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Hugh I, Count of Rethel

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Spouse(s)
  
Melisende of Crecy

Mother
  
Judith of Roucy


Name
  
Hugh Count

Died
  
1118, Rethel, France

Father
  
Manasses III, Count of Rethel

Parents
  
Manasses III, Count of Rethel

Children
  
Gervais, Count of Rethel, Baldwin II of Jerusalem, Matilda, Countess of Rethel

Grandchildren
  
Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem

Grandparents
  
Manasses II, Count of Rethel

Similar People
  
Baldwin II of Jerusalem, Melisende - Queen of Jerusalem, Hugues de Payens

Hugh I, Count of Rethel (1040 in Bourg – 1118 in Rethel) was a son of Count Manasses III of Rethel and his wife Judith of Roucy. He succeeded his father in 1065 as Count of Rethel.

Hugh married Melisende of Crécy, the daughter of Lord Guy I of Montlhéry. They had the following children:

  • Manasses (1054-1115)
  • Gervais (1056-1124), count of Rethel
  • Baldwin II (1058-1131), king of Jerusalem (1118-1131), married Morphia of Melitene
  • Matilda (b. 1060), married to Odo of Vitry, Count of Rethel
  • Hodierna, married Heribrand III of Hierges
  • Cecilia of Le Bourcq, married Roger of Salerno, prince-regent of Antioch
  • Beatrix (Béatrice) married Leo I, Prince of Armenia
  • See also the Houses of Montlhéry and Le Puiset.

    References

    Hugh I, Count of Rethel Wikipedia


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