Geoffrey of Villehardouin
CountryFrance
LanguagesOld French
Datesc. 1150 - c. 1218
Geoffrey of Villehardouin was a French knight and historian who participated in and chronicled the Fourth Crusade. He is considered one of the most important historians of the time period, best known for writing the eyewitness account De la ConquĂȘte de Constantinople, about the battle for Constantinople between the Christians of the West and the Christians of the East on 13 April 1204. The Conquest is the earliest French historical prose narrative that has survived to modern times. Îis full title was: "Geoffroi of Villehardouin, Marshal of Champagne and of Romania".â Wikipedia
