Hugh II, Count of Rethel (died 1227) was a son of
Manasses IV and his wife, Matilda of Kyrburg. In 1199, he succeeded his father as
Count of Rethel
The first rulers of Rethel might have governed under the Abbey of Saint-Remi and later independently, before the county passed first to the counts of Nevers, then to the counts of Flanders, and finally to the dukes of Burgundy. In 1405 the coun ...
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In 1191, he married Felicitas (d. 1257), the daughter of Simon of Broyes.
[Theodore Evergates, ''Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300'', (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007), 252.] They had the following children:
* Helissende (d. 1234),
married
Thomas
Thomas may refer to:
People
* List of people with given name Thomas
* Thomas (name)
* Thomas (surname)
* Saint Thomas (disambiguation)
* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church
* Thomas the A ...
, the son of
Geoffroy III, Count of Perche
*
Hugh III (d. 1243)
* Matilda, married Thomas II of Coucy-Vervins (1184–1253),
the son of
Ralph I, Lord of Coucy
Ralph (pronounced or ) is a male name of English origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Old High German ''Radulf'', cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf").
The most common forms are:
* Ra ...
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John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
(d. 1251), married Marie of Thourotte
*
Walter
Walter may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Walter (name), including a list of people and fictional and mythical characters with the given name or surname
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–19 ...
(d. 1262)
*
Manasses V (d. 1273)
References
Counts of Rethel
12th-century births
1227 deaths
Year of birth unknown
12th-century French nobility
13th-century French nobility
13th-century counts in Europe
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