Hugh I, Count of Rethel
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Hugh I, Count of Rethel | |
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Born | Bourg |
Died | 1118 Rethel |
Noble family | de Rethel |
Spouse(s) | Melisende of Crécy |
Issue | Gervais Baldwin II Matilda Hodierna Cecilia |
Father | Manasses III, Count of Rethel |
Mother | Judith of Lorena |
Hugh I, Count of Rethel (1040 in Bourg – 1118 in Rethel) was a son of Count Manasses III of Rethel and his wife Judith.[1] He succeeded his father in 1065 as Count of Rethel.
Hugh married Melisende of Crécy, the daughter of Lord Guy I of Montlhéry.[2] They had the following children:
- Manasses (1054-1115)[1]
- Gervais (1056-1124), count of Rethel[1]
- Baldwin II (1058-1131), king of Jerusalem (1118-1131), married Morphia of Melitene[2]
- Matilda (b. 1060), married to Odo of Vitry, Count of Rethel[1]
- Hodierna, married Heribrand III of Hierges[3]
- Cecilia of Le Bourcq, married Roger of Salerno, prince-regent of Antioch[1]
- Beatrix (Béatrice) married Leo I, Prince of Armenia
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ a b c d e Housley 2007, p. 33.
- ^ a b La Monte 1942, p. 100-101.
- ^ Runciman 1999, p. 233.
Sources[]
- Housley, Norman, ed. (2007). Knighthoods of Christ: Essays on the History of the Crusades and the Knights. Ashgate Publishing Limited.
- La Monte, John L. (1942). "The Lords of Le Puiset on the Crusades". Speculum. Vol. 17, No. 1 Jan.
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- Counts of Rethel
- 1040 births
- 1118 deaths
- 11th-century French people
- 12th-century French people
- French history stubs
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