Henry of Poitiers

Henry of Poitiers was the fighting bishop of the Poitiers-Valentinois house, son of Count Aymar V of Valentinois and Sibylle des Baux. Appointed bishop of Gap in 1349, he was driven out in 1350 after a Poitiers bastard murdered a kinsman of the previous bishop and angry townspeople sacked his palace; a settlement let him return.

Clement VI transferred him to Troyes in 1353, where he proved a brave warrior. Robert Knolles had burned the castle of Aix-en-Othe and was about to seize Troyes when Henry routed him.

In 1358–1359 he defeated and captured Eustace d'Aubrecicourt on the plain of Nogent-sur-Seine, where the captain had been plundering a country Froissart called his ‘chamber’. Henry died at Troyes on 25 August 1370.