Melisende (died before 1040), was the ruling
Viscountess of Châteaudun in 1026–1030.
She was the daughter of
Hugues I, Viscount of Châteaudun, and
Hildegarde of Perche. She inherited the fief from her brother in 1026.
Very little is known about Melisende. The only written record concerns the donation of the Church of Champrond in
Nogent-le-Rotrou
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It is a sub-prefecture and is located on the river Huisne, 56 kilometres west of Chartres on the RN23 and 150 kilometres south west of Paris, to which it is l ...
(the former capital of
Perche) in the first year of the reign of
Henry I of France
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by her son Geoffrey.
Melisende married
Fulcois, Count of Mortagne, son of Rotrou, Seigneur de Nogent. Melisende and Fulcois had two children:
*
Geoffrey II, Viscount of Châteaudun and Count of Perche
*
Hugues, married Béatrice de Mâcon, widow and heiress of the Count of Gâtinais.
She was succeeded by her son Geoffrey as Viscount of Châteaudun in 1030.
Sources
* Kerrebrouck, Patrick van., ''Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France, vol. 1: La Préhistoire des Capétiens''. 1993.
Medieval Lands Project, Vicomtes de Châteaudun
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11th-century French people
French countesses
11th-century women rulers
Viscounts of Châteaudun