Hervé I (died after 25 June 955),
Count of Perche The county of Perche was a medieval county lying between Normandy and Maine (province), Maine.
It was held by a continuous line of counts until 1226. One of these, Geoffroy III, would have been a leader of the Fourth Crusade had he not died before ...
and Mortagne.
Hervé appears several times between 941 and 946 in the entourage of
Hugh the Great
Hugh the Great (16 June 956) was the duke of the Franks and count of Paris. He was the most powerful magnate in France. Son of King Robert I of France, Hugh was Margrave of Neustria. He played an active role in bringing King Louis IV of France ...
and is likely ''Hervei Comiti Mauritianae'' cited in a transaction dated June 24, 955.
According to Settipani, Hervé was either the son or son-in-law of
Hugh I, Count of Maine
Hugh is the English-language variant of the masculine given name , itself the Old French variant of '' Hugo (name)">Hugo'', a short form of Continental Germanic Germanic name">given names beginning in the element "mind, spirit" (Old English ). ...
.
Hervé married Melisende (possibly a daughter of Hugh I). They had a number of children:
* Hervé II, Count of Mortagne-du-Perche
* Gerberge du Perche, married Gelduin of Saumur
*
Hildegarde of Perche, married
Hugh I, Viscount of Châteaudun Hugues (died 989 or after), Viscount of Châteaudun, son of Geoffrey I, Viscount of Châteaudun, and Ermengarde. Virtually nothing is known about his life.
Hughes married Hildegarde du Perche, daughter of Hervé I, Lord of Mortagne-au-Perche a ...
.
Hervé I was succeeded either by his son Hervé II or
Fulcois, the husband of his granddaughter
Melissende.
Sources
*Settipani, Christian, ''Les vicomtes de Châteaudun et leurs alliés, dans Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval'', Oxford, Linacre, Unit for Prosopographical Research, 2000
*''Europäische Stammtafeln'', Vol. III, ''Les Vicomtes de Châteaudun''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Herve 01, Count of Perche
955 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Counts of Perche
People from West Francia