Hugues I “le Grand”, count of Vermandois

Events

Date of Birth: 1057.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Glocker (p. 344) and by Settipani (p. 239).

Date of Death: 18 October 1102.

Place of Death: Tarsus.

The date and place is given by Settipani (p. 239).

Place of Burial: Tarsus, Church of St Paul.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Henri I, king of France.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:73), by Lewis (pp. 45-46), by Glocker (p. 344), by Settipani (p. 239), and by Tanner.

Mother: Anna Iaroslavna of Kiev.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:73), by Lewis (pp. 45-46), by Settipani (p. 239), and by Tanner.

Spouse: Adélaïde, countess of Vermandois.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:532), by Glocker (p. 344), by Settipani (p. 239), and by Tanner.

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 Cawley.)

Mathilde married Raoul, lord of Baugency.

Agnès married Bonifacio di Saluzzo, marquis of Vasto.

Constance married Geoffroy de la Ferté-Ancoul.

Isabelle (died 17 February 1131) married (1) Robert de Beaumont, count of Meulan; married (2) William (II) de Warenne, earl of Surrey.

Raoul (I) “le Vaillant” (about 1094 - 13 October 1152), count of Vermandois, married (1) Eleanor of Blois; married (2) Aelis d’Aquitaine; married (3) Lauretta of Flanders.

Henri (died 1130), lord of Chaumont-en-Vexin.

Simon (died 10 February 1148), bishop of Noyon.

Guillaume.

Béatrix married Hugues (IV), lord of Gournay-en-Bray.

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).

Cawley, Charles. “HUGUES de France” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Glocker, Winfrid. Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik: Studien zur Familienpolitik und zur Genealogie des Sächsischen Kaiserhauses (Böhlau Verlag: Köln, 1989).

Lewis, Andrew W. Royal Succession in Capetian France: Studies on Familial Order and the State, (Harvard University Press, 1981).

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).