Manasses (died 15 December 1037), Count of Dammartin (Dammartin-en-Goële), son of

Hilduin II, Count of Arcis-sur-Aube Hilduin II (d. after 993), Count of Arcis-sur-Aube, Seigneur de Ramerupt, was the nephew or son of Hilduin I, Count of Montdidier. His mother was Hersende, a noble lady who was either Hilduin I's wife or sister or the spouse of Hilduin I's unnamed ...

and Seigneur de Ramerupt. He was a member of the

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. Manasses died in the battle of Ornel, near Etain, Bar-le-Duc, apparently part of an invasion of the

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Odo II, Count of Blois Odo II () ( 985 – 15 November 1037) was the count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Champagne, Beauvais and Tours from 1004 and count of Troyes (as Odo IV) and Meaux (as Odo I) from 1022. He twice tried to make himself a king: first in Italy aft ...

, after the death of Rudolph III, in an attempt by Odo to gain the crown of Burgundy. Manasses married Constance, daughter of

Robert II the Pious Robert II ( 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious () or the Wise (), was King of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second from the Capetian dynasty. Crowned Junior King in 987, he assisted his father on military matters (notably during the two ...

and his third wife

Constance of Arles Constance of Arles ( 986 – 28 July 1032), also known as Constance of Provence, was Queen of France as the third wife of King Robert II of France. Life Born Constance was the daughter of William I of Provence, William I, Count of Provence and A ...

. There is some question on whether or not Constance was a child of Robert and Constance, the major proof of the issue by onomastics. They had three children: * Odo, Count of Dammartin * Hugh I, Count of Dammartin * Eustachie de Dammartin Upon his death, Manasses was succeeded as count of Dammartin by his son Odo.

Sources

*Henri Moranvillé, ''Origine de la Maison de Ramerupt-Roucy'', BEC, 1925 *

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Manasses Manasses or Manasseh (;churchofjesuschris ...

1037 deaths Year of birth unknown