Herbert IV of Vermandois (1028–1080),

Count of Vermandois The Count of Vermandois was the ruler of the county of Vermandois. Beneficiary counts of Vermandois * Leodegar, Count of Vermandois (c. 484). * Emerannus (c. 511), son of previous. * Wagon I (c. 550). * Wagon II (c. 600), son of previous. * ...

, was the son of

Otto of Vermandois Otto (or Eudes) of Vermandois (29 August 979 – 25 May 1045), Count of Vermandois, was the son of Herbert III, Count of Vermandois and Ermengarde of Bar-sur-Seine. He succeeded his brother, Adalbert II as count of Vermandois in 1015. Otto don ...

and Parvie (Pavia or Patia).

Family and children

Herbert married

Adele of Valois Adele of Valois (''Adèle/Adélaïde'') was a daughter of Ralph IV of Valois and Adele of Bar-sur-Aube. She married firstly Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois and they had: # Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois # Odo I, Count of Vermandois Odo I (Eu ...

, daughter of Ralph IV of Valois and

Adele of Bar-sur-Aube Adele (French: ''Adèle''; also Adela or Adélaïde/Aelis) (? — 1053) was a French noble lady and the countess '' suo jure'' of Bar-sur-Aube. Life Lady Adele was a daughter of the count Nocher III of Bar-sur-Aube and his wife, whose name rema ...

. They had: *

Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois Adelaide of Vermandois (died 23 Sep 1120) was '' suo jure'' Countess of Vermandois and Valois from 1080 to 1120. Adelaide was the daughter of Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois and Adele of Valois. By 1080, Adelaide married Hugh, son of the Cape ...

, (b. Circa 1062 - d. September 23, 1120) - married first to

Hugh Magnus Hugh Magnus (french: Hugues le Grand) (1007 – 17 September 1025) was co-King of France under his father, Robert II, from 1017 until his death in 1025. He was a member of the House of Capet, a son of Robert II by his third wife, Constance ...

, son of

Henry I of France Henry I (4 May 1008 – 4 August 1060) was King of the Franks from 1031 to 1060. The royal demesne of France reached its smallest size during his reign, and for this reason he is often seen as emblematic of the weakness of the early Capetians. T ...

and younger brother of

Philip I of France Philip I (23 May 1052 – 29 July 1108), called the Amorous, was King of the Franks from 1060 to 1108. His reign, like that of most of the early Capetians, was extraordinarily long for the time. The monarchy began a modest recovery from the low i ...

, and second to Renaud II, Count of Clermont-Beauvaisis. *

Odo I, Count of Vermandois Odo I (Eudes I), called “the Insane”, was Count of Vermandois and Valois from 1080 to 1085 and ruler of Saint-Simon from 1085. The last Carolingian male (from its branch Herbertines), he was the only son of Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois and ...

(b. circa 1064 - d. after 1085) * Gerard (b. 1066 - d. ?) Adelaide's husband, Hugh, inherited the countships of Vermandois and Valois upon Herbert's death.

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Medieval Lands Project on Heribert IV, Count of Vermandois
{{S-end Counts of Vermandois Herbertien dynasty 1028 births 1080 deaths