Erard II (died 16 June 1236) was theSire deChacenay (Chassenay) from 1190/1.[a] He was the eldest son ofErard I of Chacenay and Mathilde de Donzy.[1]
In 1209 Erard, with the consent of his unnamed wife, confirmed a donation toBasse-Fontaine by a certainAgnete, specified asdomina of Chacenay, probably his grandmother Agnes de Brienne.
During thesuccession crisis of Champagne, Erard was the strongest support ofErard of Brienne-Ramerupt and was the last to reconcile withBlanche of Navarre.[2]
Uneasy with the result in Champagne, Erard took part in theFifth Crusade (1217),[3] but was back in Europe by 1220. In July 1219 Erard's cousin,Hervé,Count of Nevers, confirmed a donation Erard had made to theTeutonic Knights, while Erard was at thesiege of Damietta.[4] Upon his return, Erard paid homage toTheobald, Count of Champagne and made a donation to the convent of Argensolles, which had been founded by Blanche of Navarre.[2]
He was a patron of thetrouvèreGuiot de Dijon. He was buried in theAbbey of Clairvaux, 16 June 1236.[2]
Erard was the second husband of Emmeline (Emelina) de Broyes (died 1249, before April), widow ofOdo II of Champlitte.[3] They were married in 1205. In 1218 she made a joint donation with her husband to theAbbey of Moutier-la-Celle. Erard was faced with a possible divorce when he sold his step-daughter, Oda's, inheritance to the Knights Templar.[5] Erard and Emeline had: