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.
References
Counts of Rethel
12th-century births
Year of birth unknown
1199 deaths
12th-century French nobility
12th-century counts in Europe
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