Everard I of Breteuil (died 12 February 1066), son of Gilduin, Count of Breteuil and Viscount of Chartres, and his wife Emmeline. Everard was the patriarch of the Le Puiset family which produced a large number of participants in the

First Crusade The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic ru ...

. The Le Puisets were closed aligned with the family of Montlhéry through the marriage of his third son

Hugh Hugh may refer to: *Hugh (given name) Noblemen and clergy French * Hugh the Great (died 956), Duke of the Franks * Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France under his father, Robert II * Hugh, Duke of Alsace (died 895), modern-day ...

to the daughter of

Guy I of Montlhéry Guy I (died 1095) was the second lord of Bray and the second lord of Montlhéry (Latin: ''Monte Leterico''). He was probably the son of Thibaud of Montmorency, but some sources say that his father was named Milo. Thibaud may instead have been his ...

. Everard married Humberge, who may have been the sister of the wife of Hugh Bardoul of Broyes. Evard and Humberge had seven children: * Everard II of Breteuil (d. after 1105), Count of Breteuil, Viscount of Chartres. Married Adelais de la Ferté-Baudouin. In 1073, Everard went on a pilgrimage to the

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and upon his return joined the abbey of Marmoutier. * Adelaide de Breteuil (d. 1073 or after) * Waleran I of Breteuil (d. after 25 February 1084) *

Hugh I of Le Puiset Hugh I of Le Puiset (died 23 December 1096), son of Everard I of Breteuil and his wife Humberge. In 1067, taking advantage of the weakness of Philip I of France, he seized the royal castle of Puiset and settled there. In 1073, Theobald III, Count ...

(d. 23 December 1096 or after), Châtelain of Puiset, Viscount of Chartres. Married Alice of Montlhéry, daughter of

and Hodierna of Gometz. * Robert of Breteuil (d. 5 November 1077), Abbot of Breteuil * Adelaide of Breteuil, married, as his second wife, Roger of Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury * Eremburge, married Rivallon II, Seigneur de Dol. Everard's descendants would comprise a family, particularly the descendants of Hugh, that was known for its savagery during the Crusades, as reported by Abbot Suger of St. Denis. Everard's eldest son and namesake, as head of the family, did not take the cross, instead giving up his lands and possessions, entering the abbey of Marmoutier.

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