Ogier IX d'Anglure (ca. 1360-1412, esp. 1391-1392)

by Zhao Luyang 赵鲁阳 (See Chinese translation)

Ogier IX d’Anglure (alternative names) was born around 1360 and passed away in 1412. He became the advocatus (avowery) of Thérouanne in 1379, a town in the Hauts-de-France region, north of France. The term advocatus is short for advocatus ecclesiae, the advocate of a church, whose responsibility was to represent a church or monastery and to protect it from potential invasion. He inherited the title of "Lord of Anglure" from his father in 1383.

Ogier was from a noble family in Champagne, an ancient administrative region in the North-east of France. His father was Ogier VIII of Anglure (ca 1340-1383) and his mother was Isabelle of Châtillon-Porcéan (1340-1413). Ogier married Alix de Toucy in 1379. She was the lady of Mont-Saint-Jean (d. 1427). They had three sons and four daughters.

The first son was Etienne d'Anglure (d. 1435), who inherited the title of Lord of Anglure. The son was Jean-Saladin d'Anglure (d. 1440), who became Lord of Vault-de-Lugny, and the third was Antoine d'Anglure, born in 1412. Their first daughter was Jeanne, also born in 1412. The other daughters were Isabelle, Guye and Antoinette. Anglure also had two siblings, Jean Saladin (1370-1403), who was Lord of Anglure, and Gaucher d'Anglure (d. 1414).

Ogier supported King Charles VI of France during the Franco-Flemish War, between the Kingdom of France and the County of Flanders from 1297 to 1305. However, he was involved in a rape crime, and was sent to prison until 1391, when he received remission from the King. He was believed to have embarked on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land after that.

Ogier made a classic pilgrimage to the spiritual sites, but he continued his trip afterwards and went to the Sinai desert and other parts of Egypt. He then returned to France in 1392, ending his trip which had lasted for almost a whole year.

Ogier’s Le Saint voyage de Jherusalem du Seigneur d'Anglure (Holy Journey to Jerusalem) was a valuable source for the conditions of the Holy Land at the end of the 14th century. His book was a lively description of the life during his journey and the difficulties he had encountered, including disease, storms and conflicts with local citizens.