Hugues (III) “Candavène”, count of Saint-Pol

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: between 1143 and 1145.

Place of Death: unknown.

The range of dates is given by Nieus, who states that the death was most likely in 1144.

Relationships

Father: Hugues (II), count of Saint-Pol.

This relationship is given by L’Art de vérifier les dates (12:383), by Feuchère, by Nieus, and by Tanner.

Mother: Helissende de Montreuil.

This relationship is given by L’Art de vérifier les dates (12:382) and by Nieus. Feuchère in the Régeste cites a charter which gives the name of the wife of Hugues (II) as Helissende.

Spouse: Beatrice.

This relationship is given by L’Art de vérifier les dates (12:384), by Nieus, and by Tanner. Beatrice retired to an abbey, which allowed Hugues to marry Marguerite.

Spouse: Marguerite de Clermont. Married in 1127 or 1128.

This relationship is given by Tanner and by Nieus.

Children (by Beatrice):

(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, from Tanner, and from Nieus.)

Enguerrand (died 1164), count of Saint-Pol, married Ida d’Avesnes-sur-Helpe.

Hugues married Iolanda de Hainaut.

Anselme, count of Saint-Pol, married (1) unknown; married (2) Eustachie; married (3) Mathilde.

Aigeline married Anselme de Houdain.

Adelais.

Children (by Marguerite):

Raoul.

Guy married Matilda de Doullens.

Béatrix married Robert de Coucy.

References

Cawley, Charles. HUGUES (III) de Saint Pol in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Clémencet, Charles, Maur Dantine, and Ursin Durand. L’Art de vérifier les dates. 18 Volumes. (Paris 1818).

Feuchère, P. “Les origines du Comté de Saint - Pol (Xe Siècle- 1205)” in Revue du Nord (1953, vol. 138; pp. 125-149).

Feuchère, P. “Régeste des comtes de Saint-Pol (1023-1205), 1re partie (1023-1145)” in Revue du Nord (1957, vol. 153; pp. 43-48).

Nieus, Jean-François. Un pouvoir comtal entre Flandre et France: Saint Pol, 1000 - 1300 (De Boeck & Larcier s.a., 2005; Brussels).

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).