Hilduin IV (d. 1063), Count of Montdidier and Lord of

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, son of Hilduin III, Count of Montdidier, member of the

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. Hilduin was also

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by virtue of his marriage to the daughter of

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. Little is known about Hilduin despite his many renowned children and grandchildren.

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records that

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appointed Hilduin as an ambassador to Rome (date unknown). Sometime between 1033 and 1054, probably closer to the latter, Hilduin was driven from Montdidier by Count

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, who continued to rule it until his death in 1074. Hildiun married Adelaide (Alice) de Roucy, daughter of

, and Beatrix of Hainaut. They had nine children: * Ebles II, Count of Roucy, married Sibylle de Apulia, daughter of Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Sichelgaita de Salerno * Andre (d. after 1118),

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de Ramerupt and of Arcis-sur-Aube, married Guisemode, widow of Hugh, Siegneur of Pleurs. Their son Eble de Roucy was

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(1122-1127) and daughter Alix married Erard I, Count of Brienne. * Beatrix de Ramerupt (d. after 1129), married Geoffrey II, Count of Perche * Marguerite de Ramerupt, married Hugh,

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* Ermentrude de Ramerupt (d. after 1102), married Thibaut, Count of Reynel, son of Olri, Count of Reynel. * Ada de Ramerupt (d. after 1121), married first Geoffroy, Seigneur de Guise, and second Gauthier, Seigneur de Ath * Adélaïs, married

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* Aelis de Ramerupt, married Conan “Falcon” de la Sarraz. Their son was

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. *

Felicia of Roucy Felicia of Roucy ( – 3 May 1123) was a queen consort of Aragon and Navarre. She was a daughter of Hilduin IV of Montdidier, and his wife Alice of Roucy. They were Picards. Felicia was married in 1076 to Sancho Ramírez, then king of Aragon aft ...

, married Sancho I, King of Aragon. Hilduin was apparently the last Count of Montdidier, the line being continued with the Counts of Roucy.

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