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Hugh I, Count of Rethel (1040 in Bourg – 1118 in Rethel) was a son of Count Manasses III of Rethel and his wife Judith.[1] He succeeded his father in 1065 as Count of Rethel.
Hugh married Melisende of Crécy, the daughter of Lord Guy I of Montlhéry.[2] They had the following children:
- Manasses (1054–1115)[1]
- Gervais (1056–1124), count of Rethel[1]
- Baldwin II (1058–1131), king of Jerusalem (1118–1131), married Morphia of Melitene[2]
- Matilda (b. 1060), married to Odo of Vitry, Count of Rethel[1]
- Hodierna, married Héribrand III of Hierges[3]
- Cecilia of Le Bourcq, married Roger of Salerno, prince-regent of Antioch[1]
- Beatrix (Béatrice), married Leo I, Prince of Armenia
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Housley 2007, p. 33.
- ^ a b La Monte 1942, p. 100-101.
- ^ Runciman 1999, p. 233.
Sources
- Housley, Norman, ed. (2007). Knighthoods of Christ: Essays on the History of the Crusades and the Knights. Ashgate Publishing Limited.
- La Monte, John L. (1942). "The Lords of Le Puiset on the Crusades". Speculum. 17 (1 January).
- Runciman, Steven (1999). A History of the Crusades. Vol. II. Cambridge University Press.
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