Count of Vermandois
Count of Soissons
Lay Abbot of Saint-Crépin
Events
Date of Birth: about 850.
The date is given by Settipani (1993, p. 220).
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: between 900 and 906.
The estimated dates are given by Baldwin. Père Anselme (1:49) states that he was killed in 902. Settipani (1993, p. 217) states that he was killed on the orders of Baldwin II of Flanders between 900 and 7 November 907.
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: Pépin.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:48), by Lewis (p. 10), by Schneidmüller, by Settipani (1993, p. 217), and by Baldwin.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: unknown.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin, who states that the children are “very probable”.)
Heribert II (died 23 February 943), count of Meaux, of Soissons, and of Vermandois, married a daughter of Robert I, king of France.
a daughter married Udo, count of Wetterau.
References
Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).
Baldwin, Stewart. “Heribert I” in The Henry Project.
Lewis, Andrew W. Royal Succession in Capetian France: Studies on Familial Order and the State, (Harvard University Press, 1981).
Schneidmüller, B. "Heribert I" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 4 (Stuttgart: 1989).
Settipani, Christian (with Patrick Van Kerrebrouck). La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987. Première Partie (Volume 1 of Nouvelle Histoire Généalogique de l’Auguste Maison de France, 1993).
Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).