Hugues III (died 1110),
Viscount of Châteaudun, son of
Rotrou I, Viscount of Châteaudun Rotrou I (born before 1031, died 1079), Viscount of Châteaudun and Count of Perche (as Rotrou II), second son of Geoffrey II, Viscount of Châteaudun, and Helvise de Corbon (d. 1 March 1080), daughter of Rainard, Lord of Pithiviers.
At the death ...
, and Adelise de Bellême, daughter of Guérin de Domfront. Hughes became Viscount of Châteaudun upon his father's death in 1080.
Hughes donated the church of Saint-Léonard de Bellême to
Marmoutier Abbey in 1092, and in 1096,
Pope Urban II
Pope Urban II ( la, Urbanus II; – 29 July 1099), otherwise known as Odo of Châtillon or Otho de Lagery, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 March 1088 to his death. He is best known for convening th ...
consecrated the new chapel and preached for the
First Crusade.
Hughes married Agnes, Comtesse de Fréteval, daughter of Foucher, Seigneur de Fréteval, and Hildeburge Goët. Hughes and Agnes had three children:
* Mathilde (d. 25 September 1139), married firstly Robert, Viscount of Blois, and secondly Goeffroy III “Grisegonelle” Count of Vendôme, son of
Geoffroy II (Jordan), Seigneur de Preuilly, and Euphrosine de Vendôme.
*
Geoffrey III, Viscount of Châteaudun
Geoffrey III (Geoffroy III) (died 1145), Viscount of Châteaudun, son of Hugh IV, Viscount of Châteaudun, and Agnes, Comtesse de Fréteval, daughter of Foucher, Seigneur de Fréteval, and Hildeburge Goët. Geoffrey was also Seigneur of Mondoublea ...
* Fulcois.
Hughes was succeeded as Viscount of Châteaudun by his son Geoffrey upon his death.
Sources
* Settipani, Christian, ''Les vicomtes de Châteaudun et leurs alliés, dans Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval'', Oxford, Linacre, Unit for Prosopographical Research, 2000
* Tout, T. F., ''Periods of European History, Volume II: The Empire and the Papacy, 918-1273'', Rivingtons, London, 1932
* Bury, J. B. (Editor), ''The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume V, Contest of Empire and Papacy'', Cambridge University Press, 1926
* Runciman, Steven, ''A History of the Crusades, Volume One, The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem'', Cambridge University Press, 1951
Viscounts of Châteaudun
11th-century births
1110 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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