Manasses IV, Count of Rethel (died 1199) was a son of Guitier of Rethel and Beatrice of Namur. 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 ...

in 1171. He is probably the Count of Rethel who was responsible for despoiling churches in the early reign of

Philip II of France Philip II (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), also known as Philip Augustus (), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks (Latin: ''rex Francorum''), but from 1190 onward, Philip became the firs ...

. Manasses IV was married to Matilda of Upper Lorraine and was the father of Hugh II.

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Counts of Rethel 12th-century births Year of birth unknown 1199 deaths 12th-century French nobility 12th-century counts in Europe {{France-noble-stub