Hugh I of Oisy (died ''circa'' 1111) was the
castellan of the town of
Cambrai who rebelled against the authority of the
bishops of the city.
[I. M. Resnick, "Odo of Cambrai and the Investiture Crisis in the Early Twelfth Century", ''Viator'' 28 (1997), 85–87.] Hugh's family was of seigneurial rank, originating in
Oisy and
Inchy
Inchy () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Jean-Gérard Fleury (1905–2002) French businessman, aviator, journalist and writer was born in Inchy.
Heraldry
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*Communes of the Nord department
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, and had provided most of the castellans of Cambrai during the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
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Before 1076, Hugh rebelled against the bishop Lietbert and was excommunicated. The bishop refused to lift the ban "unless ughfirst consents to renounce with his own hands—''werpire'', to use the common expression—every fief which he holds in the city of Cambrai."][ F. L. Ganshof, ''Feudalism'', trans. P. Grierson (New York: Harper Torchbook, 1961), 128: ''nisi prius dimissionem manu propria, quod et vulgo werpire dicitur, faceret ex omni beneficio quod infra ambitum Cameracae civitatis habebat''. The source is the ''Gesta Lietberti episcopi Cameracensis'' ("The Deeds of Bishop Lietbert of Cambrai"), written within a quarter-century of the bishop's death.] The ceremony of ''werpitio'' (in French ''déguerpissement'') generally involved handing over a symbol of the fief to the one from whom it had been received.[
Hugh continued to encroach on the authority of the bishop within the city during the episcopate of Gerard II. Since both the French king, ]Philip I Philip(p) I may refer to:
* Philip I of Macedon (7th century BC)
* Philip I Philadelphus (between 124 and 109 BC–83 or 75 BC)
* Philip the Arab (c. 204–249), Roman Emperor
* Philip I of France (1052–1108)
* Philip I (archbishop of Cologne) (1 ...
, and the dowager countess of Hainaut, Richilda, were opposed to increased imperial influence—represented by the bishop of Cambrai—in the county of Flanders
The County of Flanders was a historic territory in the Low Countries.
From 862 onwards, the counts of Flanders were among the original twelve peers of the Kingdom of France. For centuries, their estates around the cities of Ghent, Bruges and Yp ...
, they supported Hugh in his rebellion. With the help of Richilda's rival, Count Robert I of Flanders
Robert I ( – 13 October 1093), known as ''Robert the Frisian'', was count of Flanders from 1071 to his death in 1093. He was a son of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders and the younger brother of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders. He usurped the counts ...
, the bishop succeeded in exiling Hugh to England between about 1086 and 1090.[
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1110s deaths
11th-century births
Castellans