Hugh I, Count of Rethel (1040 in Bourg – 1118 in
Rethel
Rethel () is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture and third-most important city and economic center in the department. It is situated on the river Aisne, near the northern border of Champagne and 37& ...
) was a son of Count
Manasses III of Rethel and his wife Judith. He succeeded his father in 1065 as
Count of Rethel This is a list of counts and dukes of Rethel. The first counts of Rethel ruled independently, before the county passed first to the Counts of Nevers, then to the Counts of Flanders, and finally to the Dukes of Burgundy. In 1405 the County became par ...
.
Hugh married Melisende of Crécy, the daughter of Lord
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 ...
. They had the following children:
* Manasses (1054-1115)
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(1056-1124), count of Rethel
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Baldwin II (1058-1131), king of Jerusalem (1118-1131), married
Morphia of Melitene
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Matilda
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(b. 1060), married to
Odo of Vitry, Count of Rethel
* Hodierna, married
Heribrand III of Hierges
*
Cecilia of Le Bourcq, married
Roger of Salerno
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, prince-regent of Antioch
* Beatrix (Béatrice) married
Leo I, Prince of Armenia
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See also
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The Houses of Montlhéry and Le Puiset
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Counts of Rethel
1040 births
1118 deaths
11th-century French people
12th-century French people
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