Chaumont

Who holds it

Name

Not pinned: the last lords of Chaumont or the count of Champagne

Title

Lord of Chaumont

Since

Not pinned

Confidence

low

French Wikipedia: the lords of Chaumont held the fief until 1190; the indebted town was ceded to the count of Champagne in 1205. Who holds it on 1 January 1200 is not pinned.

Lord in 1200

Not pinned: between the end of its own lords (about 1190) and its cession to the count (1205).

How things stand that morning

Not pinned; in Champagne's orbit either way.

Threats

• Debt

Charter

None known for 1200.

Communities

Not detailed.

Fairs and markets

Market; not one of the six fairs.

Militia

Not established.

Walls and castle

The keep (later called the Tour Hautefeuille), the town's oldest building.

Trade and crafts

Market of the Bassigny plateau.

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. by 1205Chaumont is ceded to the count of Champagne.Depends on: The lordship's debts. Stopped by: A new lord able to pay.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Two dates from one page; the holder in 1200 is not pinned.

On the map: Town and near villages.

Primary sources for Champagne

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• Chronicle of Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines (about 1227 to 1241, at the Cistercian abbey of Trois-Fontaines in Champagne). The widest net of any Latin chronicle for 1200, compiled from dozens of sources, many now lost. Read online
• Chronicle of Robert of Auxerre, Robert of Auxerre (Robert of Saint-Marien) (about 1190 to 1211; continued at Saint-Marien to 1227). A universal chronicle whose last twenty years are contemporary and well informed from Burgundy and the Auxerrois. Read online
• Universal Chronicle of the Anonymous of Laon, Anonymous (an English-born canon of Laon) (about 1219). A Picard chronicle whose author had lived in England and keeps an eye on both kingdoms. Read online
• Chronicle of Roger of Howden, Roger of Howden (about 1192 to 1201). The fullest single narrative for the year. Read online
• Deeds of Philip Augustus, Rigord (about 1186 to 1206, in stages). The French court's own chronicle for the year, from the monk of Saint-Denis who called himself the king's chronographer. Read online
• Deeds of Philip Augustus; The Philippide, William the Breton (Guillaume le Breton) (Gesta about 1214 to 1220; Philippide 1214 to 1224). William abridged Rigord for the years before 1207 and then continued him, so for 1200 the Gesta is a shortened Rigord with a few added touches: the Le Goulet settlement, Blanche's marriage, and the interdict. Read online
• The Conquest of Constantinople (Villehardouin), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (about 1207 to 1213). Opens with the preaching of Fulk of Neuilly and the tournament at Ecry (28 November 1199) where Theobald III of Champagne and Louis of Blois took the cross, then the taking of the cross by Baldwin of Flanders, Hugh of Saint-Pol, Geoffrey of Perche and others through early 1200, the assemblies at Soissons and Compiegne in 1200, and the six envoys sent to Venice in the winter of 1200 to 1201. Read online
• The Conquest of Constantinople, Robert de Clari, knight of Picardy (about 1205 to 1216). A rank-and-file crusader's account that begins with the preaching of the crusade and the taking of the cross in 1199 to 1200 by the counts of Flanders, Blois and Champagne and by the Picard lords, among them Peter of Amiens, Robert's own lord, then the negotiations with Venice. Read online

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