André of Brienne

André de Brienne (c. 1135 – 4 October 1189), lord of Ramerupt, was a French nobleman who participated in the Third Crusade.

André was the fourth son of Walter II, count of Brienne and Adelaide of Baudement.

[1] André arrived in the Holy Land on 28 August 1189 to participate in the Siege of Acre with the first French troops, which he led alongside James of Avesnes, Henry I of Barres and Philip of Dreux.

André of Brienne, in command of the rearguard, tried to stop the fleeing crusaders and send them back into battle, but he was thrown from his horse.

Covered in injuries, his screams of despair did not move his companions, not even his brother Erard, as they fled, leaving him to die there.