Vilain II of Aulnay was
Baron of Arcadia
The Barony of Arcadia was a medieval Frankish fiefdom of the Principality of Achaea, located on the western coast of the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, and centred on the town of Arcadia (; ; ), ancient and modern Kyparissia.
History
The Bar ...
in the
Principality of Achaea
The Principality of Achaea () or Principality of Morea was one of the vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. It became a vassal of the Kingdom of Thes ...
in the early 14th century.
Vilain II was a son of
Geoffrey of Aulnay and grandson of the first Baron of Arcadia,
Vilain I of Aulnay.
Vilain II married Helena, a daughter of
Geoffrey II of Briel Geoffrey II of Briel or Geoffrey of Briel the Younger, was a French knight and the cousin or nephew of Geoffrey I of Briel, Baron of Karytaina in the Principality of Achaea, in Frankish Greece. Biography
Geoffrey I of Briel died in 1275, and in 12 ...
and lady of Moraina and Lisarea. Vilain's father died sometime after 1297, whereupon Vilain became Baron of Arcadia. Vilain had two children,
Erard II and
Agnes. When Vilain died, at some unknown point, the barony was divided between them, and not reunited until
Erard III Le Maure in the 1340s.
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13th-century births
14th-century deaths
Barons of Arcadia