Hugh of Crécy (died 31 July 1147), son of

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and his wife Adelais de Crécy. Seigneur de Gournay.

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of France under

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, 1106-1107. Very little is known about Hugh other than he assassinated his cousin

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. Hugh helped his father in his rebellion against Louis VI and was forced to flee. Hugh had captured Eudes, Count of Corbell, and Louis besieged the fortress at

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to free him. Hugh joined with Lancelin, son-in-law to

Hugh I, Count of Dammartin Hugh I (died after 1093), Count of Dammartin and Seigneur de Bulles, son of Manasses, Count of Dammartin, and Constance of France. Hugh's maternal grandfather was Robert the Pious, King of France, and his paternal great-grandfather was Hilduin I ...

, and

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, to fight Louis. His sister Lucienne was briefly married to Louis before he became king. Hugh married an unnamed daughter of

Amaury III of Montfort Amaury III de Montfort ( † April 18 or 19, 1137) was a French nobleman, the seigneur de Montfort-l'Amaury, Épernon, and Houdan in the Île-de-France (1101–) and Count of Évreux in Normandy (1118–). Life Amaury was the son of Simon I, seign ...

and Richilde de Hainaut (daughter of Baudouin II, Count of Hainaut). They had at least two children: *

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* Geoffrey of Burres. Hugh became a monk at the

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where he died.

Sources

Riley-Smith, Johathan, ''The First Crusaders, 1095-1131'', Cambridge University Press, London, 1997 12th century in the Kingdom of Jerusalem 1147 deaths {{France-noble-stub