Hugh II of Ponthieu was
count of Ponthieu
The County of Ponthieu (, ), centered on the mouth of the Somme, became a member of the Norman group of vassal states when Count Guy submitted to William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy after the battle of Mortemer.Dunbabin.France in the Making ...
and lord of
Abbeville
Abbeville (; ; ) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
It is the of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of Ponthieu.
Geography
Location
A ...
, the son of
Enguerrand I of Ponthieu Enguerrand I, Count of Ponthieu, was recognized as count by 1026-7, having endorsed a royal charter. Protecting Vimeu, he inflicted losses on an invasion by Gilbert, Count of Brionne. Enguerrand was quite influential, being at Duke Robert of Normand ...
. Evidently, Hugh II was the half-brother of
Guy
Guy or GUY may refer to:
Personal names
* Guy (given name)
* Guy (surname)
* That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart
Places
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* Guy, Arkansas, US, a city
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, who became the
bishop of Amiens
The Diocese of Amiens (Latin: ''Dioecesis Ambianensis''; French: ''Diocèse d'Amiens'') is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the department of Somme, of which the city of Amiens is the capital. In 202 ...
; Fulk, who became the abbot of Forest l'Abbaye; and Robert. However, it is possible that both Robert and Hugh II were the sons of Enguerrand's first wife, and Guy and Fulk the sons of a later wife that Enguerrand I married when he was in his forties.
Issue
Hugh II was married to
Bertha of Aumale
The County of Aumale, later elevated to a Duchy, was a medieval fief in the Duchy of Normandy, disputed between France and England during parts of the Hundred Years' War.
Norman nobility
Aumale was a medieval fief in the Duchy of Normandy and, ...
,
Countess of Aumale
The County of Aumale, later elevated to a Duchy, was a medieval fief in the Duchy of Normandy, disputed between France and England during parts of the Hundred Years' War.
Norman nobility
Aumale was a medieval fief in the Duchy of Normandy and, ...
. They had:
*
Enguerrand II who succeeded Hugh II as Count of Ponthieu
*Robert
*Hugh
*Waleran (d.1054)
*Beatrice of Ponthieu (1022–1054) was married to
William of Talou
William of Talou, Count of Talou (Arques-la-Bataille, Arques) (before 1035–1086) was a powerful member of the Norman ducal family who exerted his influence during the early reign of William the Conqueror Duke of Normandy.
Background
William wa ...
, the count of
Arques
*
Guy I, succeeded Enguerrand II as Count of Ponthieu
Notes
References
Sources
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Further reading
*The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio of Bishop Guy of Amiens, edited by Catherine Morton and Hope Muntz, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1972.
Ponthieu, Hugh II of
Counts of Ponthieu
Year of birth unknown
11th-century French nobility
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