Hugh II of Ponthieu was
count of Ponthieu
The County of Ponthieu (, ), centered on the mouth of the Somme, became a member of the Norman group of vassal states when Count Guy submitted to William of Normandy after the battle of Mortemer.Dunbabin.France in the Making. Ch.4. The Princip ...
and lord of
Abbeville
Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
It is the chef-lieu of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of ...
, the son of
Enguerrand I of Ponthieu. Evidently, Hugh II was the half-brother of
Guy, who became the
bishop of Amiens; Fulk, who became the abbot of Forest l'Abbaye; and Robert. However, it is possible that both Robert and Hugh II were the sons of Enguerrand's first wife, and Guy and Fulk the sons of a later wife that Enguerrand I married when he was in his forties.
Hugh II was married to
Bertha of Aumale,
Countess of Aumale
The County of Aumale, later elevated to a duchy, was a medieval fief in Normandy. It was disputed between England and France during parts of the Hundred Years' War.
Aumale in Norman nobility
Aumale was a medieval fief in the Duchy of Normandy an ...
. They had:
*
Enguerrand II who succeeded Hugh II as Count of Ponthieu
*Robert
*Hugh
*Waleran
*Beatrice of Ponthieu (1022–1054) was married to
William of Talou
William of Talou, Count of Talou ( Arques) (before 1035–1086) was a powerful member of the Norman ducal family who exerted his influence during the early reign of William the Conqueror Duke of Normandy.
Background
William was the son of duke R ...
, the count of
Arques
*
Guy I (possibly), succeeded Enguerrand II as Count of Ponthieu
Notes
References
Sources
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Further reading
*The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio of Bishop Guy of Amiens, edited by Catherine Morton and Hope Muntz, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1972.
Medieval Lands Project on Hugh II, Count of Ponthieu
Ponthieu, Hugh II of
Counts of Ponthieu
Year of birth unknown
11th-century French people
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