Count of Vermandois

The Count of Vermandois was the ruler of the county of Vermandois.

Beneficiary counts of Vermandois[]

(c. 484).
(c. 511), son of previous.
(c. 550).
(c. 600), son of previous.
Bertrude, daughter of previous and wife of Clotaire II, added Vermandois to the royal domain.
(c. 660).
(c. 680).

Bernard, son of Charles Martel, abbot of St Quentin de Monte (now Mont-Saint-Quentin near Péronne).
Jerome, brother of previous, count of Vermandois and abbot of St Quentin de Monte (714–771).
Fulrad son of previous, abbot of St Quentin de Monte (after 771).
(771–833) and then abbot of St Quentin de Monte (till 833).
Hugh, son of Charlemagne, abbot of St Quentin de Monte (833–844).
, son of Gisla, granddaughter of Charlemagne, count of Vermandois (833–864) and then abbot of St Quentin de Monte (844–864).
Baldwin Iron Arm abbot of St Quentin de Monte (864–879).
(864–886) and then abbot of St Quentin de Monte (879–886) or (c. 876), a descendant of Childebrand, brother of Charles Martel.

Hugh the Great, Count of Vermandois and Valois^[a]^[1] by marriage
Ralph I, Count of Vermandois
, son of Ralph I and Petronilla of Aquitaine
Elisabeth, Countess of Vermandois
Eleanor, Countess of Vermandois; died either childless or without any designated heirs, lands passed to French crown

^ All of Herbert's lands would go to Hugh upon Herbert's death in 1080, giving the Capetians an important foothold.^[1]

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M. Fouquier-Cholet, Histoire des Comtes héréditaires du Vermandois, Saint-Quentin, 1832.
Ioh. Mabillon, Annales ord. Sancti Benedicti. Ticinense. Lucae, 1739.
Louis Moreri, Le Gran Dictionnaire Historique, Paris, 1743–1749.
Gabriele, Matthew (2018). "The Provenance of the Descriptio Qauliter Karolus Magnus: Remembering the Carolingians in the entourage of King Philip I (1060–1108) before the First Crusade". Viator. University of California Press. 39 (2): 93-117.