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.
* Gar ...
, was the son of
Otto of Vermandois and Parvie (Pavia or Patia).
Family and children
Herbert married
Adele of Valois, daughter of
Ralph IV of Valois
Ralph IV (; born 1025, died 1074) was a northern French nobleman who amassed an extensive array of lordships lying in a crescent around the Île-de-France from the border of the Duchy of Normandy in the northwest to Champagne in the southeast.
...
and
Adele of Bar-sur-Aube. They had:
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Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois
Adelaide of Vermandois (died 23 September 1120) was ''suo jure'' List of counts of Vermandois, Countess of Vermandois and Count of Valois, Valois from 1080 to 1102. She was the last landed ruler of the Carolingian dynasty.
Adelaide was the daught ...
, (b. Circa 1062 - d. September 23, 1120) - married first to
Hugh Magnus, 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. ...
and younger brother of
Philip I of France
Philip I ( – 29 July 1108), called the Amorous (French: ''L’Amoureux''), 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 recove ...
, and second to
Renaud II, Count of Clermont-Beauvaisis.
*
Odo I, Count of Vermandois (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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Counts of Vermandois
Herbertien dynasty
1028 births
1080 deaths