Reign 889-907 Predecessor Pepin Reign 892-907 Died 907 AD | Successor Herbert II Name Herbert Count Predecessor position established Successor Herbert II | |
Parents Pepin, Count of Vermandois Children Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, Beatrice of Vermandois Grandchildren Hugh the Great, Adele of Vermandois Similar People Robert I of France, Bernard of Italy, Hugh the Great, Adelaide of Tours, Charles Martel | ||
Herbert i count of vermandois
Herbert I of Vermandois (c. 848/850 – 907), Count of Vermandois, Count of Meaux, Count of Soissons, and lay abbot of Saint Quentin. He was a Carolingian aristocrat who played a significant role in Francia.
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Herbert was the son of Pepin of Vermandois. Herbert became count of Soissons before 889 and was probably charged with defending the Oise against Viking intrusions. A contemporary of Baldwin II, Count of Flanders he had the advantage of being a Carolingian, a great-grandson of Pepin of Italy, a son of Charlemagne. Herbert controlled both St. Quentin and Péronne and his activities in the upper Somme river valley, such as the capture and murder (rather than ransom) of his brother Raoul in 896, may have caused Baldwin II to have him assassinated in 907.
Herbert arranged a marriage alliance to Robert of Neustria by giving in marriage his daughter Beatrice as Robert's second wife. As a part of this pact Herbert also agreed to his son Herbert II of Vermandois marrying Adela, Robert's daughter by his first wife.
Marriage and issue
He married Bertha de Morvis and their children are: