fourth Crusade. ... The Despotate of Epirus was one of the successor states of the Byzantine Empire, founded in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. ... Andronicus II Palaeologus (1260 _ February 13, 1332), Byzantine emperor, was the elder son of Michael VIII Palaeologus, whom he succeeded in 1282. ... This article is about the history of Vlachs from South of Danube. ... Events Abulfeda becomes governor of Hama. ... The Oriental Catalan Company, or the Grand Company, was founded by Roger de Flor (who inspired the medieval tale of Tirant lo Blanc) after the Peace of Caltabellotta in 1302 had left jobless the soldiers from Catalonia and French dynasty of French in 1282. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... The Principality of Achaea was one of the three vassal states of the Latin Empire which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. ... Location within Italy Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region. ... The northern Cephissus river (Greek Κήφισσος: Kifissós, Kephissós, or Kêphissos) or Cephisus (Greek Κήφισος: Kêphisos) rises at Lilaea in Phocis and flows by Delphi through Boeotia and eventually issues into Lake Copais which is therefore also called the Cephisian Lake. ... Boeotia (Greek Βοιωτια) was the central area of ancient Greece. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... Events Bolingbroke Castle passes to the House of Lancaster. ... Argos and Nauplia refers to a Medieval Lordship in Morea or Achaia. ... Walter VI of Brienne (c. ...

His life was largely spent in Greece, where he tried to win back his mother's inheritance, the Duchy of Athens.

In the year 1305 he married Jeanne de Chatillon and had two children: Events Wenceslas III becomes king of Bohemia The Papacy removed to France following riots in the Papal State. ...

• Walter VI of Brienne, his successor (c.1304 - 1356).
• Isabella of Brienne b 1306 d 1360, who survived her brother and succeeded him. Married to Gauthier d'Enghien. She allowed her inherited lands to be divided between her numerous children already during her own lifetime.

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References

• Leo's Genealogics Website (http://www.genealogics.org)
• Rootweb World Connect (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=jweber&id=I02430)
• The Chronicle of Ramón Muntaner, translated into English by Lady Goodenough http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/muntaner_goodenough.pdf