Conon de Béthune
CRUSADER AND "TROUVÈRE" POET, BORN IN 1150 IN NORTH OF FRANCE
Conon of Bethune; Conon de Bethune; Conon of Béthune; Coine
Conon de Béthune (before 1160 in the former region of Artois, today Pas-de-Calais - 17 December 1219, possibly at Adrianople) was a French crusader and trouvère poet who became a senior official and finally regent of the Latin Empire of Constantinople. Alternative spellings of his name include Cono, Coesnes, Quenes, Conain, and Quenon.