▁reward ▁for ▁his ▁service , ▁Den ise , ▁Count ess ▁of ▁Dev on ▁( 1 1 7 3 – 1 2 2 1 ), ▁wid ow ▁of ▁the ▁third ▁Earl , ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁he ir ess ▁of ▁Ra oul ▁VII ▁de ▁De ols ▁( d . ▁ 1 1 7 6 ). ▁Den ise ▁de ▁Dé ols ▁brought ▁to ▁Andrew ▁the ▁border ▁bar ony ▁of ▁Ch âte aur oux , ▁which ▁included ▁cast les ▁at ▁Ch âte aur oux , ▁Dé ols , ▁Le ▁Ch ate let , ▁La ▁Ch âtre , ▁and ▁Saint - Chart rier . ▁This ▁immediately ▁made ▁Andrew ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁powerful ▁l ords ▁of ▁Po ite vin ▁Ber ry , ▁an ▁important ▁front ier ▁zone ▁of ▁the ▁An ge vin ▁Empire ▁that ▁protected ▁the ▁roads ▁leading ▁to ▁the ▁capital ▁cities ▁of ▁T ours , ▁Po it iers ▁and ▁Ang ers . ▁At ▁some ▁point , ▁Richard ▁also ▁granted ▁Andrew ▁f ief s ▁at ▁Bit ures ii ▁in ▁the ▁county ▁of ▁An jou . ▁ ▁Third ▁Cr us ade ▁and ▁there after ▁ ▁Andrew ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁King ▁Richard ' s ▁central ▁military ▁figures ▁of ▁the ▁Third ▁Cr us ade ▁( 1 1 9 0 – 1 1 9 2 ). ▁He ▁was ▁with ▁the ▁King ▁at ▁the ▁must er ▁of ▁V ez el ay ▁and ▁depart ed ▁with ▁the ▁army ▁to ▁Marse ille ▁on ▁ 4 ▁July ▁ 1 1 9 0 . ▁He ▁was ▁present ▁with ▁the ▁King ▁at ▁Sic ily ▁and ▁proved ▁to ▁be